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Briefs: AR/AI
A state-of-the-art brain-machine interface created by UC San Francisco neuroscientists can generate natural-sounding synthetic speech by using brain activity to control a virtual vocal tract —...
Products: Medical
Catheter Tie Layer
Zeus, Orangeburg, SC, offers a thin thermoplastic coating that is placed over a PTFE liner during catheter construction. The Zeus Tie Layer creates a melt bondable surface that improves...
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Ovarian cancer is usually diagnosed only after it has reached an advanced stage, with many tumors spread throughout the abdomen. Most patients undergo surgery to remove as many of these...
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
In the injectable drug-delivery industry, expectations for improved patient experiences with administration and at-home delivery of therapeutic regimens are evolving. Products that combine the...
Products: Medical
Resistive Touch Panels
Fujitsu Components America, San Jose, CA, has released a series of customizable, flush-surface, resistive touch panels with less than half the input force of conventional resistive panels, nearly...
Features: IoMT
Technology has always played a central role in healthcare. From microscopes to medical imaging, and from pacemakers to prosthetics, technological breakthroughs throughout history have improved diagnosis,...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Optical Distance Sensor
A highly accurate optical distance sensor is available from Werth Messtechnik, Giessen, Germany. The Werth Chromatic Focus Point sensor can measure dimensional, shape, and positional deviations...
Briefs: Medical
Researchers at DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have 3D printed an all-liquid device that, with the click of a button, can be repeatedly reconfigured on demand to...
R&D: Medical
Researchers have invented a synthetic soft tissue substitute that is well tolerated and encourages the growth of soft tissue and blood vessels. This new material retains its shape without being...
Global Innovations: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The future of medicine is biological — and scientists hope we will soon be using 3D printed biologically functional tissue to replace irreparably damaged tissue in the body. A team of...
R&D: Medical
A radar system can wirelessly monitor the vital signs of patients, eliminating the need to hook them up to any machines.
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
For many high-power RF applications, the “Q factor” of embedded capacitors is one of the most important characteristics in the design of circuits. This includes products such as cellular/telecom...
R&D: Medical
A novel pairing of two technologies may offer a solution for better screening for diabetic retinopathy, a condition that can lead to permanent vision loss if not...
Features: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Nine years ago, Julian Gunderson was born three months prematurely and weighed just 1 kg (2.2 lb). After a year's worth of injections,...
News: Medical
Porex, a developer of porous polymer solutions, and Guangdong Xianfeng Medical Technology Co., Ltd. have teamed up to develop a sterile container that will...
From the Editor: Medical
Political uncertainty will be the biggest factor that could upend healthcare transactions according to a recent Merrill InsightTM poll of global mergers and acquisitions...
INSIDER: Medical
Engineers have developed a wearable patch that could provide personalized cooling and heating at home, work, or on the go. The soft, stretchy patch cools or warms a user’s skin to a...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Researchers have developed a non-invasive strategy that combines functional electrostimulation, a body weight support system, and a brain-machine interface for the rehabilitation of people...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Battelle has for years successfully demonstrated brain-computer interface (BCI) projects — just look at NeuroLife®, which has enabled a quadriplegic man to move his...
News: Software
LDRA, a leader in standards compliance, automated software verification, software code analysis, and test tools, has announced...
News: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Your smartwatch can count your steps, but can it tell if you’re typing on a keyboard? Or chopping a vegetable?
News: Medical
Medical Design Briefs is reporting from the BIOMEDevice 2019. Send us your questions and comments below.
In the world of medical technology, the hardest part for OEMs is often...
From the Editor: Medical
From the Editor — Permanently Repealing the Device Tax to Protect Medical Innovation
A new house bill is set to end the medical device tax once and for all. H.R. 2207 was introduced in April — it’s goal to permanently repeal the medical device excise tax that was imposed as a provision of the Affordable Care Act in 2010.
News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A microrobot can take up to 8 hours to make. With the help of a 3D printer, University of Toronto engineers got the process down to 20 minutes
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Electrical engineering students have stumbled upon a very unconventional method that could speed up lab-on-a-chip disease diagnosis.
INSIDER: Medical
A prototype microfluidic device with biosensors can detect the deadly Ebola virus. With this type of device, those infected can be treated earlier, and the early detection process can potentially...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers have developed a biosensor that expresses biomaterials’ colors using a nano structure and applies a new image signal processing technique.
News: Robotics, Automation & Control
A reader asks: "With medical robots, what's in it for surgeons?"
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INSIDER: Medical
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Features: Electronics & Computers
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Podcasts: Design
How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery
INSIDER: Wearables
Wireless Patch Enables Early Cancer Detection
Podcasts: Medical
Ask the Expert
Ralph Bright on the Power of Power Cords
Understanding power system components and how to connect them correctly is critical to meeting regulatory requirements and designing successful electrical products for worldwide markets. Interpower’s Ralph Bright defines these requirements and explains how to know which cord to select for your application.
Webcasts
Podcasts: Medical
How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Medical
Developing Sustainable Drug-Delivery Devices
Podcasts: Medical
Smarter Pathways for Precision Drug Delivery in Cancer Care
On-Demand Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Understanding Testing and Compliance Requirements for Wireless Medical Devices
Podcasts: AR/AI
Personalized Medicine and Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Materials
Inside Story
Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
Eurofins Medical Device Testing (MDT) provides a full scope of testing services. In this interview, Eurofins’ experts, Sunny Modi, PhD, Director of Package Testing; and Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology; answer common questions on medical device packaging and sterilization.
