Actuator Discovery Could Improve Biomedical Robotics

Imaging Spectroscopy Can Predict Water Stress in Blueberry Fields

Imaging spectroscopy can help predict water stress in wild blueberry barrens, according to a University of Maine-led study. The technology involves measuring the light...

Reliable Oxygenation Offered by New Portable Concentrator Design

Anticipating the increased need for better oxygen concentrators as the fight against COVID-19 rages on, researchers have laid a computational framework to design the most...

Technique Shows How Smartphones Could Charge in Minutes

Researchers have developed a simple lab-based technique that allows them to look inside lithium-ion batteries and follow lithium ions moving in real time as the batteries charge...

Head Impacts Linked to Imaging Changes in Football Players

A new study shows that head impacts experienced during football practice are associated with changes in brain imaging of young players over multiple seasons. The research was...

University COVID-19 Saliva Test Outperforms Commercial Swab Tests

In the early days of the pandemic, with commercial COVID tests in short supply, researchers at Rockefeller University developed an in-house assay to identify positive...

Cartilage Resurfacing Implant Reduces Pain, Restores Hip Joint Function

A textile-based implant containing cartilage derived from stem cells reduced pain and restored hip joint function to baseline levels in a study of dogs with symptoms...

Cancer Diagnosed with Photoacoustic/Ultrasound Imaging and AI

A lump in the thyroid gland is called a nodule, and 5-10 percent of all thyroid nodules are diagnosed as cancerous. Thyroid cancer has a good prognosis, a high survival...

Microneedles Provide More Effective Delivery of Antibiotics to Wounds

A flexible polymer composite microneedle array can overcome the physicochemical bacterial biofilm present in chronic, nonhealing wounds and deliver both oxygen and...

Soft Microrobots Demonstrate Potential for Targeted Drug Delivery

Tiny tumbling soft robots that can be controlled with rotating magnetic fields can climb slopes, tumble upstream against fluid flow, and deposit substances at precise...

Robotics-Driven ‘White Cane’ Guides Users to Desired Location

Equipped with a color 3D camera, an inertial measurement sensor, and its own on-board computer, a newly improved robotic cane could offer blind and visually impaired users...

How Prioritizing Total Cost of Ownership Can Provide a Competitive Edge in Medical Device Manufacturing

Continued innovation is at the heart of the medical device industry, with new technology supporting critical outcomes such as earlier...

Cells Construct Living Composite Polymers

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated that a class of interwoven composite materials called semi-interpenetrating polymer networks (sIPNs) can be produced by living cells. The...

Data from Smartwatches Helps Predict Clinical Blood Test Results

Smartwatches and other wearable devices may be used to sense illness, dehydration, and even changes to the red blood cell count, according to biomedical engineers and...

Copper-Infused Mask Blocks 93 Percent of Droplets

A three-layered face mask contains a copper-infused nano-coated fabric, a sustainable bamboo fabric and an ePTFE (a biomaterial) filter. The Hygenmask lacks ear loops, instead using...

AI Predicts Which COVID-19 Patients Need a Ventilator

Researchers have developed an online tool to help medical staff quickly determine which COVID-19 patients will need help breathing with a ventilator. The tool, developed through...

Stretchable Battery Powered by Sweat

Scientists have developed a soft and stretchable battery that is powered by human perspiration. The prototype battery consists of printed silver flake electrodes that generate electricity in the...

New Way to Create Medical Devices to Boost Performance

Using a new 3D printing process, researchers at the University of Nottingham have discovered how to tailor-make artificial body parts and other medical devices with built-in...

New Technique Breaks the Mold for Medical Implants

Researchers at RMIT University have flipped traditional 3D printing to create intricate biomedical structures, advancing the development of technologies for regrowing bones and tissue. The...

Fast Fabrication of Rapid Medical Diagnostic Tools

Microfluidic devices underpin lab-on-a-chip (LOC) technologies that are developed to provide the rapid diagnoses needed at point of care for the swift, effective treatment of many...

Achieving High Marks for Medical Device Makers: Ultrashort Pulse Lasers

Unique device identifiers, or UDIs, enable better reporting, reviewing, and analyzing of adverse events.

Product Focus: Pumps/Valves 2021

Fluid-dispensing systems, a micro-dosing pump, solenoid valves, and more.

New Products and Services: September 2021 Medical Design Briefs

A smart function kit, thermoelectric coolers, positioning stages, and more.

Product of the Month: September 2021 Medical Design Briefs

An evaluation kit form Sensirion enables ventilator manufacturers to take proximal measurements of respiratory gas rates.

Bioprinted 3D Cardiac Patches Could Reverse Scar Formation After Heart Attacks

The system promotes myocardial regeneration after a cardiac event.

Soft Skin Patch Could Provide Early Warning for Strokes, Heart Attacks

The patch uses ultrasound to monitor blood flow to organs.

Mastering the UKCA Compliance Challenge

Deadlines are approaching for compliance.