Cloud computing presents an array of potential uses in many engineering domains, including medical. Technology makes it possible to deliver disease screening to remote areas of the globe where conventional medical tools are unavailable — and now, that technology is taking advantage of the cloud, as...

ITW Highland Manufacturing (Waterbury, CT) offers in-house ultrasonic cleaning and testing capabilities to meet specifications for medical applications. Gravimetric, optical, and quantitative analysis of particle contamination is performed after cleaning parts. The gravimetric analysis employs filters, a cleaning...

The Duraglide® dry lubricant coatings from MicroCare Medical (New Britain, CT) are now ISO 10993 certified for topical use in clinical indications where the surface or lining may have been breached in order to evaluate local tissue responses. This test standard applies to materials that are solid and...

Could the demise of the scalpel be close at hand? Researchers in Europe are developing innovative micro-robotics technology could make surgeries less complicated, invasive, and costly — benefiting surgeons and patients alike.

Migraine pain sits at the upper end of the typical pain scale – an angry-red section often labeled “severe.” At this intensity, pain is debilitating. Yet many sufferers do not get relief from – or cannot tolerate – over-the-counter and commonly prescribed pain medications. Recently, a team...

A team of Rice University students has developed a transcutaneous energy-transfer (TET) unit to power a minimally invasive ventricular assist device (VAD) being created by a Houston compay. The VAD is a tiny pump inserted into the aorta via a catheter that helps increase blood flow and...

In recent years, researchers have investigated hydrogels' potential in drug delivery, engineering them into drug-carrying vehicles that rupture when exposed to certain environmental stimuli. However, it's difficult to predict just how hydrogels will rupture, and up until now it's been...

Researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the company Simplex Scientific have collaborated to develop a first-of-its-kind instrument that allows the study of live cell responses to physical, chemical, or biological stimuli in real time - solving an important research problem that...

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory helped the Seattle-based company Blood Cell Storage develop an innovative optical sensing device designed to measure the pH of platelet products without compromising blood storage bags. The florescence sensor integrated with a platelet storage bag allows...

Dr. Marvin Warner, a research scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has been researching the individual pieces of antibodies to set up a chemical reaction that will give off light just by mixing reagents together with a sample that contains an explosive molecule.

This video shows how the FDA solved a complex problem involving Huber needles, based on scientific investigations conducted by FDA's Office of Science and Engineering Labs.

Most medical device inventions start out as a single great idea, but how does that idea become a marketed medical device? This video provides a brief overview of how a medical device, which can range from a contact lens to a knee implant to an MRI machine, begins with an idea and ends with its submission...