New devices could prevent a significant number of disabling strokes

An implantable device that monitors for atrial fibrillation over 12 months is more than three times more effective at detecting the condition than standard care, and could help prevent disabling strokes in patients, according to an Alberta clinical trial. (Photo: Supplied)

Reading Time: 5 minutes Results from clinical trial expected to significantly change how clinicians monitor for atrial fibrillation in stroke patients

U of A spinoff, U.S. firm merge to commercialize transplant technology

Cardiac surgery professors Jayan Nagendran (left) and Darren Freed with the EVOSS system they developed to extend the time donated lungs can be kept healthy while they are transported for transplant. The innovative technology took a major step toward approval, manufacture and global distribution with the merger of the U of A spinoff company Tevosol and the U.S.-based medical tech company Bridge to Life. (Photo: University Hospital Foundation)

Reading Time: 5 minutes Bridge to Life commits US$10 million to clinical trial and commercial development of Tevosol Ex-Vivo Organ Support System

High-tech rehabilitative platform connects rural Albertans to specialists

(From left) A physiotherapy patient and her husband from Pincher Creek take part in a Tele-Rehab 2.0 session with physiotherapists Sheelah Woodhouse and Alec Chisholm, U of A project co-ordinator Emily Armstrong and students Amber Wardrop and Kamalpreet Mann. (Photo: Supplied)

Reading Time: 4 minutes Platform allows specialists to offer physiotherapy expertise for patients in smaller communities

Transit opens door to startup’s germ-killing innovation

Outbreaker Solutions' push-plate made of virus-killing salt is now being piloted at Edmonton's Bay/Enterprise Square LRT station. (Photo: ETS via Facebook)

Reading Time: 4 minutes Pilot project by Outbreaker Solutions is testing antimicrobial door-push plates made of compressed salt in select transit stations

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