From the Editor - Survey: Do People Trust Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare?

While the ethics of AI is making headlines, it's becoming an integral part of all aspects of daily life, including in healthcare and medical technology. And the FDA has even created regulatory pathways to incorporate AI into medical devices.

Extending the Commercial Life of Mature Products with Strategic Outsourcing

The challenge for pharma is how to extend the commercial life of mature products while keeping maintenance costs low and ensuring they adhere to everchanging regulations across the globe — all while juggling the innovation for new products.

Product Focus: Tubing

This month, the product focus is on tubing, including multi-lumen tubing, a rubber/silicone extrusion head, filmcast tubing, and micro extrusions.

New Products And Services

See the new products and services, including servo motor drives, leak testing equipment, rupture disk product selection, an automated regrinding system, and more.

Highly Sensitive Biosensor Detects Extremely Small Changes in Tears, Blood

Researchers from Japan have developed a novel, wireless, parity-time symmetry-based bioresonator that can detect minute concentrations of tear glucose and blood lactate.

Superhydrophobic Biosensor Measures Sweat Vapors on the Body

Wearable sensors can be used to monitor a person’s perspiration rate and provide information about the skin, nervous system activity, and underlying health conditions. Some sweat cannot be measured with current sensors.

Implantable Device Shrinks Pancreatic Tumors

Houston Methodist nanomedicine researchers have found a way to tame pancreatic cancer — one of the most aggressive and difficult to treat cancers — by delivering immunotherapy directly into the tumor with a device that is smaller than a grain of rice.

Programmable Smart Fabric Responds to Temperature and Electricity

A new smart material developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo is activated by both heat and electricity, making it the first ever to respond to two different stimuli.

How to Eliminate PCB Static in Medical Electronics

For medical devices with critical electronic components, damage from ESD during manufacturing can introduce defects, with devices failing once the product is in use, endangering the patient’s safety.

Wearable Technology: DOD Investing in Powerful AI Algorithm That Could Rapidly Predict Disease

The Defense Department is looking to expand the use of its wearable technology to other infectious disease detection in service members, which leaders say will aid in readiness.

TENS Socks Deliver Relief for Diabetic Neuropathy

A wearable electrical stimulation and vibration therapy system might be just what the doctor ordered for people experiencing foot pain and balance loss due to diabetic neuropathy.

Nanoparticle Aids in Corneal Transplants

Corneal grafts may be more successful by using nanoparticles to encapsulate the medication. The novel approach could also significantly improve patient compliance.

Nanobiosensor Detects SARS-CoV-2

Scientists have developed a nanobiosensor based on gold nanowires. Originally only intended for the detection of COVID-19-associated antigens and antibodies, the biosensor is also transferable to other biomarkers.

Sensor Detects Early-Stage Parkinson’s

An electrochemical sensor detects Parkinson’s disease at different stages. The device was fabricated using an ordinary 3D printer and proved capable of early diagnosis, also serving as a model for the identification of other diseases.

Crocodile Skin-Inspired Pressure Sensor

Researchers have successfully created omnidirectionally stretchable pressure sensors inspired by crocodile skin. They drew inspiration from the unique sensory organ of crocodile skin and developed pressure sensors with microdomes and wrinkled surfaces.

Bioprinted Patches for Heart Repair

A new technology that uses bioprinted patches to repair damaged heart tissue has been proven to be safe and cost-effective for patients.

Fighting Cancer with Real-Time Diagnostics

Inadequate real-time tissue assessment of biopsies from different cell types forces proceduralists to choose between intraprocedural partial tissue adequacy assessment, rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE), or sending tissue samples for full pathology review.

Ergometers: 3D Technology for Critical Parts Solves Design Challenges

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for approximately 20 percent of the nation’s deaths. Amid this global health crisis, emergent technology is helping healthcare professionals detect cardiovascular disease.

Surgery

What device introduced 25 years ago changed the path of cardiac and other surgeries?

AI Tool Predicts Onset of Parkinson’s Disease

Scientists have developed a tool that shows early promise in detecting Parkinson’s disease years before the first symptoms start appearing. The researchers used neural networks to analyze...

ECG Patch Paves Way for Sustainable Wearables

A new sustainable electrocardiogram patch is fully recyclable. The device, made of biomaterials, is modular, so electronic components can be easily removed from the disposable patch and used...

Mactac Acquires Label Supply, Canadian Distributor of Roll Label Products

Mactac, a LINTEC Company, is acquiring Label Supply, headquartered in Ontario, Canada. Label Supply has been servicing the Canadian roll label market for more than three...

Real-Time Remote Heart Monitoring

Biotricity’s continuous heart rhythm monitor uses advanced technology to deliver unlimited heart data insights.

MMT Acquires Ward Automation Galway, Somex: Launches MMT Automation Division

Medical Manufacturing Technologies (MMT), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management and a global provider of medical device manufacturing solutions, has...

IVD Market to See Significant Drop in Sales as COVID-19 Emergency Ends

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on May 5 that COVID-19 is no longer a global emergency. This comes as a relief to the public, but for many medical device...

Acarix, ACC Collaborate on Framework for CADScor System

In collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), Acarix, a developer of acoustic and AI-based cardiac diagnostics based in Sweden, has released a first edition of a...

NeuroOne Launches Evo sEEG Electrodes in U.S.

NeuroOne Medical Technologies Corp. , a medical technology company focused on improving surgical care options and outcomes for patients suffering from neurological disorders, has announced the...

Survey: MedAccred Offers Continued Value to Medtech Industry

The MedAccred program continues to provide value to medical device manufacturers that have been awarded its prestigious accreditation for critical manufacturing processes, according...