R&D: Medical
A single blood test screens for eight common cancer types and helps identify the location of the cancer. The test, called CancerSEEK, is a unique noninvasive, multianalyte test that...
R&D: Medical
A new smartphone app called WoundCare enables patients to remotely send images of their surgical wounds for monitoring by nurses.
R&D: Medical
Researchers have developed a new way to capture the detailed biomechanical properties of heart tissue. The high-resolution optical technique fills an important technology gap...
R&D: Medical
Scientists have built and tested a new biomaterial-based delivery system — known as a hydrogel — that will encase a desired cargo and dissolve to release its freight...
From the Editor: Photonics/Optics
In December, we asked Medical Design Briefs readers to cast their ballot to choose from our 12 Products of the Month the technology they felt was the most significant new introduction to the design...
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Rapid prototyping has long played a vital role in the evolution of medical device technology. Effectively applied during a product's early design stages, it can generate...
Features: Design
Beyond an ability to merely act, today's medical robotics are increasingly able to sense and “think,” providing for an ever-growing list of...
Features: Internet of Things
Doctors often tell patients to “listen to your body and take note of what it is telling you.” Now, technology is being developed that will listen for us and process the signals to help...
Features: Regulations/Standards
In an industry where people's health and wellness are on the line, manufacturers can't afford to let risk go unaddressed. As the International Organization for...
Technology Leaders: Medical
Over the past five years, technological advances have enabled product applications for microextrusion to penetrate into the medical OEM arena. Simply speaking, micro now...
Products: Medical
DunAn Sensing, San Jose, CA, has launched a new series of integrated pressure and temperature sensors. The TP series uses the company's proprietary DURAsense packaging and...
Briefs: Wearables
Constantly tracking a person's glucose levels through their tears or sweat could be one step closer to providing people with diabetes an improved monitoring tool. Researchers report...
Briefs: Design
Nearly four million infants in developing countries die each year within a month of birth due to complications of prematurity, low birth weight,...
Briefs: Medical
On the 50th anniversary of the first heart transplant, which occurred in December 1967, a University of Houston biomedical engineer is creating a next-generation heart pump for...
Briefs: Materials
Sutures and staples are the traditional methods for closing surgical incisions and wounds in emergency situations. However, these methods can be inadequate in complex...
Global Innovations: Motion Control
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An extremely lightweight and portable hand exoskeleton may one day help the...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories want to use small magnetic sensors to image the brain in a way that's simpler and less expensive than the magnetoencephalography system now...
News: Regulations/Standards
New Exoskeletons and Exosuits Standards Group Outlines First Steps
ASTM International’s new committee on exoskeletons and exosuits (F48) held its first meeting Feb. 13–14 in Philadelphia, PA, near the organization’s global headquarters. The need for technical standards has grown alongside the rising use of exoskeletons in manufacturing,...
Blog: Medical
INSIDER: Medical
A newly developed titanium fiber plate offers a new alternative for regenerative medicine and treating fractures, eliminating the need for surgical extraction of the plate...
News: Test & Measurement
Biocompatibility Expert to Discuss Successful Sample Preparation for Medical Device Testing
Properly prepared test articles are critical for accurate biocompatibility testing. As a sponsor of a medical device, it is imperative for medical device manufacturers to understand what to do to ensure a successful test of a proposed medical device.
INSIDER: Wearables
Researchers are developing cutting-edge biometric sensors that function without compromising the skin and its ability to prevent infection and dehydration. The new sensors generate sweat to glean...
INSIDER: Medical
Researchers are developing an artificial, robotic small intestine for use in medical laboratories. The idea of a robotic small intestine may seem strange, as...
INSIDER: Medical
Engineers have developed an instrumented cane that not only provides added support but can also analyze a patient's gait to determine risk of falling. The "IntelliCane" can quantitatively calculate...
INSIDER: Nanotechnology
For the first time, it is possible to create complex nanoscale metal structures using 3D printing. The process, once scaled up, could be used in a wide variety of applications,...
INSIDER: Medical
Researchers have pioneered a breakthrough method to rapidly 3D print fully functional electronic circuits. The circuits, which contain electrically-conductive metallic inks and...
INSIDER: Green Design & Manufacturing
The potential implications of additive manufacturing (AM) have excited the imagination. Popularly known as 3D printing, the emerging class of technologies has...
INSIDER: Medical
A team of chemical engineers has developed a new, cost-effective method for synthetically producing a biorenewable platform chemical called triacetic acid lactone...
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John Chandler on Achieving Quality Motion Control
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