August 2020

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Products: Medical
SABIC has launched polypropylene (PP) materials for medical disposables such as gowns and masks and hygiene applications.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
EDM wire, PCB connectors, and more.
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Briefs: Medical
Tests show that ‘magnetoelectric’ power is viable option for clinical-grade implants.
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Briefs: Design
The technology is more than 30 times more sensitive than current lab-based tests.
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From the Editor: Design
See how medtech companies are trying to get more ventilators on the market.
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Technology Leaders: Design
The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has created uncertainty and delays in procedures, and the orthopedics industry must keep innovating.
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R&D: Materials
Researchers have developed biomaterial-based inks that respond to and quantify chemicals released from the body.
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Features: Medical
Learn how liquid silicone rubber (LSR) is playing a major role in the fabrication of new medical devices.
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Features: Medical
Medtech devices have become smaller over this last decade, and the advancements in connected technology are just beginning.
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Global Innovations: Wearables
A single-strained electronic skin sensor, powered by deep learning, can capture human motion from a distance.
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Briefs: Wearables
A single opening reduces the amount of evaporation.
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Briefs: Medical
The patch uses fully miniaturized needles, enabling unobtrusive drug delivery.
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Briefs: Medical
The number of colors is not limited by the microscope’s spectral channels or exploiting spectral crosstalk.
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Features: Medical
Medical device developers are providing more options through intuitive user interfaces (UIs).
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Briefs: Wearables
The fibers measure subtle and complex fabric deformations.
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Features: Medical
A secure communications channel protects the privacy and integrity of a patient’s information
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R&D: Wearables
A novel stretchable material, when used in light-emitting capacitor devices, enables highly visible illumination at low operating voltages.
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Briefs: Medical
The prototype mask, which includes an N95 filter, can be easily sterilized and worn many times.
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R&D: Wearables
A device to directly measure blood oxygen saturation in a fetus during labor could both reduce the rate of cesarean sections and improve outcomes in difficult deliveries.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Shielding materials, static control, 3D printing software, and more.
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R&D: Wearables
Researchers have constructed a paper-based device as a model of wearables that can collect, transport, and analyze sweat in next-generation wearable technology.
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R&D: Medical
A new type of wearable brain scanner is revealing new possibilities for understanding and diagnosing mental illness.
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R&D: Medical
Researchers have shown how to coat glass and plastic with porous titanium dioxide.
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Technology Leaders: Medical
Learn about requirements, regulations, and testing procedures for medical device capacitors.
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Ask the Expert: Medical
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.
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Blog: Imaging

Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, the largest hospital in the Middle East, has launched a pilot program for breakthrough rapid COVID-19 detection tests...

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Blog: Materials

Doorknobs, light switches, shopping carts. Fear runs rampant nowadays when it comes to touching common surfaces because of the rapid spread of the coronavirus. A Virginia Tech professor...

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Blog: Design

Scientific leaders from the National Institutes of Health have set forth a framework to increase significantly the number, quality, and type of daily tests for...

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Blog: Medical

The most significant marketing challenge of our time is the scarcity of attention from potential customers. Bombarded relentlessly from all directions with too much...

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News: Test & Measurement

Instron, a global manufacturer of materials testing equipment, is holding its first-ever virtual Biomedical Testing Open House. Scheduled for August 24–27, this online event will bring...

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Blog: Design

Yes, there will be a day when the U.S. EUA, Emergency Use Authorization Act, will be lifted, the medical device industry goes back to reality, and the FDA regains control of the medical approval process...

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Blog: Design

In early Spring of 2020, the phone calls and emails started streaming in to the mechanical engineering department of the University of Wisconsin – Madison: “We...

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Blog: Design

Portable disinfection chambers that use ultraviolet (UV) light to inactivate virus particles could allow emergency medical technicians, police officers, healthcare workers,...

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Blog: Medical

An innovative device may turn one of the most widely used materials for biomedical applications into wearable devices to help monitor heart health. A team from Purdue University...

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Blog: Medical

A new thermoplastic biomaterial, which is tough and strong but also easy to process and shape has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham. A...

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Blog: Design

In late April, NASA announced the development of Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally (VITAL), a ventilator prototype designed specifically to...

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INSIDER: Medical

The Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO and the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA have developed solutions to enable remote communication and...

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INSIDER: Medical

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded $3.4 million in grants to support high-impact projects for COVID-19...

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INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping

With its ability to yield parts with complex shapes and minimal waste, additive manufacturing has the potential to revolutionize the production of metallic components. That...

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INSIDER: Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) has selected five projects to identify ways to use...

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Industry News: Medical

Here is the latest roundup of key medtech industry leadership moves and other notable updates.

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News: Imaging

Glenbrook Technologies, based in Randolph, NJ, has been chosen by several institutions to supply its LabScope™ for preclinical medical research. The LabScope is a...

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Blog: Medical

COVID-19 has drastically changed the landscape for businesses across all industries, forcing immediate changes — but ones that will have long-term consequences. In the newest report...

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Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Thermoplastics manufacturer Flambeau is making an important part of personal protective equipment (PPE) widely used by frontline healthcare workers in the fight against the COVID-19 virus. After...

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Ask the Expert

Ralph Bright on the Power of Power Cords
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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.

Inside Story

Inside Story: Selecting the Best Pump for Your Medical Device
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MDB spoke to Rodd Turnquist, National Sales Manager US, OEM Division, WMFTS, to find out more about selecting the best pumps for medical devices and accelerating time to market.

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