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the traditional line between engineering and medical science grows ever thinner. And as medical
machines and the computers that power them become smaller, faster, and smarter, the medical
device industry is making medical practice easier for doctors, more effective for patients, and
cheaper for the entire healthcare system.
Wireless technologies capable of detecting and treating the earliest signs of disease will become
front-line defenses against these leading causes of death, while devices that help patients
manage their own chronic conditions more effectively will dramatically improve their quality of
life while reducing the demand for more advanced treatments.
1) Cancer Nanotherapy
Nanotechnology is fulfilling medical sciences need for more precise treatments that are less
invasive, less costly, and less complicated to administer than traditional methods. That
translates into better patient outcomes, lower healthcare costs, and wider access to healthcare
services in under-resourced parts of the world.
The humble stethoscope is back and coming to a smartphone. This fixture of every kids toy
doctor kit has been outshone by todays arsenal of sophisticated electronic diagnostic tools.
Doctors and nurses still pay attention to a patients heart and lung function, of course, but now
it is easier and more definitive to order x-rays, electrocardiograms, or other, more advanced
tests.
A medida que la tecnologa sigue impulsando el ritmo de los avances en la investigacin
biomdica y la atencin sanitaria, la lnea tradicional entre ingeniera y ciencia mdica crece cada
vez ms. Y a medida que las mquinas mdicas y las computadoras que las alimentan se vuelven
ms pequeas, ms rpidas y ms inteligentes, la industria de dispositivos mdicos facilita la
prctica mdica para los mdicos, es ms efectiva para los pacientes y ms barata para todo el
sistema de salud.
El humilde estetoscopio est de vuelta y viene a un telfono inteligente. Este accesorio del kit
del doctor del juguete de cada cabrito ha sido outshone por el arsenal de hoy de las
herramientas de diagnstico electrnicas sofisticadas. Por supuesto, los mdicos y las
enfermeras siguen prestando atencin al corazn y la funcin pulmonar del paciente, pero ahora
es ms fcil y definitivo ordenar radiografas, electrocardiogramas u otras pruebas ms
avanzadas.