1. Technology Will Save Our Minds
and Bodies
Created by: Brett Jenkins & Tom
Bereznuk

2. Discovery of Insulin
• Discovered by Frederick Banting & Charles Best in
1922
• By ligating pancreatic ducts to eliminate
proteolytic enzymes (trypsin), insulin production
was stimulated
• 1923: Commercial preparation of insulin was
sufficient for widespread treatment of diabetes
• Life saving discovery that allows for normal day to
day lives of diabetics

3. Insulin
Pros Cons
• Life saving • Insulin derived from
• Allows glucose entry into pigs/cattle may cause
cells rashes and fat deposits
• Prevents • Needle pricking from
hyper/hypoglycemic crises subcutaneous injections
• Prevents development of • Finger sticks are required
cardiovascular problems for those not on insulin
• Allows for normal daily life pump
• Contributes to increased life • Possible weight gain
span

4. Invention of Defibrillator
• 18th century physiologists Prevost & Batelli discovered the
reversal of ventricular fibrillation via electrical shock
• Claude Beck was first to use on a human; 14 year old male
with congenital heart disease
• 1959: Bernard Lown designed the modern day monophasic
defibrillator (60% success rate)
• Current travels from the right subclavicular paddle to the
left lateral thoracic paddle
• Delivers a shock of 360 Joules
• Biphasic defibrillators later invented with
a 90% success rate

5. Defibrillator
• 1970s: Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators (ICD)
discovered
• ICDs continually monitor a person’s heart and
delivers shock when ventricular fibrillation or
tachycardia (VF/VT)are detected
• ICDs are typically used on patients who have
survived a cardiac arrest, previous myocardial
infarction, or spontaneous VT causing syncope
or hemodynamic compromise

6. Defibrillator
Pros Cons
• Life saving technology • High cost ($2,000)
• Increases success rate of • Automated defibrillators
CPR prompt users to shock
• Easy to use; minimal patients in shockable
training rhythm although
• Increasing access in public mechanical function may be
places fine; this leads to
(planes, malls, schools…) inadvertent death

7. ITClamp
• Medical clamp that stops traumatic bleeding
in seconds
• Designed for soldiers, paramedics & first
responders
• Cost of $65 USD

8. ITClamp
Pros Cons
• Stops traumatic bleeds (life • Does not stop internal
threat) bleeding
• Increase possibility of pre- • Non-reusable
hospital patient survival • High cost ($65)
• Simple to use
• Able to use for self
treatment

9. iPhone Apps & Accessories
• iSpO2:
• Ports iSpO2 monitoring to apple devices
• Intended for fitness fanatics & respiratory
patients to monitor oxygen levels
• Cost: $249
• Thermodock:
• Infrared device that plugs in to apple device
• Works with app to track data
• Measures temperature of humans & objects
• Cost: $95

10. iSpO2 & Thermodock
Pros Cons
• Used for medical purposes • Only designed for Apple
• Thermodock uses infrared devices
technology; no need for • Not as accurate as hospital
invasive monitoring equipment
• Reasonable cost for medical • Only available through
equipment online purchase
• Apps that go along
with hardware are free

11. Implantable Bloodstream Device
• Perform minor surgeries within the body such
as remove blood clots
• Few millimetres long; small enough to pass
through blood stream
• Does not use a battery, functions via
electromagnetic waves from an external
transmitter
http://youtu.be/oVCeGlrRGeY

12. Implantable Bloodstream Device
Pros Cons
• Eliminates need for • Still in production; may take
open surgery years of testing and
• Accesses deep vessels research before available to
that would be difficult public
or impossible to • May have a high cost when
operate on released
• No need for internal
power source as it is
controlled by external
magnet

13. Microvascular Stamp
• Essentially a patch that encourages and guides
blood vessel growth
• Made of porous material that is permeable to
molecules and growth factors
• Approximately 1cm wide
• Successfully tested on a chicken embryo

14. Microvascular Stamp
Pros Cons
• Further innovation could • Still in development
allow growth of new vessels • May have high cost when
to bypass pre-existing released
blocked vessels • Only affects a small area
• Encourages damaged tissue
to grow

15. Conclusion
• Technological inventions and innovations are saving and
prolonging life
• Although some cons of these technologies exist, the
benefits greatly outweigh these negatives
• Medical monitoring is finding it’s way into popular
handheld devices
• Technology has been a factor in medicine throughout
history. Recent innovations have exponentially increased
successful outcomes from these technologies
• With the advancement of medicinal technology, human
life span has increased significantly

16. References
Simoni, R., Hill, R., Vaughan, M. (June, 2002). The Discovery of Insulin: the Work of
Frederick Banting and Charles Best. Retrieved from
http://www.jbc.org/content/277/26/e15.full
Patient.co.uk. (n.d.). Defibrillation and cardioversion. Retrieved from
http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Defibrillation-and-Cardioversion.htm
American Diabetes. (n.d.). Difference between types of insulin. Retrieved from
http://www.americandiabetes.com/expert-advice/diabetes-lifestyle/difference-
between-types-insulin
Moore, E. (December, 2011). High-tech bandage spurs blood vessel growth. Retrieved
from http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-57346717-247/high-tech-bandage-spurs-
blood-vessel-growth/
Moore, E. (February, 2012). Implantable device propels itself through bloodstream.
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device-propels-itself-through-bloodstream/
Moore, E. (April, 2012). Hair clip inspires device that clamps down traumatic bleeding.
Retrieved from http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-57410091-247/hair-clip-inspires-
device-that-clamps-down-traumatic-bleeding/