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R&D: Medical
3D-Printed Contact Lens Combines Plastics and Electronics
An interdisciplinary team of engineers at Princeton University has embedded tiny light-emitting diodes (LEDs) into a standard contact lens, allowing the device to project beams of colored light. While the lens is not designed for actual use, especially since it requires an external power...
Technology Leaders: Medical
While a number of countries have standards in regards to overall medical equipment, a few countries have related component requirements (e.g. plugs...
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Recent demands from hospitals, practitioners, and even patients themselves calling for more functions and increased portability, has created a market for upgraded surgical,...
Mission Accomplished: Medical
You wouldn’t find a big bowl of spaghetti served on the International Space Station (ISS). In microgravity, it would be a complete mess. There is, however, something like spaghetti on the...
Global Innovations: Medical
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The main cause of inherited blindness is retinitis pigmentosa, which affects 1.5 million people worldwide and is characterized by the progressive loss of vision....
Briefs: Medical
Tapping into the human brain to understand its functions in daily life — as well as its malfunctions in illness — has long been a challenge for researchers. Mapping brain activity...
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Briefs: Wearables
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Self-Powered Ingestible Sensor Opens New Avenues for Gut Research
Briefs: Medical
Extrusion Process Enables Synthetic Material Growth
Features: Medical
Enabling a Diabetic to Run the World Marathon Challenge
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COVID-19 Smart Patch Vaccine Measures Effectiveness
Features: Medical
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.
Webcasts
Webinars: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Developing the Ultimate Medical Sensor Technology
On-Demand Webinars: Medical
Precision Pulsed High Voltage: Electroporation Enabling Medical and Life...
On-Demand Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Product Development Lifecycle Management: Optimizing Quality, Cost, and Speed...
Webinars: Materials
Medical Device Biofilms: Slimy, Sticky, Stubborn, and Serious
On-Demand Webinars: Medical
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Making Medical Devices Smarter
On-Demand Webinars: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Inside Story
Rapid Precision Prototyping Program Speeds Medtech Product Development
Rapid prototyping technologies play an important role in supporting new product development (NPD) by companies that are working to bring novel and innovative products to market. But in advanced industries where products often make use of multiple technologies, and where meeting a part’s exacting tolerances is essential, speed without precision is rarely enough. In such advanced manufacturing—including the medical device and surgical robotics industries — the ability to produce high-precision prototypes early in the development cycle can be critical for meeting design expectations and bringing finished products to market efficiently.
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Technology Leaders: Regulations/Standards
First, Do No Harm: Changing Strategies to Prove Your Medical Device Is Safe