Blog : FDA/Regulatory

COVID-19: FDA Issues Diagnostic Emergency Use Authorization; Expedites Availability of Diagnostics

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken two additional significant diagnostic actions during the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19)...

Blog : Medical

Senator Calls for Use of Defense Production Act to Mobilize Manufacturing for Coronavirus Tests

With the country confronting a shortage of both coronavirus test kits and critical medical equipment, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) is...

Blog : Medical

FDA Suspends Foreign and Domestic Inspections Due to Coronavirus

FDA is postponing most foreign and domestic inspections through April, effective immediately. Inspections outside the U.S. deemed mission-critical will still be considered on a...

INSIDER : Wearables

Wearable Brain Stimulation Could Safely Improve Motor Function After Stroke

A noninvasive, wearable, magnetic brain stimulation device could improve motor function in stroke patients. In an initial clinical trial of 30 chronic ischemic...

INSIDER : Medical

Breakthrough: Long-Term Heart Valve Developed for Children

A breakthrough design could spare children from repeated operations to replace outgrown valves and could also benefit adults with valve defects. The new design could allow children...

INSIDER : Wearables

Magnet-Controlled Bioelectronic Implant Could Relieve Pain

Engineers have created the first neural implant that can be both programmed and charged remotely with a magnetic field. Their breakthrough may make possible embedded devices like a...

Briefs : Medical

Cold Plasma Patch Could Make Immunotherapy More Effective for Treating Melanoma

Briefs : Medical

Iron Nanorobots Destroy Cancer Cells

R&D : Medical

Improving Prosthetics for Upper Limb Amputees

Briefs : Test & Measurement

Researchers Hope to Make Needle Pricks for Diabetics a Thing of the Past

Patients with diabetes have to test their blood sugar levels several times a day to make sure they are not getting too high or too low. Studies have shown that more...

Features : Materials

The Benefits of Tungsten Cable

There is no one-size-fits-all material when producing mechanical cable. The material chosen to produce wire rope can vary from one application to the next, because commonly, no two applications place the same...

Products : Materials

Product Focus: Materials

Biomedical Coatings

Jaro Corp., Ipswich, MA, Jaro Corp has added the capability to apply an advanced two-component polyurethane coating. Polane 8400 provides a biocompatible, chemically resistant, and...

Briefs : Medical

Wearable Gas Sensor Enhances Sensitivity

R&D : Nanotechnology

Tiny Magnetics Show Promise for Medical Applications

R&D : Materials

New Method Detects Defects in 2D Materials

R&D : Medical

Drug Testing with Human Body-on-Chip Systems

A team of scientists has devised a functioning comprehensive multiorgan-on-a-chip platform that enables effective in-vitro-to-in-vivo translation (IVIVT) of human drug pharmacology.

Products : Software

New Products and Services: March 2020 Medical Design Briefs

IoT Prototyping Board

Renesas, Tokyo, Japan, has introduced a low-power prototyping board that will simplify and speed up product development for IoT endpoint equipment...

R&D : Medical

AI-Analyzed Blood Test Predicts Disease Progression

Briefs : Wearables

Color-Changing Bandages Sense and Treat Bacterial Infections

According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health. Sensing and treating bacterial infections earlier could help...

Briefs : Medical

Wearable Health Tech Gets Efficiency Upgrade

From the Editor : Manufacturing & Prototyping

From the Editor: The 2019 Products of the Year

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...

Briefs : Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Machine Keeps Human Livers Alive for One Week Outside of the Body

Briefs : Medical

Research Zeroing in on Electronic Nose for Diagnosing Disease