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Products: Medical
PRODUCT OF THE MONTH — Introducer Sheath
Freudenberg Medical, Jeffersonville, IN, has launched a new introducer sheath for medical device companies looking to accelerate time to market with a unique white label device. The...
Products: Medical
Pulsed Fiber Laser Welding System
Amada Miyachi America, Monrovia, CA, has added a new pulsed fiber laser welding system to its LMF series of lasers. The 70-W LMF70-HP is ideal for welding small components and thin...
Briefs: Medical
In regenerative medicine, the ideal repair material would offer properties that seem impossibly contradictory. It must be rigid and robust enough to be manipulated...
Briefs: Medical
On the heels of winning $12 million in supplemental funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct a major, multicenter, national clinical trial of his iLet™ bionic pancreas,...
Features: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Hypertension (high blood pressure) is the number one risk factor for premature death worldwide, affecting 70 million American adults (one out of three). Day-to-day...
Briefs: Materials
Stents are cylindrical mesh tubes that can be placed in arteries or in the lungs to open blockages or areas that are narrow or weak. Traditional stents work well, but one disadvantage is...
Features: Medical
Fiber-optic curvature sensing has great potential for a number of medical and industrial applications because alternative solutions are practically nonexistent, at...
Features: Connectivity
With the advent of Industry 4.0, digital manufacturing promises speed, directness, and flexibility — so it needs a tool that meets those demands. Fortunately, the right technology has been evolving...
Briefs: Wearables
Engineers and biologists at MIT have teamed up to design a new “living material” — a tough, stretchy, biocompatible sheet of hydrogel injected with live cells that are genetically...
Briefs: Medical
Fear of the Zika virus is spreading as images of afflicted infants fill the news. Hoping to foil Zika's rapid advance, researchers from the Wyss Institute in Boston, along with colleagues...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A team of engineers and scientists have developed an artificial skin capable of detecting temperature changes using a mechanism similar to the one used by the organ that...
Briefs: Medical
Sound waves could be used to hack into critical sensors in a broad array of technologies including medical devices, smart-phones, automobiles, and the Internet of Things, University...
Briefs: Connectivity
Efficient production control is a key industrial technology. The notion of building up two parallel factories instead of one may sound like nothing but doubling of effort. But what if one of the...
Briefs: Materials
Three-dimensional printing technology makes it possible to rapidly manufacture objects by depositing layer upon layer of polymers in a precisely determined pattern. Once these objects are...
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The structures of most medical devices are far too complex to mold as a single piece. Therefore, it is necessary to assemble their components into a finished product. While...
Features: Information Technology
The increasing sophistication and complexity of medical devices is compounded by strict regulatory requirements that demand systems that can produce consistent, repeatable...
Features: IoMT
For years, the medical device industry has been leading the adoption of additive manufacturing. With the evolution of high-precision printers that span a large offering of...
Technology Leaders: Medical
For many medical device manufacturers, the application of proprietary coatings and surface treatments can play a critical role in differentiating their products as they...
Technology Leaders: Medical
Multipurpose functionality has become an expectation in the modern lifestyle. A washing machine is no longer just a washing machine but rather a computerized appliance that can...
Global Innovations: Medical
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerlandwww.unibas.ch
Before an operation, surgeons have to obtain the most precise image possible of the anatomical structures...
R&D: Medical
Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) hold great promise for cell-based therapies, regenerative medicine, drug screening, and other uses in medicine and health. A team of researchers from Kyoto...
R&D: Medical
Skin-Graft System Improves Healing of Chronic Wounds
According to the National Institutes of Health, more than six million cases of chronic wounds cost $20 billion each year in the United States. Diabetic ulcers, pressure sores, surgical site wounds, and traumatic injuries to high-risk patients account for most wounds that do not heal. Data from a...
R&D: Medical
According to University College London (UCL) researchers, a new test for bladder cancer could enable doctors to analyze a urine sample and spare patients the discomfort of a cystoscopy.
R&D: Regulations/Standards
FDA-Approved Algorithm Detects Hemorrhagic Shock
Researchers from the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research collaborated with scientists and engineers at the University of Colorado and Flashback Technologies, Inc., to develop an algorithm, the Compensatory Reserve Index (CRI), to detect when a patient experiences hemorrhagic shock, a leading...
R&D: Medical
Developers at the University of Michigan College of Engineering have found a new way to design and 3D-print custom orthotics and prosthetics. The process provides lighter, better-fitting...
R&D: Medical
Researchers 'Stretch' Limits of Elastomers
Researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design's Digital Manufacturing and Design Centre have developed UV-curable elastomers that can be stretched by up to 1100%. The 3D-printing process supports the fabrication of soft actuators and robots, flexible electronics, and acoustic...
From the Editor: Medical
Confidence High, but Concerns Remain
A recent forecast indicates a mostly positive outlook for the international medtech industry but highlights a few areas that will present challenges going forward. The “8th Thinking Ahead! LIMEDex Index Report” was authored by Beatus Hofrichter, found - er and managing partner of conceplus, a medtech think...
INSIDER: Medical
Researchers have developed a prototype smart shirt that integrates validated medical-grade electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring with breathing rate and breathing depth. The use of state-of-the-art printed...
INSIDER: Medical
Researchers have developed a rubber-like fiber that can flex and stretch while simultaneously delivering both optical impulses, for optoelectronic stimulation, and electrical connections, for...
INSIDER: Medical
Cancer patients who also undergo radiation therapy experience unfortunate side effects including skin irritation, and sometimes peeling and blistering. Researchers are testing a new...
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Frequently used as a design validation and prototyping tool in its early days, the 3D printer now supports a much wider range of applications, from shape-conforming electronics to the creation of printed...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Stretchable and transparent electrodes — called omnidirectionally stretchable electrodes — have been developed for applications in flexible and wearable electronics. For practical...
Blog: Materials
“Free trade is being abandoned, which is very worrying, said Rudolf Staudigl, CEO of silicone giant Wacker Chemical. Staudigl made the assertion at the silicone giant’s...
Industry News: Medical
Around the Industry
April 10, 2017 — News and updates from the medical technology community.
News: Medical
AAMI Foundation Launches Initiative to Address Complexity of Healthcare Technology
Don’t let complexity get in the way of safety in healthcare. That is the “simple” goal of a new coalition—spearheaded by the AAMI Foundation—that is tackling the challenge of the burgeoning development and use of complex healthcare technology. Over the next...
News: Medical
'Breakthrough' Device Approved through 21st Century Cures Act
N8 Medical, LLC, a privately held medical device company developing novel solutions for the prevention of hospital-acquired infections from multidrug-resistant pathogens, has announced that FDA has approved the company’s request to designate its CeraShield™ endotracheal tube as a...
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A team of biomedical engineering researchers has created a revolutionary 3D-bioprinted patch that can help heal scarred heart tissue after a heart attack. The discovery is a major step...
INSIDER: Medical
Picture an artificial skin that can sense your body’s movements and vital signs. A new, inexpensive sensor could help make advanced devices like these a reality. The sensor uses...
INSIDER: Materials
A team of researchers is developing a new material that can be used to replace skull bone lost to injury, surgery, or birth defect. The bioactive foam is malleable when exposed...
INSIDER: Medical
Electrodes placed in the brain record neural activity and can help treat neural diseases like Parkinson’s and epilepsy. Designing smaller, gentler electrodes that still pick up brain signals is...
INSIDER: Medical
Creating the Future: Wearable Bands Offer Continuous Blood-Pressure Measurement
The pneumatic cuff, a device traditionally used to measure blood pressure, has had a prominent place in doctors' offices for more than a century. As part of a year-long fellowship at Northwestern University, two clinicians and two engineers teamed up to develop a new...
Industry News: Medical
Around the Industry
April 25, 2017 — News and updates from the medical technology community.
News: Regulations/Standards
FDA Touts New AAMI Report on ‘Wireless Coexistence’ and Medical Devices
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is flagging a new technical information report (TIR) from AAMI that provides crucial guidance for “wireless coexistence” for a wide array of medical devices and systems.
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
Dan Sanchez on How to Improve Extruded Components
Improving extruded components requires careful attention to a number of factors, including dimensional tolerance, material selection, and processing. Trelleborg’s Dan Sanchez provides detailed insights into each of these considerations to help you advance your device innovations while reducing costs and speeding time to market.
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.
