March 2020

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Briefs: Wearables
The patch significantly prolonged survival, inhibited growth of tumors in mice.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
Multifunctional iron nanowires selectively obliterate cancer cells with a triple-punch combination attack.
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R&D: Medical
New machine learning algorithms and computational models may provide insight into the mental demand placed on individuals using prosthetics.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement

Patients with diabetes have to test their blood sugar levels several times a day to make sure they are not getting too high or too low. Studies have shown that more...

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Features: Medical
Kolhoff has established herself as a subject-matter expert for Nitinol, a material that’s still considered exotic by many due to its unique shape memory and superelastic properties.
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Features: Materials

There is no one-size-fits-all material when producing mechanical cable. The material chosen to produce wire rope can vary from one application to the next, because commonly, no two applications place the same...

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Products: Materials
Biomedical Coatings

Jaro Corp., Ipswich, MA, Jaro Corp has added the capability to apply an advanced two-component polyurethane coating. Polane 8400 provides a biocompatible, chemically resistant, and...

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Briefs: Medical
The sensor allows for quick recovery and reuse of the platform.
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Features: Medical
BACKGROUND

Kristin has worked at The Lee Company for 11 years. She is a Lead Project Engineer for the Scientific Products Group with a product focus on...

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R&D: Medical
Small magnetic objects are showing promise in the biomedical field.
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Features: Design
Nakhjiri is a veteran in creating emerging technologies and loves dealing with their ambiguities and challenges.
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R&D: Test & Measurement
Researchers have developed a technique to quickly and sensitively characterize defects in 2D materials used in sensors and electronics.
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R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition

A team of scientists has devised a functioning comprehensive multiorgan-on-a-chip platform that enables effective in-vitro-to-in-vivo translation (IVIVT) of human drug pharmacology.

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Features: Medical
As the founder of the Soft Systems program at Flex, Yolita brings electronics, smart textiles and computation together to create new products, digital experiences and functionalities through fibers and textiles.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
IoT Prototyping Board

Renesas, Tokyo, Japan, has introduced a low-power prototyping board that will simplify and speed up product development for IoT endpoint equipment including healthcare equipment. The...

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R&D: AR/AI
Scientists used an AI algorithm to analyze the blood and post-mortem brain samples of 1,969 patients with Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s disease.
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Briefs: Medical

According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health. Sensing and treating bacterial infections earlier could help...

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Briefs: Wearables
The flexible device harvests heats from the human body.
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Features: Design
Yu is passionate about helping customers realize their vision for new products.
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From the Editor: Imaging

In December, we asked Medical Design Briefs readers to cast their ballot to choose from our 12 Products of the Month the technology they felt was the most significant new introduction to the...

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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Breakthrough may increase the number of available organs for transplantation.
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Features: Design
These leaders are driving innovation and the next generation of MasterControl solutions.
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Features: Medical
Sarah has been with The Lee Company for 9 years and is Product Manager of the Control Valve Group.
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Briefs: Medical
The nose measures gases in a patient’s breath.
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Features: Design
As Chief Innovation Officer, Stancavish brings her keen knowledge of MASSA’s capabilities to new customers and markets.
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Briefs: Medical
The device made of heart tissue and a robotic pumping system beats like the real thing.
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Features: Medical
Dr. Teng has worked for Promex for over 6 years and is currently the CTO.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The portable blood pressure monitoring device provides data continuously to patients.
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R&D: Medical
Researchers have developed the world’s thinnest and lightest magnetic sensor matrix sheet system
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Global Innovations: Medical
EPFL researchers have developed a highly sensitive and portable optical biosensor that stands to accelerate the diagnosis of fatal conditions like sepsis.
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Features: AR/AI
Color video technology paired with artificial intelligence holds great development potential for the future optimization of patient care.
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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This feature presents insights from industry leaders, inventors, entrepreneurs, and those inspiring other women through education.
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Briefs: Materials
Researchers have used sound vibrations to shake metal alloy grains into tighter formation during 3D printing.
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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Through a new process, it is now possible to laser-weld two optically clear plastic parts made of a wide range of polymer materials for medical applications.
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Briefs: Medical
The facility will be used to perform customer test cutting and complete process development requirements.
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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Many manufacturers still struggle to digitize the “last mile” of their factory floor.
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Briefs: Medical
Nanothin flexible touchscreens could be printed like newspaper.
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Features: Connectivity
The digital revolution under way in medtech manufacturing will continue to transform the industry into a more connected, efficient, and agile ecosystem.
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Briefs: Medical
In the process, a high-yield electrodeposition is applied on certain conductive substrates.
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Features: Design
Booth offers advice to other women looking to work in biomedical engineering and science.
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Features: Design
"The transition from the design stage of an idea to the test stage is a fantastic feeling," says Guler.
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Products: Materials
The 4040/40 formulation includes two LyoTec® stopper designs — 13 and 20 mm — with a versatile universal
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Features: Medical
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Features: Medical
A chemistry teacher made Tkatchouk believe that any molecule could be created by working hard in the lab.
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Features: Design
Zahabi's passion to understand human behavior led her to a career in industrial and systems engineering.
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Events: Research Lab
Events Calendar
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Ask the Expert: Medical
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.
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INSIDER: Medical

Engineers have created the first neural implant that can be both programmed and charged remotely with a magnetic field. Their breakthrough may make possible embedded devices like...

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INSIDER: Medical

A breakthrough design could spare children from repeated operations to replace outgrown valves and could also benefit adults with valve defects. The new design could allow...

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INSIDER: Medical

A noninvasive, wearable, magnetic brain stimulation device could improve motor function in stroke patients. In an initial clinical trial of 30 chronic ischemic...

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Blog: Medical

FDA is postponing most foreign and domestic inspections through April, effective immediately. Inspections outside the U.S. deemed mission-critical will still be considered on a...

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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping

With the country confronting a shortage of both coronavirus test kits and critical medical equipment, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) is...

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Blog: Regulations/Standards

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken two additional significant diagnostic actions during the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19)...

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Blog: Medical

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a new guidance to provide a policy to help expand the availability and capability of noninvasive remote monitoring devices to facilitate...

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News: Medical

Web Industries Inc., a precision converter and contract manufacturing organization (CMO), has allocated priority production capacity at its Holliston, MA, plant to...

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Blog: Medical

On Wednesday, March 25, 2020 (3–4 p.m. Eastern), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will host a virtual Town Hall for clinical laboratories and commercial...

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INSIDER: Wearables

Researchers have designed a tiny portable lab device that plugs into a phone, connecting it automatically to a doctor’s office through a custom app. With a single drop of blood or...

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Blog: Medical

As more Covid-19 cases appear in the United States and around the world, the need for fast, easy-to-use diagnostic tests is becoming ever more pressing. A...

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Blog: Medical

Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and the National Institutes of Health have made a critical breakthrough toward developing a vaccine for the...

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Blog: Medical

Nanofabrica, a manufacturer of 3D printers for precision engineering, invites researchers, doctors, and manufacturers to harness its manufacturing capabilities to develop...

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Blog: Medical

Researchers have developed an ultrasound diagnostic protocol for COVID-19. The protocol was developed in the laboratories of UniTrento with collaboration from a dozen clinical teams in Italy as...

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Blog: Medical

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took significant action to help increase the availability of ventilators and accessories, as well as other...

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Blog: Automotive

3M and Ford are collaborating on specific ways the companies can rapidly combine complementary capabilities and resources to help meet a surge in demand for personal...

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Blog: Medical

Medtronic plc continues to make progress in increasing ventilator production worldwide. The company has increased production by more than 40 percent to date...

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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Polymer bushing and wear material manufacturer Vesconite Bearings is standing by to help manufacture ventilators in case the Coronavirus pandemic spirals. Last week,...

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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Royal Philips is increasing the production of certain critical care products and solutions to help diagnose and treat patients with the new...

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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping

GM and Ventec Life Systems, in cooperation with StopTheSpread.org, the nation’s coordinated private sector response to COVID-19, are collaborating to enable Ventec to increase...

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Blog: Medical

Abbott has received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the FDA for its molecular test for the identification of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The company is deploying 150,000...

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Blog: Regulations/Standards

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took action May 25, 2020, to make more ventilators available to healthcare personnel in the United States. FDA issued an emergency use...

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Blog: Design

Engineers at Binghamton University, State University of New York are stepping up on several fronts to help regional healthcare providers deal with the coronavirus...

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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping

BCN3D, a manufacturer of 3D printers based in Castelldefels (Barcelona, Spain), has devoted all its technological and manufacturing potential to helping...

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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping

It’s a race against time that some participants liken to Apollo 13, the stricken NASA spacecraft for which engineers improvised an air purification system from...

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News: AR/AI

Danish hearing aid maker Widex has developed a hearing aid that combines the latest in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning with two ultra-fast signal pathways to...

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Blog: Medical

A coalition of companies and universities assembled by Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS) to produce face shields leveraging...

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Blog: Design

MIT researchers hope to publish open-source designs for a low-cost respirator that could potentially help Covid-19 patients struggling with critical respiratory problems. The...

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Blog: Regulations/Standards

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made policy changes to respond to the urgent need for even faster testing availability. Although laboratories could use the EUA...

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Blog: Medical

Personal finance company LendEDU has conducted a survey of 1,000 adult Americans in the wake of the Conornavirus pandemic to better understand how the personal...

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Blog: Design

A breathing aid that can help keep Covid-19 patients out of intensive care, adapted by mechanical engineers at UCL and clinicians at UCLH working with...

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Blog: Medical

As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the U.S. and the world, Purdue University scientists are working to move solutions to diagnose and treat the virus to the...

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Ask the Expert

Eric Dietsch on the Benefits of Nitinol Wire
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In collaboration with the Fort Wayne Metals Engineering team, Eric Dietsch focuses on supporting customers with material recommendations, product development, and education. Eric is available to help you and your company with any Nitinol-related questions or needs that you may have.

Inside Story

Inside Story: Ensuring Reusable Devices Are Safe for the Next Patient
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To find out more about the expertise required to establish safe processes for cleaning and disinfecting reusable medical devices, MDB recently spoke with Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology Medical Device Testing, Eurofins Medical Device Testing (Lancaster, PA).

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