Deep-Learned E-Skin Decodes Complex Human Motion

A single-strained electronic skin sensor, powered by deep learning, can capture human motion from a distance.

Powering Up Medtech’s Modalities: Top Trends and Design Considerations

Medtech devices have become smaller over this last decade, and the advancements in connected technology are just beginning.

LSR Technology: A New Dimension in Design of Medical Devices

Learn how liquid silicone rubber (LSR) is playing a major role in the fabrication of new medical devices.

Smart Fabrics Monitor Body by Changing Color

Researchers have developed biomaterial-based inks that respond to and quantify chemicals released from the body.

Smart Design: How to Develop Your Next Orthopedic Product During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has created uncertainty and delays in procedures, and the orthopedics industry must keep innovating.

From the Editor - Fighting COVID-19: The Secret to Designing a Noninvasive Ventilator in Just Five Weeks

See how medtech companies are trying to get more ventilators on the market.

Paper-Based Technology Advances Earlier Cancer Detection

The technology is more than 30 times more sensitive than current lab-based tests.

Tiny, Magnetically Powered Implant Stimulates Brain Without Battery

Tests show that ‘magnetoelectric’ power is viable option for clinical-grade implants.

August 2020, Product Focus: Connectors/Wires/Cables

EDM wire, PCB connectors, and more.

Researchers Create Air Filter Designed to Trap and Kill the Coronavirus

Researchers from the University of Houston, in collaboration with others, have designed a “catch and kill” air filter that can trap the virus responsible for COVID-19,...

NIH: Experimental Coronavirus Vaccine Is Safe and Produces Immune Response

Researchers are working to develop a safe and effective vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Before a vaccine is available to the...

New Study Ranks Performance of Currently Available COVID-19 Antibody Tests

A new peer-reviewed study by researchers at NSF International and Novateur Ventures finds significant variability in the accuracy of currently available COVID-19...

Pandemic Response CoLab: New Initiative to Solve COVID-19 Challenge

MIT’s new Pandemic Response CoLab — a joint project of theMIT Center for Collective Intelligence (CCI), the MIT Community Biotechnology Initiative (CBI) at the MIT Media...

Socializing Safely: New Technology Enables Safe Visitation with Seniors

Maplewood Senior Living, a progressive senior living provider with a flagship Manhattan high-rise location, is now helping residents reconnect with their loved ones with...

COVID-19: Researchers Develop Low-Cost, Easy-to-Use Emergency Ventilator

A team of engineers and physicians at the University of California San Diego has developed a low-cost, easy-to-use emergency ventilator for COVID-19 patients that is built...

New COVID-19 Test Pinpoints Antibodies Specific to SARS-CoV-2

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues with many thousands of new infections reported each day, there is a need for widely applicable surveillance testing to gain a better understanding...

Nanosponges Could Intercept Coronavirus Infection

Nanoparticles cloaked in human lung cell membranes and human immune cell membranes can attract and neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus in cell culture, causing the virus to lose its ability to...

NASA, University Hospitals Join Forces in Response to COVID-19

NASA’s Glenn Research Center and University Hospitals (UH) in Cleveland have collaborated to develop new methods and technologies for decontaminating personal protective equipment...

Product of the Month

Cornell Dubilier Electronics has launched a series of film capacitors for medical defibrillator applications.

New High-Flow Valve for Portable Oxygen Concentrator Systems

Battery-powered, highly portable oxygen concentrators are a growing trend in patient mobility, but building the devices is still an engineering challenge.

Researchers Develop New X-Ray Detector

Scientists have identified a new class of x-ray detectors based on layered perovskites

Implantable Biosensor Operates Without Batteries

The biodegradable motion sensor paves the way for implanted nanotechnology.

Researchers Incorporate Computer Vision, Uncertainty into AI for Robotic Prosthetics

The software enables people using robotic prosthetics to walk in a more natural manner on different types of terrain.

New Device Quickly Detects Lithium Ions in Blood of Bipolar Disorder Patients

The paper-based device allows point-of-care testing in one step.

Cooling Insoles Reduce Foot Temperature, Tissue Breakdown

The insoles could prevent amputations caused by diabetic foot ulcers.

Pandemic PPE: What Good Will Come of the COVID-19 Crisis?

Collaboration and innovation, born of necessity, hold potential to improve the healthcare industry’s PPE product choices and supply reliability.

From the Editor - Will COVID-19 Accelerate the Acceptance of Telemedicine?

Has telehealth proven that it is a viable alternative for care? The answer is yes, according to Justin Williams, CEO of healthcare delivery platform Noteworth.

Scalable Artificial Intelligence for Medical Imaging

Major medical imaging vendors are currently ramping up their artificial intelligence (AI) activities.