Sensing Robots Developed to Monitor Patients

Robots that could take on basic healthcare tasks to support the work of doctors and nurses may be the way of the future. Who knows, maybe a medical robot can prescribe your medicine someday?...

Magnetic Spray Transforms Objects into Millirobots for Biomedical Applications

Researchers have developed an easy way to make millirobots by coating objects with a glue-like magnetic spray. Driven by the magnetic field, the coated objects...

Industry Updates from Cretex, Omega Healthcare, Zasti, and More

March 2021 — News and updates from the medical technology community.

Sotera Health Acquires Montana-Based BioScience Laboratories

Sotera Health, a global provider of mission-critical sterilization and lab-testing and advisory services, has acquired Montana-based BioScience Laboratories. This acquisition expands...

Chip Simplifies COVID-19 Testing, Delivers Results on a Phone

COVID-19 can be diagnosed in 55 minutes or less with the help of programmed magnetic nanobeads and a diagnostic tool that plugs into an off-the-shelf cell phone. Engineers have...

Study Finds Wearable Devices Can Detect COVID-19 Symptoms and Predict Diagnosis

Wearable devices can identify COVID-19 cases earlier than traditional diagnostic methods and can help track and improve management of the disease, researchers...

Coronavirus-Like Particles Could Ensure Reliability of Simpler, Faster COVID-19 Tests

Rapid COVID-19 tests are on the rise to deliver results faster to more people, and scientists need an easy, foolproof way to know that these tests work...

Detecting COVID-19 with a Sticker on Your Skin

One day, a wearable, bioelectronic device could wirelessly transmit a person’s vital signs — potentially providing critical information for early detection of health issues such as COVID-19...

Treating Sleep Apnea Requires More than Wearables

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that adults get at least seven hours of sleep per night, and in recent years, consumers have had the choice of a proliferating number of...

Global Medical Devices M&A Deals Total $4.5 Billion in Q4 2020

Medical device M&A deals, led by Koninklijke Philips’ $2.8 billion acquisition of BioTelemetry, totaled $4.5 billion in Q4 2020, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Sheena Oliver, Chief Marketing Officer, Wholesale USA, WS Audiology

Hearing loss affects over 48 million people. This fact drives Oliver forward.

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Diane Bryant, CEO & Chairman, NovaSignal

Bryant shares some patient success stories and reflects on her career in the medical-device industry.

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Amy Abernethy, Principal Deputy Commissioner and Acting Chief Information Officer, U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Abernethy's most rewarding moments have always been in the day-to-day care of cancer patients.

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Evelyn Rueda, Research and Development Engineer, Avery Dennison Medical

Rueda and her team developed face shields and N95 respirators to support the need for PPE in hospitals.

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Jennifer Ponti, Director of Medical Business Development, Web Industries, Inc.

Ponti was part of a team that scaled the production of SARS rapid antigen tests to detect and diagnose COVID-19 infections.

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Jennifer Zhao, Executive Vice President and General Manager, ams Advanced Optical Sensors Division

Zhao's team looks to find the presence of both COVID-19 antigens and antibodies in lateral flow or PCR tests.

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Carrie Mulherin, Chief Marketing Officer, LightDeck Diagnostics

Mulherin helped to bring the CellSearch circulating tumor cell instruments and kits to the market.

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Sarah Levy-Schreier, CTO, Sight Diagnostics

Levy-Schreier managed a cybersecurity department that employed some of Israel’s best software engineers.

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Janice Chen, Co-founder & CTO, Mammoth Biosciences

Chen unexpectedly discovered that certain proteins detect DNA.

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Jennifer Kehlet Barton, Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Director, BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona

Barton's lab designs miniature endoscopes for the early detection of ovarian cancer.

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: COVID, Cancer, CRISPR, & More

More than ever, women are making a huge impact in medical science and engineering.

Product of the Month

A new range of high-precision, low-profile medical sensors is available from TDK Corporation.

Can a Wearable Stop a Pandemic?

The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a new period of growth for wearables.

Artificial Aorta Reduces Blood Pressure

A silicone aorta can reduce how hard patients’ hearts have to pump.

New Biomaterials Can Be ‘Fine-Tuned’ for Medical Applications

The materials are suitable for use in soft tissue repair or flexible bioelectronics.

Textile Sensor Patch Could Detect Pressure Points for Amputees

A textile sensor can detect pressure points on the socket of a prosthetic limb.

The Challenges of Handheld and Wearable Medical Device Batteries

Batteries must meet high power capacity, small physical size, and reliability requirements.

New Products and Services

Curable adhesives, thermoelectric coolers, DC power supplies, and more.