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INSIDER: Medical
AI Predicts Which COVID-19 Patients Need a Ventilator
Researchers have developed an online tool to help medical staff quickly determine which COVID-19 patients will need help breathing with a ventilator. The tool, developed through analysis...
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INSIDER: Energy
Stretchable Battery Powered by Sweat
Scientists have developed a soft and stretchable battery that is powered by human perspiration. The prototype battery consists of printed silver flake electrodes that generate electricity in the presence...
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Special Reports: Nanotechnology
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Medical Robotics - September 2021
Self-propelled nanobots that deliver drugs inside the human body...novel sensors that improve the safety and precision of industrial robots...a dynamic hydrogel material that makes building soft robotic devices...

Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Product of the Month
An evaluation kit form Sensirion enables ventilator manufacturers to take proximal measurements of respiratory gas rates.
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Technology Leaders: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
PCB Microelectronics Assembly Takes Center Stage for Medical Miniaturization
Small medical electronics are at the forefront of a new round of technology trends involving printed circuit board (PCB) assembly and manufacturing.
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Briefs: Design
Mastering the UKCA Compliance Challenge
Deadlines are approaching for compliance.
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Products: Motion Control
New Products and Services
A smart function kit, thermoelectric coolers, positioning stages, and more.
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R&D: Design
Batteryless Pacemaker Could Use Heart’s Energy for Power
The cardiac pacemaker of the future could be powered by the heart itself.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Soft Skin Patch Could Provide Early Warning for Strokes, Heart Attacks
The patch uses ultrasound to monitor blood flow to organs.
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From the Editor: Medical
From the Editor: Medtech Industry Continues to Create High-Paying Jobs Throughout COVID-19 Pandemic
New data shows that during the pandemic, the medtech industry created more, better-paying jobs than the manufacturing sector overall.
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Briefs: Data Acquisition
Optical Device Offers Improved Thyroid Cancer Screening
The device combines near infrared light, time resolved spectroscopy, and diffuse correlation spectroscopy.
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R&D: Materials
Coating Releases Antimicrobial Peptides
A coating can be applied to endotracheal tubes and release antimicrobial peptides that target infectious bacteria with specificity.
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Features: Medical
On the Rise: Wearable Injector Systems
The advent of automatic drug-delivery devices has empowered patients to take their treatments in their own hands.
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R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
UV Sensors for Wearables Are Flexible, Sensitive
To make ultraviolet (UV)-detecting wearables, scientists have created a new type of light sensor that is both flexible and highly sensitive.
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Technology Leaders: Electronics & Computers
Developing a Customized Glucometer Using GreenPAK
Glucometer designs available on the market today are costly, large, and power inefficient. See how GreenPAK offers an upgrade.
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Technology Leaders: Sensors/Data Acquisition
FPGA Technology for High-Speed Medical Image Processing
Through better detection, digital mammography can significantly improve radiology outcomes.
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Briefs: Wearables
Bioprinted 3D Cardiac Patches Could Reverse Scar Formation After Heart Attacks
The system promotes myocardial regeneration after a cardiac event.
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Product Focus: Pumps/Valves
Fluid-dispensing systems, a micro-dosing pump, solenoid valves, and more.
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Features: Packaging & Sterilization
Achieving High Marks for Medical Device Makers: Ultrashort Pulse Lasers
Unique device identifiers, or UDIs, enable better reporting, reviewing, and analyzing of adverse events.
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Features: Wearables
Show Preview: Medical Wearables for Biosensors
See what's happening at the Designing Biosensors for Medical Wearables Conference.
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Global Innovations: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Highly Accurate Test Quantifies Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2
Scientists have developed a rapid, highly accurate test to detect antibodies against the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 in human serum.
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R&D: Photonics/Optics
Tiny Wireless Device Illuminates Neuron Activity in the Brain
Researchers are creating new tools for a method called optogenetics, which shines light at specific neurons in the brain to excite or suppress activity.
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Trivia: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Diagnostics
What well-known fictional device is now being developed as a real medical device?
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Features: Tubing & Extrusion
Inside Story: Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group
Rodd Turnquist tells Medical Design Briefs how to select the best pumps for medical devices and accelerating time to market.
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INSIDER: Medical
Low-Cost COVID-19 Device Allows At-Home Testing
Despite the impressively fast development of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic tests over the last year and a half, the vast majority of patient samples must still be sent to a lab for processing, which...
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INSIDER: Medical
Bioprinted 3D Cardiac Patches Could Reverse Scar Formation
Researchers are investigating stem cell-laden 3D-bioprinted cardiac patch technologies for use as a therapeutic and regenerative approach for ischemic cardiomyopathy in reversing...
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INSIDER: Medical
Flexible, Wearable X-Ray Detector Doesn’t Require Heavy Metals
Researchers have developed a proof-of-concept wearable x-ray detector prepared from nontoxic metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) layered between flexible plastic and gold...
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Videos: Medical
SAE International: Expanding the Scope of Mobility
For over 120 years, SAE International has helped generations of engineers to blaze new trails and build the modern aerospace, automotive, and commercial vehicle industries. Now those trails...
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INSIDER: Medical

Brain Implant Enables Safer Drug Delivery

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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Pill-Sized Bioprinter Can Be Guided to Disease Site

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Products: Wearables

2025 Product of the Year

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INSIDER: Medical

Wireless Patch Enables Early Cancer Detection

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INSIDER: Medical

Boston Scientific to Acquire Nalu Medical, Inc.

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Features: Wearables

The Promise and Challenge of On-Body Biosensors: A Perspective on Clinical...

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.

Webcasts

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Podcasts: Design

Developing Sustainable Drug-Delivery Devices

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Podcasts: Medical

Smarter Pathways for Precision Drug Delivery in Cancer Care

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On-Demand Webinars: Connectivity

Understanding Testing and Compliance Requirements for Wireless Medical Devices

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Podcasts: Medical

Personalized Medicine and Drug Delivery

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Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Material Science Innovations for Medical Devices

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Podcasts: AR/AI

Automation, Robotics, and AI Integration in Medical Manufacturing

Inside Story

Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
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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.

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