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Worldwide first absence seizure tracker becomes available to Australian families
EIT Health 2019 winner epihunter launches collaboration with Seizure Alert Australia to make their product available to more than 35.000 Australians with absence epilepsy. epihunter absence seizure trackerMore than 250,000 people are living with epilepsy in Australia, of which 1 in 7 are having difficult-to-notice absence seizures. Such seizures are different from tonic-clonic (convulsive) seizures,…
Read MoreThe NightWatch seizure detection system
A great short clip explaining the NightWatch seizure detection system. The NightWatch is a comfortable armband that closely monitors the wearer’s heart rate and motion during sleep. When the system suspects a major epileptic seizure, a warning is transmitted to a caregiver via a wireless signal to the armband’s corresponding base station. The system is…
Read MoreNew epilepsy warning device could save thousands of lives
A new high-tech bracelet, developed by scientists from the Netherlands detects 85 percent of all severe night-time epilepsy seizures. That is a much better score than any other technology currently available. The researchers involved think that this bracelet can reduce the worldwide number of unexpected night-time fatalities in epilepsy patients. They published the results of…
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