Biorubber Glue Offers Faster Surgical Recovery

A surgical glue can help join blood vessels and close wounds faster.

Reimagining Knee Replacements with Additive Technology and Artificial Intelligence

To produce an additively manufactured prosthesis, REJOINT starts by 3D modelling the patient’s CT scan.

Diagnosing COVID-19: Anatomy of an LFI Test Device

LFI antigen tests provide results rapidly, at or near the point-of-care.

Drawn-on-Skin Electronics Offer Breakthrough in Wearable Monitors

Drawn-on-skin electronics allows multifunctional sensors and circuits to be drawn on the skin with an ink pen.

Guest Editorial - Medical Devices: LIFE after the EUA

When the Emergency Use Authorization Act is lifted, the FDA will have a real device review in place, says our guest editor.

Tips for Innovating in a Post-Pandemic Market: A Primer on E2E Conversations

Start simple, collaborate early, and seek deep expertise are just three of the important ideas in a post-pandemic medical market.

New Material Family Could Build Realistic Prosthetics

Researchers have developed a new family of polymers that can self-heal, have shape memory, and are recyclable.

Optical Tracking System Helps Improve Exoskeleton Fit

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new measurement method to test whether an exoskeleton and the person wearing it are moving smoothly and in harmony.

Determining When to Outsource Your Medical Device Testing

Weighing your testing options is imperative to submission success.

Investigating an Essentially Nickel- and Cobalt-Free Stainless-Steel Alloy for Medical Devices

A new alloy has emerged: BioDur 108.

Wearable Sensors Printed on Natural Materials Analyze Substances Present in Sweat

Researchers in Brazil have printed a wearable sensor from microbial nanocellulose, a natural polymer.

Product Focus: Mechanical Components

Proportional control, modular connectors, power supplies, and more.

Inside Story: Nordion

To find out more about Cobalt-60, MDB recently spoke with Richard Wiens, who leads a team dedicated to maintaining a reliable supply of Cobalt-60 for the long term. His team manages existing supply relationships and builds new ones and currently has more than a dozen projects under way.

Students Develop Hybrid Rocket Engine

A University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign student team designed a hybrid rocket engine that uses paraffin and a novel nitrous oxide-oxygen mixture called Nytrox. The project began in 2013 with the...

COVID-19 Test Produces Rapid Results

A CRISPR-based diagnostic for COVID-19 can produce results in 30 minutes to an hour, with similar accuracy as the standard PCR diagnostics now used. STOPCovid could be made cheaply enough that people...

High-brightness Probes Enable Faster, More Robust COVID-19 Testing

New probes using incredibly bright dyes could help detect COVID-19 earlier, leading to faster testing even when only trace amounts of SARS-CoV-2 RNA are present. As the...

Robot Takes Contact-Free Measurements of Patient Vital Signs

During the current coronavirus pandemic, one of the riskiest parts of a healthcare worker’s job is assessing people who have symptoms of COVID-19. Researchers from MIT, Boston...

‘Clear Talker’ Mask Allows Better Communication

A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ research team has invented a novel face mask using a transparent shield with filtered vents. The see-through “Clear Talker” mask allows...

Remote-Controlled Device Controls Fluid in Human Tissue

Researchers have developed remote-controlled, mechanical microdevices that, when inserted into human tissue, can manipulate the fluid that surrounds them, collect cells or release...

Flexible Patch Acts as a Continuous, Hands-Free Ultrasound

A team at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has prototyped a flexible patch containing tiny transducers for monitoring health conditions. When paired with a new algorithm, the...

Wearable Device Offers Options for Treating Antibiotic-Resistant Infections, Wounds

The rapid increase of life-threatening, antibiotic-resistant infections has resulted in challenging wound complications with limited choices of effective...

Innovative Biocontainment Unit Could Protect Healthcare Workers

The U.S. Army partnered with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to create a biocontainment unit that could help healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients....

Hybrid Mask Allows ENT Doctors to See More Patients

An ear, nose, and throat doctor has invented a simple mask design that significantly improves safety during aerosol-generating procedures of the head and neck. The novel coronavirus plummeted...

Freudenberg Medical Acquires Merit Medical's Hypotube Manufacturing Business

Freudenberg Medical, a global developer and manufacturer of specialty components and finished products for the medical device industry, has acquired the dedicated...

Inside Story: Advanced Sensor Technologies for MIRS Applications

To find out more about the use of advanced force sensors in robotic surgery applications, MDB recently spoke with Ebenezer Ferreira, PMP, MBA, project manager for medtech programs at FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology Inc. (Irvine, CA).

Product of the Month

3M has released a new extended wear medical transfer adhesive.

An Inside Look at Maximizing Throughput, Speed, and Efficiency with Robotics in Medical Device Manufacturing

See how six-robots are being used to produce medical devices.

Case Study: Increasing Ventilator Display Mount Production to Meet COVID-19 Demands

Major ventilator manufacturers began implementing "crash programs" to expand their production lines, attempting to cram multiple years’ worth of output into the span of a few months.