Features: RF & Microwave Electronics

Advanced EMI Filters Improve Brush DC Motors

Billions of brush DC motors are manufactured annually worldwide, a figure that is expected to increase over the next 10 years.

R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping

New Tech Takes Radiation Out of Cancer Screening

A new, inexpensive technology could save lives and money by routinely screening women for breast cancer without exposure to radiation.

Products: Test & Measurement

New Products & Services: May 2020 Medical Design Briefs

Position sensors, power clamps, CT scanners, and more.

Products: Tubing & Extrusion

Product Focus: Fluid Handling

Cavity pumps, transfer tubing, proportional valve, and more.

Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition

New Imaging Technology Provides Greater Definition

The SEER method is 67 times faster than current techniques.

R&D: Materials

Researchers Bioengineer 3D Implants for Tissue

Researchers are literally carving grooves into plastic threads used to build 3D printed tissue-engineering scaffolds with living cells.

R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Biomaterial Enables 3D Printing of Tissue-Like Vascular Structures

Scientists have discovered a new material that can be 3D printed to create tissue-like vascular structures.

Briefs: Wearables

Bioengineers Develop Coin-Sized Smart Insulin Patch

The new device automatically manages glucose levels and delivers needed insulin quickly.

Technology Leaders: Design

Top 10 Reasons Stainless Steel Is Right for Healthcare Design

Learn why stainless steel fixtures and equipment are the best choice for high-traffic and high use installations.

Technology Leaders: Manufacturing & Prototyping

What You Should Ask Yourself When Designing a Wearable Medical Device

For wearable devices to function as intended, they need to have a secure, reliable hold for the desired duration of use.

R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Handheld 3D Printers Treat Musculoskeletal Injuries

Researchers have developed a handheld 3D bioprinter that could revolutionize the way musculoskeletal surgical procedures are performed.

From the Editor: Software

From the Editor - COVID-19 Ushers in New Technologies and a New Paradigm for the Medical Device Industry

FDA has issued multiple emergency use authorizations, loosened regulations for telemedicine, and eased the requirements for production...

Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Micromolding: Achieving Exacting Medical Device Manufacturing Requirements

Micromolding can be seen as the latest technological innovation that enables the design, manufacture, and clinical use of groundbreaking medical devices.

Products: Medical

Product of the Month: May 2020 Medical Design Briefs

Toray Industries has launched Raytela® polymer optical fibers for minimally invasive surgery.

Blog: Design

NASA Seeks Manufacturers for New Ventilator; FDA Adds Device to Emergency Use Authorization

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration included, under the ventilator emergency use authorization (EUA), a ventilator developed by the National...

Global Innovations: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Handheld 3D Skin Printer Demonstrates Accelerated Healing of Large, Severe Burns

A new handheld 3D printer can deposit sheets of skin to cover large burn wounds — and its “bio ink” can accelerate the healing process.

Blog: Electronics & Computers

Fermilab, Brookhaven, Open Science Grid Dedicate Computational Power to COVID-19 Research

Members of the Open Science Grid — a network of organizations that provides computing services for science research of all stripes — have...

Blog: Test & Measurement

Scientists Make Groundbreaking Development in Rapid Large-Scale Testing of COVID-19

OU Medicine, the OU Health Sciences Center, and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation collaborated to create a new test for COVID-19 using technology and...

Blog: Medical

Lab Experts Can Fill Gaps in FDA Regulation by Validating COVID-19 Antibody Tests

Now that diagnostic companies can sell COVID-19 antibody tests without FDA authorization, healthcare teams should work closely with clinical laboratory experts...

Blog: Medical

VAT Helps Sensirion Ramp Up Production of Urgently Needed Medical Flow Sensors

VAT, a manufacturer of high-end vacuum valves, is providing crucial valves needed for the production of the development of medical flow sensors. Flow sensors are...

Blog: Medical

COVID-19: Tru-Form Plastics Shifts Production to Develop Face Shields for Healthcare Workers

Tru-Form Plastics, Westminster, CA, has shifted its production plans to develop a face shield protective mask for healthcare workers on the front...

Blog: Medical

Medigus, Polyrizon to Develop Biological Gels to Protect Patients against COVID-19

Medigus Ltd., a technology company developing minimally invasive tools and an innovator in direct visualization technology, has signed a binding letter of...

Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping

AZCO Corp. Joins Efforts to Fight COVID-19

Amid the nationwide cautionary shutdown of many commercial industries, AZCO Corp. remains in operation designing and building units and machines that help companies produce protective devices for...

Blog: Medical

UCI Develops Smartphone App for Coronavirus Contact Tracing

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have developed a tool that could be instrumental in “tracing and tracking individuals” in order to identify those who need...

Blog: Design

COVID-19: Partnership with AI Specialist Causaly Helps UCL Accelerate Research

Academics from University College London are working with artificial intelligence (AI) firm Causaly, London, UK, to help accelerate various aspects of research...

Blog: Medical

Leveraging Ultrasonics to Manufacture Surgical Face Masks, Other Nonwoven Products

In this Q&A, Tom Hoover, senior medical market manager for assembly technologies at Emerson, addresses the benefits of using ultrasonic technology to...

Blog: Design

FDA Authorizes First COVID-19 Test for Patient At-Home Sample Collection

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the first diagnostic test with a home collection option for COVID-19. Specifically, the FDA re-issued the...

Blog: Medical

COVID-19: Chinese Vaccines Enter Clinical Trials

According to China’s Science and Technology Daily, two COVID-19 inactivated vaccines have been approved for a phase I and II combined clinical trial by the National Medical Products...

Blog: Medical

Renesas Creates Open-Source Ventilator Reference Design to Fight COVID-19

Tokyo-based Renesas Electronics Corp., a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has introduced a new open-source ventilator system reference design that...