Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2E Mechatronic GmbH & Co., Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany, announces a new pump system combining the benefits of diaphragm, piston injection, and peristaltic pumps. The basic pump has up to five independent flow...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
BEI Kimco Magnetics, Vista, CA, announces its LAS13-54-001Z Linear Housed Voice Coil Actuator, which features an integral built-in position sensor and moving magnet design with resolution and force attributes to...
Products: Medical
EM Microelectronic, Marin, Switzerland, has released its latest version of the EM9301 ultra-low power Bluetooth Smart Controller. Optimized for different ultra-low power modes, the new chip consumes only...
R&D: Robotics, Automation & Control
Micro-Tentacles Help Robots Handle Delicate Objects
Engineers from Iowa State University developed micro-tentacles that enable robots to handle delicate objects.
“Most robots use two fingers. To pick things up, they have to squeeze,” said Jaeyoun (Jay) Kim, an Iowa State University associate professor of electrical and computer...
R&D: Wearables
Smart Patch Tracks Blood Sugar, Releases Insulin
A “smart insulin patch” created by researchers at the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University detects increases in blood sugar levels and secretes doses of insulin into the bloodstream whenever needed.
R&D: Robotics, Automation & Control
Researcher Predicts Advances in Thermal Materials
To produce electricity, thermoelectric materials capture waste heat from sources such as automobile exhausts or industrial processes. Improving the materials' efficiency will require further reduction of thermal conductivity. A new article from a Georgia Institute of Technology professor...
R&D: Medical
Nanowire Yarn Boosts Supercapacitor Efficiency
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology discovered that yarn made of niobium nanowires enables more efficient supercapacitors. The new approach uses the yarns as the electrodes in tiny supercapacitors. Adding a coating of a conductive polymer to the yarn further increases the...
R&D: Medical
Researchers Mold Silicon into Intricate Shapes
A mold developed by Cornell University researchers can shape liquid silicon out of organic polymer materials. The self-assembling organic polymers create a template dotted with precisely sized and shaped nanopores. The development could lead to exact single-crystal silicon nanostructures.
R&D: Medical
Stacking Approach Creates New 2D Materials
Researchers from Penn State University have worked with University of Texas at Dallas engineers to induce different two-dimensional materials to form directly on top of one another. The stacking approach achieves clean interfaces between layers — an important factor for novel nanoelectronic...
Briefs: Medical
The deleterious effects of microgravity are undeniable: reduced bone mineral density, muscle atrophy, vascular remodeling, etc. These health...
From the Editor: Medical
From the Editor — As Components Shrink, Business Grows
The demand for electronics is growing exponentially. Advances in sensors, integrated circuits, and wireless communications have allowed the design of low-cost, miniature, lightweight, and intelligent devices that can sense, process, and communicate health information through wireless...
Briefs: Medical
A team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis along with colleagues at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign developed a wireless device just...
Briefs: Medical
Considering the complex science and research that goes into developing medical devices, it is...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Micronor Inc., Newbury Park, CA, introduces the world’s first commercially-available MRI-safe linear position sensor system for OEM motion control applications. With 100μm...
Briefs: Medical
In September 2013, the FDA announced new regulations for medical device manufacturers known as UDI (Unique Device Identifier) that would require all medical devices to bear a...
Briefs: Medical
Chemists at the University of Chicago in collaboration with other researchers at Northwestern University have developed the first...
Briefs: Medical
Mechanical engineers at Clemson University pondering why the tail of a seahorse is square and how this adds to its strength referred back to...
Global Innovations: Medical
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A team of scientists at the Kobe University Graduate School of Engineering and the Graduate School of Medicine has...
INSIDER: Medical
Probe Monitors Shock Severity Without Drawing Blood
Researchers from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China have developed a portable probe that uses near-infrared light to measure blood oxygen saturation in the tissue surrounding the neck's central internal jugular vein. The device allows doctors to continuously monitor a...
Industry News: Medical
August 2015 Month-End Industry News
Here is the latest batch of news from the medical products community. Please click the link for more.
INSIDER: Medical
FDA Piloting Program for Quarterly Device Malfunction Reporting
The FDA is seeking companies to take part in a pilot program that would allow medical device manufacturers to report malfunctions of certain low- and medium-risk devices on a quarterly basis. This pilot program will help the agency develop criteria for quarterly malfunction...
INSIDER: Regulations/Standards
FDA Revises Fees for Medical Device Export Certificates
The Emergo Group recently posted an advisory that the FDA has revised the fee charged for issuing medical device export certificates in response to higher costs and demand for these documents.
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Femtosecond Laser Generates Ultra-Short Light Pulses
A laser created by a team at the University of Warsaw generates ultrashort pulses of light, even under extremely difficult external conditions like large temperature gradients of more than 120 degrees Celsius. The process of generating femtosecond laser pulses takes place within a specially...
INSIDER: Medical
Nerve-Like Polymer Network Supports New Prosthetic Interfaces
By "crowdsurfing" motor proteins and using a succession of biological mechanisms, Sandia National Laboratories researchers have created linkages of polymer nanotubes that resemble the structure of a nerve, with many out-thrust filaments poised to gather or send electrical impulses....
INSIDER: Medical
Skin Patch Releases Drugs When Stretched
Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed an elastic patch that, when applied to the skin and stretched, delivers medicine. The patch releases the drugs as the elbow bends.
INSIDER: Medical
Child-Sized Exoskeleton Boosts Mobility
A University of Houston engineer has received funding to create a pediatric exoskeleton, designed to help children with spinal cord injuries and other mobility disorders. The exoskeletons will be customized to grow as the child grows.
INSIDER: Medical
Flexible Biosensor Monitors Patient Health
A biosensor system developed by researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, measures heartbeat, hydration levels, sweat, temperature, and other vital signs through miniature circuitry. The system, embedded on a flexible, wearable patch, includes an antenna to...
INSIDER: Medical
Prototype Sensor Separates Simultaneous Sounds
A new technology developed at Duke University uses metamaterials and compressive sensing to determine the direction of a sound and extract it from the surrounding background noise. Once miniaturized, the device could have applications in hearing aids, cochlear implants, and ultrasound medical...
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To find out more about the expertise required to establish a safe and effective EO Sterilization for medical devices, MDB recently spoke with Elizabeth Sydnor, director of microbiology for Eurofins Medical Device Testing (Lancaster, PA).