It is clear that technology surrounds us, and we take advantage of almost all the advantages it offers us in our day to day. From the smart mobile that allows us to access almost any information instantly to the small speaker that helps us at home with the shopping list, turns on and regulates appliances, and gives us information… it is a revolution in the personal, but also in the professional. Of course, the medical field, which is the one that interests us the most, is no less. In the last 75 years, technology in medicine has been applied with great success. Are you ready to know what is to come?
Types Of Medical Technology
Like the branches of medicine, the application of technology in medicine can be distinguished into several types:
Diagnostic: its objective is to identify and determine the pathologies of patients. For example an MRI or CT.
Prevention: tests that are done for the early detection of any anomaly, in annual check-ups such as mammograms.
Rehabilitative or therapeutic: releasing the disease and correcting its effects such as the carbon dioxide laser; used in skin cancer, dentistry…
Organizational or administrative: this would be the case of genetic microprocessors, which can be used to detect the internal reaction of drugs, their implementation in the eyes to recover the vision of light and shapes; or in the heart too.
Technology In Medicine And Avant-Garde In The Past
Now it seems that we have been counting on painless operations all our lives, but 50 years ago it was unthinkable. The evolution in the technology applied to drugs and analgesics has allowed interventions in which the patient feels a lot of pain, this is reduced to the minimum expression of it. A very obvious example would be women giving birth.
Another very common example that is applied to our patients is the pacemaker or artificial cardiac stimulation system. He is probably best known for having been with us for so many years. But, as a curious fact, did you know that the first operation that was successful in its implementation was in 1958?
Technology In Medicine And Avant-Garde In The Present
What are the new technologies that are already applied in medicine?
Telemedicine: the best known and used by patients and doctors. Even our CEO wrote about it in Telemedicine, a new protagonist in post-COVID-19 healthcare
Bionic prostheses: they can already be used. The only drawback is that their price is still not affordable for the majority of patients who need them.
Cochlear implants are internal and external devices that allow people with profound hearing loss to hear. Little “biblical miracles” of science that technology makes possible.
Artificial intelligence: for this new technology, we recommend our post Artificial intelligence in medicine: advantages.
Robotics: They can be used in some laser operations, or in some disciplines where precision is essential. In the field of neurosurgery, they are becoming essential assistants.
Technology And Avant-Garde In The Future
What are the new technological trends that will be applied in the near future?
Nanotechnology: these are mini-robots capable of detecting changes inside cells and organs. The most important thing is that they can take the medicine directly to the necessary area, avoiding the affectation of other organs that occurs when the medicines are included in the body using other routes.
3D printing of organs based on stem cells: this practice has already begun. Still, there is a long way to go to make it every day.
What is left for us to see? Almost what the imagination can imagine… The human being is capable of the best, but also of the worst. That is why it is very important to supervise and control projects that have a technological component. From UNITECH, we will continue to inform you of the new technological advances so that you do not miss any news.
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