There’s an old joke that was standard fare for the English comedian Tommy Cooper. While raising his arm above his head, he’d say something like, “I went to the doctor and said, ‘Doctor, it hurts when I do this,’ and he replied, ‘Well, don’t do it then!’” I didn’t say it was a good joke.
Medical practice and technology have changed beyond recognition since I was a young lad growing up in England. When I was six years old, our family doctor said I needed to have my tonsils taken out. He bemoaned the fact that he was no longer allowed to perform such “minor surgeries” himself in his office.
At that time, shoe-fitting fluoroscopes (a.k.a. X-ray shoe fitters) were still common in shoe shops. When you placed your feet inside the machine, an X-ray image of your feet inside the shoes would appear in real-time on a fluorescent screen. This was before people realized the problems associated with multiple exposures to ionizing radiation being shone directly into customers’ feet.
Ironically, back then, the only place you’d find advanced diagnostics like X-rays was in a hospital. Today, technologies that once filled rooms now sit on desktops—or wrists. From AI-enhanced imaging to wearable monitors, the medical market continues to push the boundaries of design and test. The good news is that whatever your application—wearable, portable, implantable, or otherwise—you can rest assured the team at DENA has you covered.