Product of the Month

SABIC has launched polypropylene (PP) materials for medical disposables such as gowns and masks and hygiene applications.

August 2020, Product Focus: Connectors/Wires/Cables

EDM wire, PCB connectors, and more.

Tiny, Magnetically Powered Implant Stimulates Brain Without Battery

Tests show that ‘magnetoelectric’ power is viable option for clinical-grade implants.

Paper-Based Technology Advances Earlier Cancer Detection

The technology is more than 30 times more sensitive than current lab-based tests.

From the Editor - Fighting COVID-19: The Secret to Designing a Noninvasive Ventilator in Just Five Weeks

See how medtech companies are trying to get more ventilators on the market.

Smart Design: How to Develop Your Next Orthopedic Product During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has created uncertainty and delays in procedures, and the orthopedics industry must keep innovating.

Smart Fabrics Monitor Body by Changing Color

Researchers have developed biomaterial-based inks that respond to and quantify chemicals released from the body.

LSR Technology: A New Dimension in Design of Medical Devices

Learn how liquid silicone rubber (LSR) is playing a major role in the fabrication of new medical devices.

Powering Up Medtech’s Modalities: Top Trends and Design Considerations

Medtech devices have become smaller over this last decade, and the advancements in connected technology are just beginning.

Deep-Learned E-Skin Decodes Complex Human Motion

A single-strained electronic skin sensor, powered by deep learning, can capture human motion from a distance.

Simple Device Monitors Health Using Sweat

A single opening reduces the amount of evaporation.

Wearable Patch May Provide New Treatment Option for Skin Cancer

The patch uses fully miniaturized needles, enabling unobtrusive drug delivery.

Multicolor Super-Resolution Imaging Made Easy

The number of colors is not limited by the microscope’s spectral channels or exploiting spectral crosstalk.

User Interface Development Tools Speed Time to Market for More Intuitive Products

Medical device developers are providing more options through intuitive user interfaces (UIs).

Smart Textiles Powered by Soft Transmission Lines

The fibers measure subtle and complex fabric deformations.

Protecting Patients and Their Data from Cyberattacks Aimed at Their Connected Health Devices

A secure communications channel protects the privacy and integrity of a patient’s information

Stretchable Material for Wearables Operates at Low Power

A novel stretchable material, when used in light-emitting capacitor devices, enables highly visible illumination at low operating voltages.

Engineers Design a Reusable, Silicone Rubber Face Mask

The prototype mask, which includes an N95 filter, can be easily sterilized and worn many times.

Noninvasive Fetal Oxygen Monitor Could Enable Safer Deliveries

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.

New Products and Services

Shielding materials, static control, 3D printing software, and more.

Paper-Based Device Analyzes Sweat

Researchers have constructed a paper-based device as a model of wearables that can collect, transport, and analyze sweat in next-generation wearable technology.

Wearable Brain Scanner for Whole Head Imaging

A new type of wearable brain scanner is revealing new possibilities for understanding and diagnosing mental illness.

New Coating Process Lights Porous Electronics and Sensors

Researchers have shown how to coat glass and plastic with porous titanium dioxide.

High-Reliability Capacitors: Critical Components for Medical Device Implantables

Learn about requirements, regulations, and testing procedures for medical device capacitors.

Ask the Expert – Eric Dietsch on the Benefits of Nitinol Wire

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.

Breakthrough Rapid COVID-19 Detection Test Works in Less Than a Second

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...

Surface Coating Inactivates Virus That Causes COVID-19

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 has...

NIH Details Unprecedented Initiative to Ramp Up Testing Technologies for COVID-19

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...

Scarcity of Attention: The Most Significant Marketing Challenge of Our Time

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

Instron to Hold Virtual Biomedical Testing Open House

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...

Medical Devices: LIFE after the EUA

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 with...

Researchers Redesign Critical Medical Equipment Using CT-Scan Data Analysis

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...

Portable UV Disinfection Chambers Could Help Address PPE Shortage

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

Innovative Device Offers New Option for Monitoring Heart Health

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...

New Plastic Biomaterial Could Lead to Tougher, More Versatile Medical Implants

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...

Brazilian Partnership to Begin Producing NASA-Designed COVID-19 Ventilator

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

Using Digital Twins for Knowledge Transfer

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...

Commerce Funds Four Manufacturing USA Pandemic Response Projects

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...

New Innovative Approach Controls Defects in 3D Printing

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 potential,...

Medtech Company Selected to Spur Smart-Manufacturing Technology Innovations

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...

Medtech Leadership Moves and Notable Industry Updates

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

Glenbrook Chosen to Supply LabScopes for Medical Research

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

Market Report: The Impact of COVID-19 on Tech Innovation

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 by...

Flambeau Produces Key Part for Respirator

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...