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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Arc welding and additive manufacturing are hugely important for creating large metal components relatively inexpensively and quickly. New research by a team...
INSIDER: Materials
Researchers a new kind of shape memory polymer that could have major implications for healthcare. The polymer can change its shape in response to exposure to enzymes and is compatible with living...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A wearable, disposable respiration monitor provides high-fidelity readings on a continuous basis. It’s designed to help children with asthma and cystic fibrosis and...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A simple puff into a handheld device may one day be all it takes to monitor their blood sugar using a new technology. The device will not only be painless, but reusable — no finger pricks or...
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A new center for the transfer of new manufacturing technologies for medical applications to the medtech industry is being built in Bettlach, Switzerland. The center, called Swiss m4m Center is...
INSIDER: Medical
Researchers have developed a next-generation bionic hand that allows amputees to regain a very subtle, close-to-natural sense of touch. The scientists managed to reproduce the feeling of...
News: Materials
Trelleborg Acquires Sil-Pro, Expands Product Line
With the recent acquisition of Minnesota based Sil-Pro, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has expanded its product and service offering in the healthcare and medical industry. The acquisition of Sil-Pro closed in January 2019.
News: Test & Measurement
To find out more about the expertise required to establish safe processes for cleaning and disinfecting reusable medical devices, MDB recently spoke with Christopher Scott, Vice President of Eurofins Medical Device Testing (Lancaster, PA).
News: Aerospace
Pluristem Collaborates with NASA to Study PLX Therapeutic Benefits in Space Missions
Pluristem Therapeutics Inc., a regenerative medicine company developing novel placenta-based cell therapy products, has announced a collaboration between the company and NASA’s Ames Research Center to evaluate the potential of the company's PLX cell therapies in...
INSIDER: Design
Examining 60 years of publications, researchers found that smaller teams were far more likely to introduce new ideas to science and technology, while larger teams more often developed and...
INSIDER: Internet of Things
Researchers are developing an eco-friendly, 3D printable solution for producing wireless Internet-of-Things (IoT) sensors that can be used and disposed of without...
INSIDER: Medical
A new technology allows engineers to build complex mechanisms into the exterior of a structure without taking up any actual space below the surface. The new class is called developable...
INSIDER: Software
A new high-speed 3D printing method beams a three-dimensional video into a container of photosensitive resin. The video plays while the container rotates for a few minutes — then the fluid...
INSIDER: Medical
Researchers have discovered that cellulose nanocrystals in a viscous state can easily be shaped together with other biopolymers into complex three-dimensional structures using a 3D...
News: Medical
The medical gas equipment size is poised to exceed $7.2 billion by 2024; according to a new research report by Global Market Insights. According to the report,...
News: Medical
Medbio Expands Manufacturing Capacity
Medbio, Grand Rapids, MI, has opened a second manufacturing facility. The company is an outsource manufacturer offering design and engineering, manufacturing, assembly, and packaging solutions for the medical and biotechnology industries. The newly renovated 25,000-square-foot facility is adjacent to Medbio’s...
News: IoMT
VivaLNK, Campbell, CA, has launched its IoT-enabled medical wearable Sensor Platform, complete with a range of sensors, edge computing technologies,...
INSIDER: Medical
Researchers have successfully used two methods to detect prions in skin samples collected from inoculated rodents. The study provides the first proof-of-concept evidence that...
INSIDER: Medical
Neuroengineers have created a system that translates thought into intelligible, recognizable speech. By monitoring someone’s brain activity, the technology can reconstruct the words a...
INSIDER: Medical
A newly developed graphene-based implant can record electrical activity in the brain at extremely low frequencies and over large areas, unlocking the wealth of information found...
INSIDER: Medical
A new technology may change the way patients with diabetes monitor their glucose levels, thanks to new sensors being developed. Researchers are working with analyte sensors that could one...
News: AR/AI
MD&M West: From Cybersecurity to Artificial Intelligence — Medtech Trends to Watch in 2019
Medical Design Briefs is reporting from MD&M West 2019. Send us your questions and comments below.
ANAHEIM, CA — The factors influencing the medtech industry's ability to innovate in 2019 range from cybersecurity to disruptive technology from...
Global Innovations: Medical
South Ural State UniversityChelyabinsk, Russiawww.susu.ru/en
Anew device developed at South Ural State University is unlike analogous devices in that it involves all joints of a lower limb. The...
Features: Design
Why do some people develop malfunction of their mitral valve (MV) after a heart attack? The answers are complex, and treatments are not yet perfected. But biomedical...
R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers have created a novel, low-cost biosensor to detect HER-2, a breast cancer biomarker in the blood, allowing for a far less-invasive diagnostic test than the...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Board-to Board Connector
A miniature board-to-board connector from Hirose, Downers Grove, IL, combines a rugged design with transmission speeds of more than 10 Gpbs to support a number of medical applications. Featuring...
R&D: Medical
Researchers have developed a self-powered bandage that generates an electric field over an injury, dramatically reducing the healing time for skin wounds in rats. They wanted to develop a...
Products: Medical
Switching Power Supplies
An AC/DC switching power supply series from Bicker Elektronik, Donauwoerth, Germany, has been developed for space-saving installation in medical devices and medical computer...
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Ask the Expert
Eric Dietsch on the Benefits of Nitinol Wire
In collaboration with the Fort Wayne Metals Engineering team, Eric Dietsch focuses on supporting customers with material recommendations, product development, and education. Eric is available to help you and your company with any Nitinol-related questions or needs that you may have.
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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.
