Packed Red Cells – Droned to Your Doorstep
By Luc Puis In a previous post on this website, we reported on the use of drones to deliver AEDs on the […]
Robots in Medicine? – Yes, but Also No.
By Luc Puis Are robots taking over the world? Probably, yes, but before we reach singularity, we might use them for the […]
Breathable Electronic Skins – Dissolvable Pacemakers – Flying AEDs
By Luc Puis They say technological progress is unstoppable, and with the latest inventions we present to you today, we just can’t […]
Sodium Bicarbonate Injection – USP, 8.4%, 50 mEq/50 mL Vial, 20-Count Carton by Exela Pharma Sciences: Recall – Due to Vial Breakage
By Luc Puis Exela Pharma Sciences is recalling 49 lots of Sodium Bicarbonate Injection – USP, 8.4%, 50 mEq/50 mL vial, 20count […]
Unraveling the Inflammatory Response to Cardiopulmonary Bypass – Genetic Analysis
By Luc Puis Every perfusionist knows that the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is often blamed for initiating an inflammatory reaction that […]
Beating Heart – HIV-to-HIV Heart – Partial Heart
By Luc Puis Let’s talk transplantation today. Last Thursday, September 29, was International Heart Day, so let’s take heart. Three remarkable, first […]
LivaNova (TandemLife) Recalls LifeSPARC System for Risk of Unintentional Extended Pump Stop During Controller Critical Failure
By Luc Puis LivaNova (TandemLife) is recalling the LifeSPARC Controller, part of the LifeSPARC System, due to a software malfunction that may […]
Postage Stamp Ultrasound and Pressure Measuring Tattoos: Wearables of the Future
By Luc Puis New technology is exciting, especially when it’s something that might be potentially useful in your daily clinical practice. Everything […]
While Heart Disease Will Surge,<br />Safety in Hospitals Becomes Better
By Luc Puis There is bad news with good news and good news with bad news, just to show that there are […]
It’s a Zombie Apo(r)calypse – <br>Reviving Cells from Prolonged Ischemia</br>
Scientists from Yale School of Medicine were able to revive cells from different organs after prolonged ischemia using pigs that had been without circulation for one hour and then put on ECMO.