Face Mask Aims to Deactivate Virus to Protect Others

A new concept for a mask aims to make the wearer less infectious. The central idea is to modify mask fabrics with antiviral chemicals that can sanitize exhaled, escaped respiratory...

Ask the Expert - John Chandler on Achieving Quality Motion Control

FAULHABER MICROMO brings together the highest quality motion technologies and value-added services, together with global engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing, to deliver top quality micro motion solutions. With 34 years’ experience, John Chandler injects a key engineering perspective into all new projects and enjoys working closely with OEM customers to bring exciting new technologies to market.

Tiny Energy Storage Power for Wearable Skin Sensors

Researchers have fabricated tiny energy storage devices that can effectively power flexible and wearable skin sensors.

Improved Electrosurgical Grounding Pad Prevents Patient Skin Burn During Electrosurgery

A specially designed grounding plate uses integrated heat removal components.

Switch-Mode Power Supply (SMPS) Emissions Filtering: Attenuation vs. Leakage Trade-Off

This relationship is important to understand when developing the end system.

Metal-Ion Breakthrough Leads to New Biomaterials

Engineers have developed a new framework that makes elastomer design a modular process, allowing for the mixing and matching of different metals with a single polymer.

Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings for High-Wear Medical Applications

In the universe of wear resistant thin films, diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings have emerged as the ideal solution for demanding physical applications

3D Printed Unique Micro-Scale Fluid Channels Made for Medical Testing

Researchers have 3D printed unique fluid channels at the micron scale that could automate production of diagnostics, sensors, and assays used for a variety of medical tests and other applications.

Wearable Sensors Printed Directly on Skin with No Heat

Researchers have printed sensors directly on human skin without the use of heat.

Single-Use Applications Maximize Biomanufacturing Agility

One of the biggest challenges biomanufacturers face is downtime — something single-use technologies overcome.

New Products and ServicesBriefs

Sleep-tracking sensors, stepper motors, electromechanical actuators, and more.

From the Editor - Report: Confident Medtech OEMs Proud of Industry Response to Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic forced medtech companies to go beyond norms and collaborate to overcome critical challenges.

Microneedle Patch Delivers Gene Therapy

Genetic material is delivered without producing inflammation or toxicity in the body.

Pot of Gold Engineered to Help with Early Disease Detection

University of Queensland researchers have developed biosensors that use nanoengineered porous gold that more effectively detect early signs of disease, improving patient outcomes.

3D Printed ‘Invisible’ Fibers Can Sense Breath, Sound, and Cells

Researchers have used 3D printing to make electronic fibers, each 100 times thinner than a human hair, to create non-contact, wearable, portable respiratory sensors.

Optical Imaging Technology May Help Surgeons Better Treat Cancer, Brain Diseases

Optical imaging helps surgeons map out tumors.

A Sneak Peek at the Medical ‘Create the Future’ Finalists

A wound-healing patch; a blood-pressure monitor; an implantable wireless pacing system; and a wearable glucose sensor are this year's "Create the Future" nominees.

Tiny Devices Promise New Horizon for Medical Imaging

This form of radiation does not damage living tissues.

Quality and Reliability in the Assembly and Manufacturing of Medical Electronics PCBs

EMS providers, contract manufacturers (CMs), and printed circuit board (PCB) fabricators are the strongest link in the supply chain critical for building medical electronics equipment, including ventilators

Taking Benchtop Fluid Dispensing to a New Level of Process Control

The latest benchtop dispensers provide a high degree of process control, capable of dispensing adhesives, solder pastes, and all other assembly fluids with high consistency.

Product Focus: Manufacturing/Assembly Equipment

SMT Assembly Services Z-Axis, Phelps, NY, has launched a new product introduction (NPI) line for surface mount technology (SMT) printed circuit board (PCB) assembly at its contract design and...

Patches Detect When a Viral Disease Is About to Get Worse

Sensing patch detects increased biomarkers in bodily fluids.

Lego-Inspired Bone and Soft Tissue Repair with Tiny, 3D Printed Bricks

Flea-sized, hollow blocks can be filled with materials that improve healing.

Small Innovations Could Help Robotic Surgery Become Big Business

Smaller parts and devices will likely play bigger roles in the advancement of robotic surgery and telesurgery.

Product of the Month

Murata has released a Type 1RM ultra-small Medical Implant Communication System (MICS) band radio module.

Skin-Like Wearable Sensor Helps ALS Patients Communicate

A stretchable, skin-like device can be attached to a patient’s face and can measure small movements such as a twitch or a smile. Using this approach, patients could communicate a...

NIST Innovation Could Improve Detection of COVID-19 Infections

A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a way to increase the sensitivity of the primary test used to detect the SARS-CoV-2...

Sensor Rapidly Detects COVID-19 Infection Status, Severity, Immunity

A new type of multiplexed test with a low-cost sensor may enable the at-home diagnosis of a COVID infection through rapid analysis of small volumes of saliva or blood,...