In the SF realm the Doc in a Box is a small enclosed system in which you place an injured patient, close the door and sit back while the box automates the medical process of diagnosis and healing.
John McDevitt came to Austin last night and spoke on campus about a toaster sized box he is creating that would begin the real world march toward the above Doc in a Box.
His box only does diagnosis at this point, but it would be a simple step to add meds to the box for easy dispensation. A century from now, after diagnosis, the Doc in a Box would give its patient a pill in which nanobot surgeons resided waiting to swarm to a location to conduct networked surgery.
The reason Professor McDevitt has started now to implement such a box is his desire to use technology trends towards lower cost to slay the dragon of soaring healthcare costs.
The Rice Alliance's guest speaker last night said sensing biomarkers are the key to early diagnosis. By radically miniaturizing these sensors onto chips, a dozen or more remote lab tests can be combined into his toaster sized box on location for near immediate test results and diagnosis of a wide range of conditions or diseases. On site. Nearly real time. For a tenth the cost of an equivalent current series of tests that have to occurr at a remote lab.
To learn more visit The McDevitt research Group:The Link
John McDevitt came to Austin last night and spoke on campus about a toaster sized box he is creating that would begin the real world march toward the above Doc in a Box.
His box only does diagnosis at this point, but it would be a simple step to add meds to the box for easy dispensation. A century from now, after diagnosis, the Doc in a Box would give its patient a pill in which nanobot surgeons resided waiting to swarm to a location to conduct networked surgery.
The reason Professor McDevitt has started now to implement such a box is his desire to use technology trends towards lower cost to slay the dragon of soaring healthcare costs.
The Rice Alliance's guest speaker last night said sensing biomarkers are the key to early diagnosis. By radically miniaturizing these sensors onto chips, a dozen or more remote lab tests can be combined into his toaster sized box on location for near immediate test results and diagnosis of a wide range of conditions or diseases. On site. Nearly real time. For a tenth the cost of an equivalent current series of tests that have to occurr at a remote lab.
To learn more visit The McDevitt research Group:The Link
