Inspired by the growing range of clockwork gadgets (radios, torches and so on) designed for use in places without mains electricity, they have come up with a hand-cranked device that can be used to examine a woman's cervix for signs of cancer.

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Innovamedica is also co-developing with Tyco Healthcare, a unit of conglomerate Tyco International, a device called a gastric mucosa impedance spectrometer, used to monitor patients in the intensive care unit for signs of organ failure after surgery.

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Innovamedica is also co-developing with Tyco Healthcare, a unit of conglomerate Tyco International (nyse: TYC - news - people ), a device called a gastric mucosa impedance spectrometer, used to monitor patients in the intensive care unit for signs of organ failure after surgery.

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