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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Sensor Packaging: Critical MEMS Considerations
While MEMS sensors are revolutionizing various industries with their precision and miniaturization, they can present unique product development challenges and risks during design, development, and manufacturing. Read on to learn more.
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R&D: Wearables
Piezoelectric Material Printing
A microprinter can print piezoelectric films 100 times faster for the production of MEMS for sensors, wearable, or implantable medical devices, offering the possibility to lower the mass production costs.
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Applications: Medical
MEMS Technology Powers Sterilization Cycle Counter for Medical Applications
Precisely targeted technological methodologies and devices that can solve specific healthcare problems are becoming increasingly important for medical applications.
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R&D: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Lead-Free Piezoelectric Materials
Gadolinium-doped cerium oxide could be a promising alternative to certain piezoelectric materials. It is lead-free, which means that it could be employed in biocompatible medical applications. Further...
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R&D: Medical
Lens Offers Tunable Focus
A metasurface lens has been created that uses a piezoelectric thin film to change focal length when a small voltage is applied. Because it is extremely compact and lightweight, the new lens could be useful for...
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Briefs: Medical
Tiny Chip-Based Device Performs Ultrafast Modulation of X-Rays
New optics-on-a-chip device paves way to capturing fast chemical, material, and biological processes.
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Features: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Ultraminiature MEMS Sensors for Improved Patient Outcomes
Ultraminiature sensors (<1 mm in size) enable instrumentation of medical devices in order to advance monitoring capabilities, deliver new insight into complex cardiovascular cases,...
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Features: Medical
Preparing for E-Health and the loMT Evolution
Momentum is building around connected health applications and the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), and many believe that, as an emerging sector, it has great potential. It isn't hard to see why...
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R&D: Medical
Piezoelectrics Stretch Potential with Flexible Sticking
Researchers have demonstrated a new technique for making piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) by connecting a sample of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) piezoelectric thin...
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Micro-Optomechanical Pressure Sensor Advances Pressure Monitoring in Biomedical Applications
A new type of pressure sensor is based on micro-optomechanical systems (MOMS) technology. Developed by imec, a research and innovation hub focusing on...
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Briefs: Medical
Sonic Cyber Attack Shows Security Holes in Ubiquitous Sensors
Sound waves could be used to hack into critical sensors in a broad array of technologies including medical devices, smart-phones, automobiles, and the Internet of Things, University...
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Technology Leaders: Medical
Fully Calibrated MEMS-Based Single-Use Proximal Flow Sensors
In the past, the decision to opt for a particular flow sensing technology in respirators and ventilation devices was a painstaking and complex process. More recently, however, flow...
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R&D: Medical
Knee Monitor 'Listens' for Cracks, Pops
A knee band from the Georgia Institute of Technology uses microphones and vibration sensors to listen to and measure the sounds inside the joint. The sounds will help doctors determine whether a convalescing joint is healthy or requires more therapy.
Features: Medical
Thin Film Force Sensors: Changing the Medical Device Design Game
Data drives results. Today, medical devices give feedback and insight like never before. Advances in engineering medical devices has led to smarter devices, improved consistency...
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R&D: Electronics & Computers
Exploring Batteries for Micromachinery
A team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, along with other institutions, has developed a toolset to allow them to explore the interior of microscopic,...
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Features: Medical
Choosing MEMS Pressure Sensors for Medical Device Applications
Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), as the name implies, are miniature devices composed of mechanical (springs, deformable membranes, vibrating structures) and electrical...
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R&D: Medical
Micro-Machines for Bionic Body Parts and Medical Devices
A team of electrical and mechanical engineers at Israel’s Tel Aviv University (TAU) has developed a way to print biocompatible components for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS),...
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R&D: Medical
R&D Roundup: October 2013
Silver Circuits Create Conductive Fabric Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory, Middlesex, UK, Electronics Interconnection group has developed a new method to produce conductive textiles, which could make...
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Briefs: Medical
Precise Chemical Etching Method for Diamond Crystal Components
A new method developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) offers a precise way to engineer microscopic cuts in a diamond surface, yielding potential...
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Mission Accomplished: Medical
Pioneering a New Class of MEMS Heart Monitoring Devices
CardioMEMS (Atlanta, GA), a graduate of Georgia Tech's ATDC startup accelerator, is pioneering a new class of heart monitoring devices, based on a sensor that measures intracardiac...
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Ask the Expert

John Chandler on Achieving Quality Motion Control
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FAULHABER MICROMO brings together the highest quality motion technologies and value-added services, together with global engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing, to deliver top quality micro motion solutions. With 34 years’ experience, John Chandler injects a key engineering perspective into all new projects and enjoys working closely with OEM customers to bring exciting new technologies to market.

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Editorial Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Design for Miniaturization: Meeting the Demand for Smaller, Smarter, and More...

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Summits: Robotics, Automation & Control

2026 Medical & Healthcare Robotics Summit (Online)

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Podcasts: Design

Rapid Diagnostics for Extreme and Low-Resource Environments

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Podcasts: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Resilient Device Design for Harsh Conditions

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Podcasts: Design

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Inside Story

Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
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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.

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