G. Wayne Moore08/10/2021 A new wrinkle in the right-to-repair medical devices is brought to us courtesy of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, House Bill No. 1757, Session of 2021, known as the Repairability Index Act (RIA). The RIA offers no product exemptions and states, in part, “For digital electronic equipment sold or used in this … Continue reading
Mark Kingsley08/10/2021 It seems that ultrasound technology is getting smaller and smaller. From ultrasound probes what plug into a smartphone to an even more impressive feat: an ultrasound patch. Researchers at the University of California San Diego developed a “ultrasound patch” that can measure and monitor blood flow. The patch, which at first seems like … Continue reading
G. Wayne Moore07/13/2021 Since the beginning of the FDA 3rd Party Service docket – more than 5 years ago – there has been an abundance of misinformation introduced by some stake-holders regarding questions like: Who is a 3rd Party? Does it include hospital employed HTMs? Do hospitals and 3rd party servicers have a “right” to … Continue reading
Mark V. Kingsley07/13/2021 In previous articles, I’ve written about ultrasound used to stimulate the brain to wake up coma patients, as a promising treatment for chronic pain, and even as a tool for neuroscientists to accurately predict human behavior. Every month, without fail, there has been a new story about how functional ultrasound and its … Continue reading
Tell us a little about yourself and what is your role at Acertara? I am a Customer Service Representative here at Acertara. I returned to the workforce about 5 years ago after having raised and homeschooled my children. My extended family has a lot of engineers and computer scientists, including my dad, my husband, and … Continue reading
G. Wayne Moore06/07/2021 Ultrasound probes are susceptible to both counterfeiting as well as unregulated remanufacturing1. Our friend, Merriam-Webster, defines counterfeit as “something made in imitation of something else with the intent to deceive.” How else would you describe removing and replacing critical performance OEM components with non-OEM components that have not undergone verification and validation … Continue reading
G. Wayne Moore05/09/2021 Diagnostic ultrasound systems have been through multiple technologically important inflection points over the last 40 years – including the first one I was directly involved in – the transition from analog to digital scan conversion. However, hand-held battery-operated ultrasound devices are not new. Indeed, a company called Organon Teknika introduced the pictured … Continue reading
Mark V. Kingsley04/09/2021 Short answer: Yes, it can. Long Answer: In the 1980s, neuroscientist Benjamin Libet conducted a controversial study that found a half-second delay when measuring the time between when subjects felt they had made a conscious decision to flick their wrists and the corresponding neural activity in the brain. The neural activity in … Continue reading
Mark V. Kingsley03/09/2021 With the mention of ultrasound, the first thing that may come to mind for many people is black and white photographs of fetuses in the womb. Those images have improved significantly with improvements in technology, and with those improvements, the use of ultrasound is increasingly being recognized as potentially revolutionary in treatment … Continue reading
Mark V. Kingsley02/09/2021 The concept of applying ultrasound to neuronal activity for research and treatment has been around since as early as 1958. However, this promising speculation is now becoming a reality. Following the Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval by the FDA of the use of deep brain stimulation (DBS), vagus nerve stimulation, and repetitive … Continue reading
