Tag: Drug addiction
Masimo Announces Bridge, A Wearable Neurostimulation Device That Reduces Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms
Masimo, a medical technology company, announced Bridge, an opioid withdrawal solution. The drug-free device applies electrical impulses to the cranial nerves around the ear,...
Spark Biomedical Launches Clinical Trial to Validate its Auricular Neurostimulation Device for Opioid Withdrawal...
Spark Biomedical, a Texas-based neurostimulation device company developing solutions for opioid withdrawal, announced open patient enrollment in their clinical trial to validate the company's...
Neurostimulation Device Company Spark Biomedical Receives $217K NIH Grant to Help Infants Born with...
Spark Biomedical, a neurostimulation device company based in Dallas, received an SBIR grant totaling $217,690 from the National Institutes of Health HEAL initiative. Spark...
Tech Companies Trying to Prevent Opioid Addiction with Pain Relief Wearables
The United States is grappling with one of its worst-ever
drug crises. Some 50 million people in the U.S. experience chronic pain daily
or almost daily,...
Team Who Invented Opioid Overdose Detection Device Wins National Honors
Four software engineering students at Carnegie Mellon, who developed a wearable device that detects opioid overdose have won national honors.
Opioid crisis has reached epidemic...
Pain Management and Addiction Prevention Platform WellBrain Acquires Mevoked
WellBrain, a Bay Area addiction prevention and chronic pain management platform that is helping fight the opioid epidemic, has announced that they’ve expanded their...