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16A November 2021 FEDERATION NEWS

What role does Israel play in making the world

a better place through its innovations?

By David Millstone

ruce Kashdan, an Israeli Am- developed by an Israel Defense Forc- tion is the PillCam, a digestible and weight, wearable, assistive technology,
bassador-at-large, has been es medic that can be used on the spot disposable camera, used to diagnose MyEye, which enables people who are
Bgoing to Arab countries that do by medics or even the soldier himself. digestive system infections, disorders blind or visually impaired to do all of
not recognize Israel for over 20 years. A major cause of death to soldiers is and cancer. The PillCam, used around that. How effective is OrCam? Visit
His purpose is to create joint econom- not the injury itself, but the loss of the globe, is a non-invasive method for youtube.com/watch?v=jx2zOrCTvcA
ic projects between the Arab countries blood. During the Vietnam War, the physicians to obtain clear images of the and watch as Amy makes her way
and Israel. When he went to Bahrain in deaths of 25% of soldiers were attrib- esophagus, stomach, small intestine through the day, reading, working,
2005, the Bahrainis were excited for the utable to hemorrhage bleeding or in- and colon. It is used to detect gastroin- identifying street locations, shopping,
opportunity because Israel is known as juries to extremities. With the use of testinal abnormalities, monitor disease ordering from a menu and meeting
a leader not only in the Middle East, but the Israeli Bandage in the Iraq war, activity and assess the effectiveness of people, all with her OrCam MyEye.
in the world, for its innovative devel- the percentage of deaths for those treatment. Yet another device from an Israe-
opments in technology, water desalina- li company, ReWalk Robotics, is an
tion, agriculture and medicine. He has Robert and Esther Heller exoskeleton powered by a computer
been met with the same enthusiasm in and motion sensors. It helps people
many of the other Arab countries. The who are paraplegics to stand upright
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opportunity for economic relationships CRC and walk again. The device has re-
has been one Israeli strategy toward ceived FDA approval for personal use
building recognition of Israel by those in the U.S. ReWalk also has devel-
Arab countries. oped a device for use in the rehabilita-
How does the opening paragraph tion of stroke victims with lower limb
relate to this month’s article? The fo- disability.
cus this month is on some of Israel’s reasons was reduced to 10%. The The SniffPhone, a winner of the Israel has developed technology
innovations that have helped others bandage can be applied quickly. It re- 2018 Innovation Award given by the that permits oral surgery without the
throughout the world, particularly in places the need for three or four dif- European Commission for the Most use of a knife. Technion Institute of
the field of medicine. Medical inno- ferent dressings to bandage a wound Innovative Project, is a device that an- Technology researchers developed a
vations range from diagnostic tools to when time is critically important. alyzes the breath for the early detection device using natural biological materi-
robotic tools, medical cures to wound The Israeli Bandage and the Wound- of diseases such as cancer, Parkinson’s als to replace a surgeon’s scalpel. An
care and beyond. When it comes to Clot, an Israeli innovation which stops and Alzheimer’s. The SniffPhone was enzyme which is packed into a gel is
innovation, Israel is a world leader hemorrhaging, were included in Tuc- developed by a professor at Israel’s applied to soften the collagen fibers
with more innovative developments son’s first-responder emergency first- Technion University. that connect the tooth to the bone tissue
per capita than any other country in aid kits and used in the 2011 incident Can you imagine a blind or visual- that holds it. The result is oral surgery
the world. This article will focus on in which U.S. Representative Gabby ly impaired person being able to read a without a knife. The result is less pain
only a few of the examples of Israeli Giffords and 18 others were shot. Both book, reading product labels in a gro- and faster tissue restoration for quicker
innovation. were credited with saving several cery store, identifying people’s faces recovery.
The Emergency Bandage, or Is- lives including that of the congress- or being able to distinguish between a When it comes to innovations re-
raeli Bandage as it is known by U.S. woman. $1 bill and a $100 bill? That has been lated to Covid, Israel ranks second
soldiers, is a unique field dressing Another Israeli medical innova- made possible by OrCam with its light- continued on next page
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