1. Nanorobots that work in the blood vessels
The future of tiny robots that can act like white blood cells, destroying bacteria and other pathogens is very close.
These microrobots have all the features of a robot thanks to sensors and a motor system that can deliver chemotherapy drugs directly into the blood vessels, increasing the effectiveness of the drug up to a thousand times and causing no side effects compared to the current conventional use of drugs.
Microbivore, Respirocyte, Clottocyte robots… promise to not only destroy bacteria but also transport oxygen, create blood clots for wounds and repair cells.
2. Head transplant and thought transmission
Independent researcher Tim Busbice has established a brain map of the roundworm C. Elegans. This is the first animal to have its genome sequenced and its entire brain mapped.
The hermaphrodite has 959 cells and the worm’s map consists of a network of nerve cells with 302 neurons connected to synapses – and linked to the worm’s 95 muscles via 1,410 intersections.
The entire map has been digitally backed up with images of interwoven muscle rings.
And Dr. Sergio Canavero has told New Scientist that he will perform a human head transplant within two years because he believes it is possible.
3. Interaction in the Hospital
NXT Health has designed a highly interactive hospital room, not only between patients and doctors but also between relatives, physicians, etc. This will help eliminate the machines and activities that are increasingly present in modern hospitals
This hospital room will include a modular system that can swap roles and apply touch technology to make patients feel most comfortable.
Stanford Hospital or Ottawa Hospital are real-life examples. And companies like Calico, recently founded by Google, will work to achieve these goals.
4. Surgical simulation system
Roswell Park Cancer Institute is quickly becoming one of the leading institutions in surgical training, thanks in large part to an innovative collaboration between the University at Buffalo’s School of Applied Science and Technology and RPCI’s Surgical Robotics Center. Surgical procedures have always required years of training and until recently, training was conducted in a real-life environment.
RoSS – short for Robotic Surgery Simulator, developed by Roswell Park Cancer Institute (USA) in collaboration with the University at Buffalo, promises to create a turning point in the learning of surgeons. Accordingly, medical students will have the opportunity to experiment and make mistakes while performing real surgeries in a simulated environment.
5. 3D stereoscopic images help limit exposure to disease sources
Instead of touching the keyboard, our hands will touch the 3D image and can completely feel it. That is holographic technology.
This technology is still very young and some people think that touching this image is unnatural, but it is really promising, helping to minimize contact with the source of infection – the keyboard is considered one of the most germ-ridden objects.
If you are interested in this virtual keyboard, you can buy it on Amazon.
Another application for this holographic image helps doctors to fully observe the details of a surgery.
6. Digitalized hospital transfer paper
Instead of using dozens of sheets of paper for each patient when transferring to another hospital, the ReferralMD application (Physician Referral Management Platform In the Cloud) will help medical facilities use just 1 click. Thanks to the technology of digitizing hospital documents, medical facilities can manage millions of patients, thereby providing appropriate medical services and treatments even if the patient goes to another hospital, does not return for a check-up…
7. Testing with extremely small amounts of blood
Theranos has created test kits that use only 1/1,000 of the amount of blood normally needed for each test.
This technology not only benefits patients but also helps reduce testing costs. For example: When checking blood formula, this new test will mainly look at the three main types of cells in the blood – red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets instead of checking all components in the blood.
8. “Children with 3 biological parents” technique
The “three-parent baby” procedure is scientifically called mitochondrial DNA transfer (the child is born with the egg, sperm and mitochondrial DNA of a third person). This method
helps eliminate many diseases that can cause death such as heart failure, liver failure and deafness.
In fact, there were two successful mitochondrial DNA transplants in the late 1990s. However, the technology was celebrated in 2015 because its potential was recognized. That is, to reduce genetic diseases and help couples conceive children they would never have otherwise.
Although there are many ethical and moral questions surrounding the recent approval of this procedure in the UK, the potential implications for future generations are endless.
9. Using stem cells in surgery
Instead of injecting fat, injecting silicone for breast augmentation, surgery for facial deformities, restoring tissue defects due to cancer… technicians will use stem cells.
This prospect comes from a study by the University of Copenhagen when scientists performed breast augmentation by implanting fat cells enhanced with stem cells. The results showed that 81% of the original volume was retained for 4 months, compared to only 16% of the breast volume when using fat injection alone.
10. Controlling prosthetic limbs with thoughts
Perhaps the most impressive demonstration of a new invention in medical technology in 2015 was the image of Les Baugh (USA) controlling a prosthetic arm with just his thoughts.
With this study, American scientists are touching on a technology that “reads” and sends brain signals to artificial limbs.
Currently, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (USA) is manufacturing naturally controlled prosthetic limbs.
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