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R&D: Medical
Briefs: Medical
It may look like a bizarre bike helmet, or a piece of equipment found in Doc Brown’s lab in Back to the Future, yet this gadget made of plastic and copper wire is a...
R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers have developed three-in-one hybrid material smart skin for the next generation of artificial, electronic skin using a novel process. With 2,000 individual sensors per square millimeter,...
R&D: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
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...
R&D: Materials
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...
Global Innovations: Medical
Engineers at EPFL and ETH have developed a variable stiffness catheter made of nontoxic threads that can transition between soft and rigid states during surgery. It...
Briefs: Medical
R&D: Materials
R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping
R&D: Energy
R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
R&D: Imaging
Briefs: Energy
Global Innovations: Wearables
Technology Leaders: Tubing & Extrusion
R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
R&D: Medical
R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Global Innovations: Materials
Australia
Researchers from the University of Sydney have collaborated with Columbia University and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg to...
R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Features: Design
R&D: Materials
Researchers have compared two copper-based SMAs of the same composition but fabricated differently. After annealing, the samples were cooled at different rates. Then both samples were heated inside...
Briefs: Materials
The piezoelectric materials that inhabit everything from our cell phones to musical greeting cards may be getting an upgrade thanks to work discussed in the journal Nature Materials....
R&D: Medical
Researchers have shown a way to use graphene oxide (GO) to add some backbone to hydrogel materials made from alginate, a natural material derived from seaweed that is currently...
Technology Leaders: Medical
Medical devices require sensors that are miniaturized, highly reliable and integrated, cost-effective, hermetic, and biocompatible. By combining thin film technology...
R&D: Medical
An electrically conductive hydrogel that takes stretchability, self-healing, and strain sensitivity to new limits outperforms previously reported hydrogels and introduces new functionalities. Smart...
R&D: Medical
Scientists have found a fast and simple way to make super-elastic, multi-material, high-performance fibers. Their fibers have already been used as sensors on robotic fingers and in clothing. This...
Top Stories
INSIDER: Medical

Self-Powered Ingestible Sensor Opens New Avenues for Gut Research
Briefs: Medical

Designing Feature-Rich Wearable Health and Fitness Devices
Briefs: Tubing & Extrusion

Extrusion Process Enables Synthetic Material Growth
Features: Medical

Enabling a Diabetic to Run the World Marathon Challenge
INSIDER: Medical

COVID-19 Smart Patch Vaccine Measures Effectiveness
INSIDER: Medical

Ask the Expert
Dan Sanchez on How to Improve Extruded Components

Improving extruded components requires careful attention to a number of factors, including dimensional tolerance, material selection, and processing. Trelleborg’s Dan Sanchez provides detailed insights into each of these considerations to help you advance your device innovations while reducing costs and speeding time to market.
Webcasts
On-Demand Webinars: Medical

Developing the Ultimate Medical Sensor Technology
Webinars: Medical

Precision Pulsed High Voltage: Electroporation Enabling Medical and Life...
Webinars: Medical

Product Development Lifecycle Management: Optimizing Quality, Cost, and Speed...
Webinars: Medical

Medical Device Biofilms: Slimy, Sticky, Stubborn, and Serious
On-Demand Webinars: AR/AI

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Making Medical Devices Smarter
On-Demand Webinars: Wearables

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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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Self-Powered Ingestible Sensor Opens New Avenues for Gut Research
Features: Regulations/Standards

Implementing IEC 62304 for Safe and Effective Medical Device Software — PART 1
Features: Medical

Implementing IEC 62304 for Safe and Effective Medical Device Software, PART 2
Technology Leaders: Medical

Plasticizer-Induced Stress Cracking of Rigid PVC and Polycarbonate
Technology Leaders: Design

Polyolefin Heat Shrink Tubing for Tight-Tolerance Medical Applications:...