DURHAM, N.C. -- The discovery of general anesthesia 170 years ago was a medical miracle, enabling millions of patients to undergo invasive, life-saving surgeries without pain. Yet despite decades of ...

Sometimes it seems easier to heal a sick patient than it does to manage all the medical devices at his or her bedside. Healthcare providers would certainly like to do more of the former and less of ...

The purpose of anesthesia is to put the brain into an unconscious state in which stimuli such as sounds are not perceived. In this state, the neurons in the auditory cortex are still stimulated by ...

A Capsule Neuron bedside device--Courtesy of Jmonifi, Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 Massachusetts medical device IT specialist Capsule Tech is launching its SmartLinx line of integration systems designed ...