Hacker News with Generative AI: Medical Devices

ExThera Claimed Its Device Could Cure Cancer. But Patients Died (nytimes.com)
Medical Devices, Healthcare, Cancer, Scientific Misconduct
7 points by tysone 29 days ago | 0 comments
Hands-on Assignment – Therac-25 (2007) (web.mit.edu)
Now that you have had a bit more experience with systems and a better understanding of concurrency issues, we revisit the Therac-25.
Software Engineering, Medical Devices, Case Studies
106 points by luu 30 days ago | 57 comments
Battery-Free Bioelectronic Implants (chemistryworld.com)
Spurred by advances in energy-harvesting materials, a new generation of advanced implantable biomedical devices is emerging that does away with the bulky battery.
Bioelectronics, Medical Devices, Materials Science
42 points by Brajeshwar 96 days ago | 14 comments
Heart rate variability differs between smartwatch and clinical testing (wvutoday.wvu.edu)
New West Virginia University research finds heart rate variability — the time between heartbeats — reported on smartwatches and rings is different from what’s recorded in clinical settings.
Health, Wearable Technology, Research, Medical Devices
112 points by zdw 135 days ago | 74 comments
LsCs is a cross platform C++ GUI library focused on Medical Devices (lscs-software.com)
LsCs is a cross platform GUI library forked from CopperSpice focusing on Desktops and Embedded systems.
C++, GUI, Medical Devices, Cross-Platform, Software Libraries
43 points by jandeboevrie 153 days ago | 45 comments
Why People Are Breaking Open Their Mounjaro Pens (theatlantic.com)
Health, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Obesity
16 points by mooreds 166 days ago | 2 comments
Dexcom starts selling its new over-the-counter glucose monitor in the U.S. (sandiegouniontribune.com)
Health, Diabetes, Technology, Medical Devices
35 points by bookofjoe 173 days ago | 72 comments
Many FDA-approved AI medical devices are not trained on real patient data (medicalxpress.com)
AI, Medical Devices, FDA, Healthcare, Data
82 points by clumsysmurf 179 days ago | 61 comments
US FDA approves nasal spray alternative to EpiPen for allergic reactions (reuters.com)
Health, Allergies, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices
181 points by sweca 195 days ago | 84 comments
Caltech Develops First Noninvasive Method to Continually Measure Blood Pressure (caltech.edu)
Health, Technology, Medical Devices, Research
269 points by crhulls 196 days ago | 80 comments
The Orgasmatron: tale of a pleasure implant (2014) (bbc.com)
Technology, Science Fiction, History, Medical Devices
36 points by thunderbong 202 days ago | 16 comments
An ingestible device to record gastric electrophysiological activity (medicalxpress.com)
Medical Devices, Healthcare, Bioengineering, Gastric Physiology
40 points by wglb 248 days ago | 5 comments
FDA: Do Not Use Cue Health's Covid-19 Tests Due to Risk of False Results (fda.gov)
FDA, Medical Devices, Public Health, COVID-19, Health
59 points by resolutebat 284 days ago | 46 comments
200+ People With Diabetes Injured After Software Drained Insulin Pump Batteries (cnn.com)
Diabetes, Health, Software, Technology, Medical Devices
41 points by sizzle 287 days ago | 9 comments
FDA recalls defective iOS app that injured over 200 insulin pump users (theverge.com)
FDA, Healthcare, Medical Devices, Software, App
82 points by belter 288 days ago | 105 comments
Sleep apnea: Mouthguards less invasive, just as effective as CPAP (newatlas.com)
Sleep Apnea, Health, Medical Devices
219 points by peutetre 313 days ago | 171 comments
Device stopped working because your medical prescription has expired (olympicophthalmics.com)
Healthcare, Technology, Medical Devices
48 points by davikr 314 days ago | 55 comments