Within the last century or so, there has been rapid development of technology in every aspect of human life. Technology has made life easier, automated different processes and created lots of damage in the same measure. Science has also reinvented how we treat different diseases and control organisms that make us sick.
Here are a few technological advances has shaped the modern medicine.
Bionic limbs
Many people have had their legs and limbs amputated due to several conditions such as diabetes, accidents, infections, and deformations. With bionic limbs, amputees can live their lives to the fullest thanks to technological advances in prosthetics. In this end, several technologies have come together including Bluetooth devices, sync joints using computer chips, and 3D printing technology among others. The limbs feel as real as possible and are easy to use.
Robotic check-ups and telemedicine
Access to quality healthcare is one of the most important pillars of healthcare. Technology has made it easy for everyone to access healthcare cheaply especially those living in underserved regions. Telemedicine comes in handy when there are emergencies and qualified specialists are not available. Medical robots are a step further. They are intelligent machines that check on patients, checking for critical symptoms, and managing patient charts with little human intervention. It comes in handy to hospitals overwhelmed by the number of patients and patients that require round-the clock monitoring.
Advances in imaging technologies
In a bid to diagnose several illnesses, science has helped the medical practitioners to create visual impressions of the body interiors without surgeries. Common technologies used include Computed Tomography (CT), mammography for the breasts, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), ultrasound, molecular imaging, and the conventional X-ray technologies. Moreover, there are huge advances in colonoscopy with the use of cameras that travel through the gut taking images all the way.
Advances in cardiovascular technologies
A century earlier, heart disease patients only waited for their death. Technology has revolutionized how we treat heart diseases. Some of the technologies used include the pacemakers, stents, valve-repair percutaneous technology, Electrophysiological ablation technologies to treat atrial fibrillation, implantable defibrillators, assistive heart pumps, and artificial hearts among other technologies.
Stem cell research
This is an undifferentiated cell of an organism that can give rise to an indefinite number of many cells of the same type. Stem cells give the medical researchers ability to repair damaged tissues and curing diseases. Cloned human stem cells have helped in the repair of eye and heart diseases.
Laparoscopy
This is the minimally invasive surgery by the use of intelligent technologies. The technology is used in several procedures such as repair of hernia, appendectomies, and the removal of the gallbladder.
Vitro fertilization
Vitro-fertilization is a series of procedures that are used to treat a variety of fertility and genetic issues that prevent conception. Mature eggs are collected form the ovaries of a female and fertilized with a sperm in the lab. The fertilized embryo is then implanted into the uterus. The egg may be implanted into another woman (a gestational carrier) who is called the surrogate. The technology has given hope to several infertile couples.
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