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Global Innovations: Medical
University of TwenteEnschede, The Netherlandswww.utwente.nl/mira
According to a clinical study published in the scientific journal Photoacoustics, the University of Twente and various European...
Features: Electronics & Computers
Many medical applications require heat for optimal performance. For patient comfort, effective treatment, and a variety of diagnostic processes, equipment and fluids must be...
Features: Medical
Infrared surgical lasers, e.g., CTH:YAG @ 2100 nm and TM:YAG @ 2000 nm, are wonderful tools for minimally invasive surgery such as laser vaporization of hyperplastic prostate tissue...
Technology Leaders: Medical
Healthcare providers now, more than ever, make critical patient care decisions based on the test results obtained from medical diagnostic instrumentation. The accuracy, precision,...
Features: Medical
Longer life expectancy in conjunction with improved knowledge of cancers has resulted in increased demands for core needle biopsies. Additionally, cancer diagnosis typically occurs earlier and hence biopsy...
Briefs: Materials
Researchers at the University of Southampton, UK, have chosen low-density thermopolymer to create various parts of the next generation of its innovative Southampton-Remedi prosthetic...
Technology Leaders: Medical
Choosing the right fluid dispensing pump for a given application is critical. Whether it’s accuracy and precision or the need to perform for millions of cycles, understanding the most suitable types of...
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Cellulose nanofibrils have properties that can improve the characteristics of bio-based 3D printing pastes. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is developing a 3D wound care product...
Features: Medical
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a disease that affects premature infants. It is the leading cause of childhood blindness. Although effective treatments exist, many infants are...
Features: Medical
Four lasers can be used for micro welding: pulsed neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG), continuous wave (CW) fiber, quasi continuous wave (QCW)...
Features: Medical
High-voltage power supplies (HVPSs) are required in multiple configurations and capabilities. The dimensions, type of enclosure, weight, input and outputs, thermal and...
Features: Medical
The reliability of the embedded software used in medical devices and the risk associated with it has become a vital concern. IEC 62304, “Medical device software...
Products: Data Acquisition
Power Supply
A 400-W power supply is now available from Integrated Power Designs, Wilkes-Barre, PA. The power supply comes with two to four outputs in a compact 4 × 7 × 1.5 in. package. High power density is...
Features: Medical
2017 Winner Revolutionizes Arterial Suturing, Reducing Costs and Time in the OR
The 15th annual “Create the Future” Design Contest for engineers, students, and entrepreneurs worldwide, sponsored by COMSOL, Inc., and Mouser Electronics, drew 1,150 innovative product ideas from engineers and students in 65 countries. The Medical category itself...
Briefs: Nanotechnology
Most football fans have seen players get hit so hard they can barely walk back to the sideline. All too often in years past, those players were back on the field just a few plays...
Features: Medical
NASA Langley Research Center’s Technology Gateway Hampton, VA
This technology uses electrical activity to facilitate the wound-healing process while protecting the wound. The bandage is made of an...
Briefs: Materials
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems have developed a soft gripping system that uses differential air pressure and a gecko-inspired...
Features: Tubing & Extrusion
In order to stay competitive in today’s medical device marketplace, it is imperative that companies continually invest in the latest technologies to ensure that they produce...
Briefs: Medical
MIT researchers have developed a paper-based test that can diagnose Zika infection within 20 minutes. Unlike existing tests, the new diagnostic does not cross-react with Dengue virus, a close relative of the Zika...
From the Editor: Medical
In this world of increasingly smart technology, the one place that interconnectivity is critical is in healthcare. Patients and their care givers should be confident that the...
R&D: Design
Computational Model Designs Building Blocks for Synthetic Muscle
In order to develop synthetic muscles for applications in regenerative medicine or robotics, scientists must understand which combination of myosin produces each desired action. This would require a labor-intensive process of nanoscale trial and error that could take years in the...
R&D: Medical
Researchers have turned origami into a patent-pending soft robot that may one day be used in surgery. The researchers have moved from paper robots to 3D-printed models that bend,...
R&D: Medical
Researchers have demonstrated that mobile devices incorporating their sensor can provide accurate measurements of optical absorption spectra of colored liquids or the optically scattered spectra...
R&D: Medical
Cochlear implants (CIs) are becoming the main way to solve a number of hearing difficulties. Doctors insert hard rubber hearing devices into a patient’s ear, turning the device to obtain the...
R&D: Medical
A Johns Hopkins student team has devised a simple, discreet device to open obstructed nostrils, a common problem that can cause snoring and other sleep disruptions, as well as exercising...
R&D: Medical
A new reference material is primarily intended for use in calibrating procedures and devices for the determination of C-reactive protein (CRP) in human serum. It can also be used for...
INSIDER: Medical
Electronic-skin technologies for prosthetics and robots can detect the slightest touch or breeze. But oddly, the sensors that make this possible do not respond effectively to a...
INSIDER: Materials
New research shows that fine fibers like spider silk actually improve the quality of microphones for hearing aids. The microphone improves the directional sensing across a wide variety of...
INSIDER: Medical
Scientists have developed a way to control the shape of polymer molecules so that they self-assemble into nonspherical nanoparticles — an advance that could...
INSIDER: Medical
Technology that keeps track of how your smartphone is oriented can now give $50,000 ultrasound machines many of the 3D imaging abilities of their $250,000 counterparts —...
News: Medical
Sterigenics International Changes Name to Sotera Health
Sterigenics International has changed its parent company name to Sotera Health. Its three operating companies — Nelson Labs™, Nordion®, and Sterigenics® — will continue to maintain their current names. The new parent company name signals a more integrated and holistic customer value...
News: Electronics & Computers
New Keystone Facility Expands Capabilities and Service Levels
Keystone Electronics, which manufactures electronic interconnect components and hardware, recently moved its corporate headquarters and manufacturing operations to a new facility that the company says is designed to greatly improve efficiencies and productivity. Located in New Hyde Park,...
INSIDER: Medical
In the past two decades, output growth in U.S. manufacturing has declined, but the largest firms have managed to thrive, notes a new report form McKinsey & Company. The tech sector,...
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The AMRC Integrated Manufacturing Group (IMG) has opened a new facility designed to enable smaller companies to more easily conduct research into machining and assembly...
INSIDER: Medical
A major drawback to 3D printing — the slow pace of the work — could be alleviated through a software algorithm developed at the University of Michigan. The algorithm allows printers to deliver high-quality...
INSIDER: Medical
Additive manufacturing techniques have great potential to improve productivity and energy efficiency during part fabrication. Even small defects in fabricated parts can have a large...
INSIDER: Medical
Researchers have found a method of identifying biological markers in small amounts of blood that they believe could be used to detect diseases, infections, and medical conditions...
INSIDER: Medical
A soft, flexible, and stretchable microfiber sensor has been developed for real-time healthcare monitoring and diagnosis. The novel sensor is highly sensitive and ultra-thin with a diameter...
INSIDER: Medical
The unparalleled liquid strength of cartilage, which is about 80 percent water, withstands some of the toughest forces on our bodies. Synthetic materials couldn’t match...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A soft, flexible microfluidic system is the next generation of bio-integrated wearable technology. The Lab on the Skin device couples perfectly with the skin to capture and...
INSIDER: Medical
Researchers have developed a device that can diagnose diseases by means of an eyelid motion monitor. Glasses fitted with a hardware and software system monitor and interpret eyelid...
News: Medical
Proto Labs Reaches Agreement to Acquire RAPID, Expands Services with Sheet Metal Fabrication
Proto Labs has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held company Rapid Manufacturing Group. Rapid is a New Hampshire-based custom parts supplier specializing in quick-turn sheet metal fabrication and CNC machining. With the acquisition,...
Top Stories
INSIDER: Medical
Brain Implant Enables Safer Drug Delivery
Features: Medical
Built to Adapt: Rethinking Contract Manufacturing for a New Era
Podcasts: Design
Smarter Pathways for Precision Drug Delivery in Cancer Care
From the Editor: Medical
From The Editor: Charting the Technologies That Will Shape Medtech in 2026
Features: Materials
OEM Toll Processing Advances High-Value Products
Podcasts: Medical
Ask the Expert
Ralph Bright on the Power of Power Cords
Understanding power system components and how to connect them correctly is critical to meeting regulatory requirements and designing successful electrical products for worldwide markets. Interpower’s Ralph Bright defines these requirements and explains how to know which cord to select for your application.
Webcasts
Podcasts: Medical
How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Design
Developing Sustainable Drug-Delivery Devices
Podcasts: Design
Smarter Pathways for Precision Drug Delivery in Cancer Care
On-Demand Webinars: Medical
Understanding Testing and Compliance Requirements for Wireless Medical Devices
Podcasts: AR/AI
Personalized Medicine and Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Inside Story
Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
Eurofins Medical Device Testing (MDT) provides a full scope of testing services. In this interview, Eurofins’ experts, Sunny Modi, PhD, Director of Package Testing; and Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology; answer common questions on medical device packaging and sterilization.
