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Cochlear Implant Placed in Iraqi Child Brought to San Francisco
three year-old Iraqi boy underwent surgery yesterday in San Francisco to restore hearing lost when a US bomb exploded in his neighborhood, abc news reports.
Handheld Brain Scanners? The Future of Field Head Trauma Care is Now
PerSys Medical's Infrascanner, a handheld device which is used to detect non-trivial intracranial bleeding due to trauma, looks and acts like something out of Star Wars. With just a push of a button, accompanied by a rather involved set of inputs on a PDA, this fascinating device can detect blood clot inside the skull up to 2.5 cm deep to the surface of the brain, with a volume of at least 3.5 cc.
Defibrillator Shocks Patient 31 Times
Bridget Robb was shocked 31 times by a defibrillator, presumably in error. The Supreme Court ruled in February 2009 that device makers that are subject to the FDA's rigorous pre-market approval process are shielded from liability under federal law.