open post #9- Medical Technology

Another medical technology that I discovered while doing research for my remix project is the Mela- Find device that was just recently FDA approved and is now being implemented in Hospitals. This device is a scanner that looks at cancerous moles and protrusions in the skin to see of they are positive for melanoma. This is extremely helpful because before this device someone would have to go through a biopsy in order to test the moles for cancer and that can be expensive and leave behind nasty scars. The mela-find saves people money and unnecessary surgery by looking at the cancerous area and comparing it to over 10,000 pictures of other cancerous moles to see if the one in question is in fact cancerous. This device was created by MELA Sciences and is not meant for definitive diagnoses but can drastically cut down the amount of unnecessary biopsys. Melanoma is a really dangerous form of cancer and i think this device is pretty revolutionary. Medical technology is advancing at a rapid rate and bettering the quality of life for everyone