Cloud Computing Mobile Application for Remote Monitoring of Bell's Palsy.

Mobile applications provide the healthcare industry with a means of connecting with patients in their own home utilizing their own personal mobile devices such as tablets and phones. This allows therapists to monitor the progress of people under their care from a remote location and all with the added benefit that patients are familiar with their own mobile devices; thereby reducing the time required to train patients with the new technology. There is also the added benefit to the health service that there is no additional cost required to purchase devices for use. The Facial Remote Activity Monitoring Eyewear (FRAME) mobile application and web service framework has been designed to work on the IOS and android platforms, the two most commonly used today. Results: The system utilizes secure cloud based data storage to collect, analyse and store data, this allows for near real time, secure access remotely by therapists to monitor their patients and intervene when required. The underlying framework has been designed to be secure, anonymous and flexible to ensure compliance with the data protection act and the latest General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); this new standard came into effect in April 2018 and replaces the Data Protection Act in the UK and Europe.

Meaningful change: Defining the interpretability of changes in endpoints derived from interactive and mHealth technologies in healthcare and clinical research.

Immersive, interactive and mHealth technologies are increasingly being used in clinical research, healthcare and rehabilitation solutions. Leveraging technology solutions to derive new and novel clinical outcome measures is important to the ongoing assessment of clinical interventions. While demonstrating statistically significant changes is an important element of intervention assessment, understanding whether changes detected reflect changes of a magnitude that are considered meaningful to patients is equally important. We describe methodologies used to determine meaningful change and recommend that these techniques are routinely included in the development and testing of clinical assessment and rehabilitation technology solutions.

Low-Temperature Deposition Modeling of ß-TCP Scaffolds with Controlled Bimodal Porosity.

Low-temperature deposition modeling (LDM), otherwise termed freeze-form extrusion fabrication or rapid freeze prototyping, involves dispensing an aqueous-based ceramic paste or polymeric hydrogel along predefined paths in subzero ambient temperatures, followed by freeze-drying. The solidification of the material after the deposition of each layer enables large parts to be built without the need for organic binders, which can often have cytotoxic effects. Freeze-dried parts obtained from LDM typically exhibit pores with openings that range in average between 1 and 40 µm. The technique offers the ability to control their size distribution and orientation through varying a number of processing and material parameters. Herein, we describe the construction of an LDM system from readily available electromechanical components, as well as the preparation of a ß-ΤCP paste formulation with the appropriate flow characteristics for fabricating hierarchical scaffolds with tailorable bimodal porosity for applications in bone tissue engineering.

A wearable headset for monitoring electromyography responses within spinal surgery.

PURPOSE: This research examines an approach for enhancing the efficiency of spinal surgery utilising the technological capabilities and design functionalities of wearable headsets, in this case Google Glass. The aim was to improve the efficiency of the selective dorsal rhizotomy neurosurgical procedure initially through the use of Glass via an innovative approach to information design for an intraoperative monitoring display. METHODS: Utilising primary and secondary research methods the development of a new electromyography response display for a wearable headset was undertaken. RESULTS: Testing proved that Glass was fit for purpose and that the new intraoperative monitor design provided an example platform for the innovative intraoperative monitoring display; however, alternative wearable headsets such as the Microsoft HoloLens could also be equally viable. CONCLUSION: The new display design combined with the appropriate wearable technology could greatly benefit the selective dorsal rhizotomy procedure.