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FDA clearances: Microsoft Kinect PT program, Sotera adds fall detection, CHF necklace

By Jonah Comstock 11:03 am May 27, 2015

In the last two months, the FDA has cleared a number of clinically-focused mobile health devices. Some are first-time clearances for companies that have been waiting on their 510(k) for a while, including a few MobiHealthNews has been keeping an eye on over the years. Others are incremental clearances for slight hardware or algorithm updates. Here's five mobile health clearances that came through...

Slideshow: 7 startups using Microsoft Kinect for online physical therapy

By Jonah Comstock 04:08 am May 15, 2013

Physical therapy is approaching a crisis, according to Dr. Kourosh Parsapour, founder and CEO of 5plus, a startup working on building digital health physical therapy tools. The specialty is experiencing provider shortages at the same time as the need for physical therapy and rehabilitation services increases -- as the baby boomer generation ages. "By 2030, the number of states with substandard...