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In the face of increasing application requirements for instantaneous transmission in ICU. Many medical devices collect large-scale data but do not have the computing power to match. Features such as low latency, fast response and privacy encryption are becoming more and more urgent. So far, traditional IoT cloud computing has been unable to solve this problem, and only edge computing has the potential to solve these problems. Edge computing is an open platform that provides endpoint services close to the side of the object or data source using core capabilities such as network, computing, storage and application as one. There are two types of task offloading, binary offloading and partial offloading. Binary offloading is the classic task offloading method, especially in traditional cloud computing, but this offloading method has its own drawbacks. We propose a group wisdom-aware partial offloading algorithm that addresses a series of challenges posed by binary offloading. The algorithm introduces the concept of group wisdom awareness and compares several other mainstream task offloading strategies through experiments. The experimental results show that the algorithm has certain theoretical value and reference significance.

This paper briefly discusses the subject of human error in health care systems and presents a comprehensive list of references on the said subject.

This paper presents facts and figures, directly or indirectly, related to medical equipment reliability and reviews various important aspects, directly or indirectly, concerned with medical equipment reliability including classifications of medical devices/equipment, human error in medical equipment, useful guidelines for reliability and other professionals to improve medical equipment reliability, and medical equipment maintenance. A number of methods considered useful for performing medical equipment reliability analysis are also presented. Useful sources and organizations for obtaining medical equipment failure-related data are listed.

The article discusses the major biotech products and services that China is providing. It touches on the characteristics and trends of the Chinese biotechnology market. It also introduces ways of marketing potential products and services.

The article touches on the key stakeholders of the biotech companiesin Taiwan. It also discusses the regulatory bodies and the government funding and taxation, strengths and opportunties and Taiwan's potential.

This interview with the executive director of Institute of Bioengineering and Nanobiotechnology summarises Professor Yings views on the bioengineering field and the institutes’ goals.

The article starts of with an overview of the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. It describes the focus of the institution. There are two research articles after the summary. One of it touches on non-cytotoxic and photostable quantum dots for bioimaing applications and the other is on silica-coated nanocomposites of magnetic nanoparticles and quantum dots.

This article deals about the Government Perspective on the Life Science in Taiwan.

Ultrasound-Mediated Gene Therapy - Philips and Glygenix Team Up.

Vietnam Healthcare - The Next Growth Frontier?

New Ultrasound System Could Lower Number of Biopsies.

CSL to Set up Biotech Facility in Victoria.

Merck to Work with Sinopharm to Market HPV Shot and Other Vaccines in China.

China PharmaHub Corp. Signs Merger Agreement with World Wide Relics.

Lambda Therapeutic Research Acquires North American CRO.

Cochlear Commences Operations in India.

CordLife Introduces Quality Guarantee Program in India.

Opto Circuits Acquires US-based Unetixs Vascular.

Stem Cell-Based Treatment Collaboration for Corneal Vision Impairment, International Stem Cell Corporation.

Axiogenesis In-Licenses Yamanaka Patent Portfolio from iPS Academia Japan.

ArQule, Daiichi Sankyo to Conduct trials for NSCLC Drug.

Pfizer, Samsung Medical Center to Study Liver Cancer.

Agilent Technologies Signs Agreement with Government of Malaysia to Cooperate in Biotechnology.

Bayer Animal Health, Paraco Agree on Access to Lead Molecules.

A*STAR & Cytos Biotechnology Collaborate on Influenza Vaccine.

SINGAPORE – New Material Kills E. Coli Bacteria in 30 Seconds.

SINGAPORE – Real-Time Imaging of Embryo Development Could Pave the Way for More Effective Human Reproduction Therapies.

UNITED STATES – Innovative Device Allows 3D Imaging of the Breast with Less Radiation.

UNITED STATES – BIOTRONIK Launches Smallest MR Conditional Pacing Lead Available in the United States.

UNITED STATES – Computer App Whets Children's Appetites for Eco-Friendly Meals.

AUSTRALIA & CHINA – Uscom Agreement with CIIC Shanghai.

JAPAN – Chugai Announces License Agreement for Recycling Antibody SA237.

KOREA – ORIG3N(TM) and Kangstem Biotech Announce Collaboration to Study Neural Stem Cells.

SINGAPORE – A New Way of Looking at Cancer

SINGAPORE – Novel Discovery by NUS Scientists Improves Profiling of AML Patients for Targeted Therapies

SINGAPORE – Red Meat Consumption Linked with Increased Risk of Developing Kidney Failure

SINGAPORE – Thomson Medical and UK-based Cell Therapy Limited Collaborate on Stem Cell Research to Develop Regenerative Medicines

UNITED STATES – New Biomaterial Developed for Injectable Neuronal Control

UNITED STATES – Research Shines Light on Lesser Known Form of Vitamin D in Foods

UNITED STATES – MRIGlobal to Lead International Research Collaboration for Tularemia Vaccine

INDIA – Improving Agricultural Yield and Quality through Tissue Culture Technology

TAIWAN – A Cascade of Protein Aggregation Bombards Mitochondria for Neurodegeneration and Apoptosis under WWOX Deficiency

SINGAPORE – Biofourmis to Run New Study on How Singapore’s Lifestyle Affects Heart Health SingHEART Vitals Study with Support from IMDA.

SINGAPORE – Smart Nation Boost: Singapore Engineers Develop Remote Vital Signs Monitoring System.

ESMO ASIA 2016 CONGRESS, SINGAPORE – Routine Blood Test Predicts How Long Cancer Patients Will Survive.

ESMO ASIA 2016 CONGRESS, SINGAPORE – Cancer Costs Leaving Patients in Debt.

ESMO ASIA 2016 CONGRESS, SINGAPORE – Asian Head and Neck Cancer Patients Live Longer with Immunotherapy than Mixed Race Group.

JAPAN – Avastin® Received Orphan Drug Designation for the Treatment of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.

UNITED STATES – Recovery from Brain Injury and Better Sleep Go Hand in Hand.

UNITED STATES – Erasing the Line between Imaging and Analysing.

SINGAPORE – Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed) Announces Partnership with Duke-NUS Medical School’s Centre of Regulatory Excellence (CoRE), Pledging Joint Commitment to Promote Regulatory Convergence and Capacity Building Across the Region.

SINGAPORE – Guardian Partners with MyDoc to Address Singapore’s Population Health Needs through Integrating Technology and Self-Care.

SINGAPORE & UNITED STATES – CellMax Life’s Precision, Non-Invasive Cancer Testing Now Available throughout Southeast Asia through Asia Genomics.

UNITED STATES – 3-D Printed Models Could Improve Patient Outcomes in Heart Valve Replacements.

UNITED STATES – Promising Target to Protect Bone in Patients with Diabetes.

UNITED STATES – New Antibody Appears to Re-Activate Immune System in Cancer Therapy.

UNITED STATES – Combo Immunotherapy May Herald New Standard of Care for Kidney Cancer.

JAPAN – Chugai’s Bispecific Antibody “Emicizumab” Global Phase III Data in Patients with Haemophilia A with Inhibitors Published in The New England Journal of Medicine Online.

RUSSIA & INDIA – BIOCAD’s Rituximab Biosimilar to Receive Market Authorization Soon in India.

Healthcare heads into the digital future.

Digital technology improves research and management of functional gastrointestinal disorders in babies.

Welcome to the healthcare revolution.

Doctor Robot will see you now.

Maximising human potential in the age of AI.

The Internet of Things in healthcare - A double-edged sword?.

Data could help Asia cope with its ageing population.

A vision of connected healthcare delivery in Asia.

Blood pressure measuring/monitoring devices (BPMs) are one of the most popular home health diagnostic tools. A contemporary line of these products available to consumers today has considerable range of variety and functionality.

The BPMs evolved into their present form from the 18th century sphygmomanometer, and their design went through a number of innovations and improvements, a process still continuing today. The first sphygmomanometer patent was issued in 1855, a practical method established only in 1896, and since then over 1,300 patents of relevance have been granted by USPTO. Analysis reveals that number of patents over time follows a cubic curve that can be broken into three temporal segments (pre-1962, 1962–1986, 1986-present), related to specific technological breakthroughs.

The approach presented in this paper blends statistical analysis (e.g., patent frequency over time) with a user satisfaction index. Such index captures how closely a metric based on key functional characteristics of patented devices follows an ideal solution, satisfying all user expectations, and provides an insight into the size of the gap between consumer needs and current technology. Combining it with technological progress curve can provide a clear picture of the evolution and developments overtime in BPMs.

Organisations engage in various activities designed to foster effective learning. Three forms of learning with important implications for the innovation process are experiential (whereby firms gain relevant insights through direct experience with patterns of action), vicarious (observation of external activities, with inference and other attributions being employed to reconstruct the underlying processes) and inter-organisational (direct contact with outside entities). This paper examines the influence of these forms of learning throughout the process of technological innovation. Using interview and archival data from 11 innovation projects in biopharmaceuticals and medical devices, I uncover evidence of three distinct learning sequences: (1) intensive-externalising (IE); (2) intensive-internalising (II); and (3) expansive-internalising (EI). The sequences vary both in the breadth of learning forms utilised and in the degree to which resultant knowledge is internalised as subsequent innovations are pursued. These findings offer useful insights into the locus and sources of learning for innovation processes in technologically complex settings.

Commercialisation of emerging technological innovations such as medical devices can be a time-consuming and lengthy process resulting in a market entrance failure. To tackle this general problem, major challenges are being analysed, principally focusing on the role of Communities of Practitioners (CoPs) in the process of effective transfer of high-value emerging technologies from academia to market. Taking a case study approach, this document describes the role of a cross-disciplinary CoP in the technology transfer process within a convergence scenario. The case presented is a sensor array for ischemia detection developed by different practitioners from diverse organisations: university, research institution, hospital, and a scientific park. The analysis also involves the innovation ecosystem where all stakeholders are taken into account. This study contributes to a better understanding of the managerial implications of CoP fostering technology transfer and innovation, principally focused on the current need for new biomedical technologies and tools.

In the NHS, criteria for the selection and purchase of medical devices tend to be restricted to concerns about any risks to patients and/or staff during clinical practice, and the purchase price. In addition, the basis for taking many of these decisions about purchase may be only that of personal opinion, anecdote or limited information. We report on the application of life-cycle assessment (LCA) to a particular medical device — the suction receptacle — as a case-study to determine the potential of LCA to improve the range and quality of information available for decision-making, and act as a framework for a more holistic approach. Using LCA, substantial environmental and economic burdens were found to be associated with the different product systems in use (durable versus disposable devices). We discuss the ways in which various stakeholders in the healthcare sector could use this information, at both a strategic and operational level. We also outline possible future developments of LCA that would support healthcare managers in the drive towards evidence-based decision-making.

Since interoperability in the operating room (OR) is considered a main factor to increase safety and improve the quality of surgeries, new challenges arise for the medical device industry in this increasingly connected environment. Therefore, new architectural approaches are needed, some of which may be inspired by other domains. In the meantime, novel communication paradigms are also gaining practical relevance in the automotive industry, which faces similar challenges. As a result, service-oriented architectures (SOAs) are often considered to provide a higher degree of flexibility for changes during the development and after product deployment. In this paper, we derive requirements of future networked OR tables from challenges and trends ahead. Based on these requirements, we propose a mixed electric and electronic architecture (E/E-architecture) inspired by the state-of-the-art measures from automotive domain and present an Identity and Access Management (IAM) approach to improve system security. In addition, a prototypical implementation is used to demonstrate the practicality of the proposed solution and to discuss necessary adjustments to the development process resulting from a mixed E/E-architecture approach.