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Features: Medical
Materials Science Flexibility Is Key to Medical Device Innovation

There’s strong demand for smart, new lifesaving and life-enhancing technologies in the global medical device market. To meet this demand, medical device manufacturers...

Features: Tubing & Extrusion
Medical Plastics: Understanding Ultrasonic Welding, Part 1

Plastic consumables for medical applications are often very complex and sophisticated devices. Before these devices can be used by healthcare workers or home care patients, they...

Briefs: Photonics/Optics
‘Seeing’ Nonuniformities in 2D Materials May Lead to New Medical Sensors
Detecting nonuniformities in optical properties opens the door to new uses
R&D: Medical
Microparticles Pave Way for Microfluidic Devices
The research offers potential inspiration for microfluidic pumps that allow the controlled flow of liquids.
Briefs: Wearables
Researchers Develop Ultrathin Films for Stretchable and Sturdy Bioelectronic Membranes
The highly adaptable materials could lead to new classes of wearable devices.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Researchers Develop Soft, Stretchable Thermometer
The self-powered sensor can be integrated into soft robots or smart clothing.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Sustainable Silk Material Ideal for Wearable and Implantable Applications
The material is optically transparent and easily manipulated.
Technology Leaders: Regulations/Standards
First, Do No Harm: Changing Strategies to Prove Your Medical Device Is Safe
Modern evaluation of biocompatibility uses a risk-based approach.
R&D: Materials
Bioactive Coatings Improve Orthopedic Implants
Researchers are working on a coating that mimics bone tissue.
Briefs: Materials
Shape-Shifting Materials Offer Infinite Possibilities
Totimorphic structural materials can achieve any shape.
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Pulse Plasma Nitriding Provides Unique Surface Treatment of Implantable Metals
Plasma nitriding has a broad appeal to surface treat many metallic materials used in medical applications, including titanium alloys
R&D: Materials
‘Weeping’ Ceramics Lead to New Shape-Shifting Material
An international team of researchers has discovered a path that could lead to shape-shifting ceramic materials.
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Transforming Plastic Parts into High-Value Products
Learn some of the essential areas of plasma treatment in the medical device industry.
R&D: Materials
Nature-Inspired Coatings Could Power Tiny Labs
The new coatings were inspired by the natural world.
Features: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Biomedical Balloons: Understanding Their Physical and Mechanical Properties
Learn about the different material options for balloon catheters.
Briefs: Packaging & Sterilization
Antimicrobial Coating for Orthopedic Implants Prevents Dangerous Infections
The coating is customizable to individuals and requires less than 10 minutes to prepare and use.
R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Smart Fabric Stiffens on Demand
A new type of chain mail fabric is flexible like cloth but can stiffen on demand.
R&D: Packaging & Sterilization
Liquid Metal Coating Creates Antimicrobial Fabric
A team used liquid gallium to test an antiviral and antimicrobial on a range of fabrics, including facemasks.
R&D: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
3D Printable Polymer Nanocomposite Ink
The 3D printable nanocomposite polymeric ink uses carbon nanotubes.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Woven Nanotube Fibers Turn Heat into Power
Flexible thermoelectric generators could be a useful way to make carbon "green."
Briefs: Wearables
Licking a Tootsie Roll® Sensor to Monitor Health
The candy was used as an electrode to detect salt and electrolyte levels in saliva.
Briefs: Medical
Turning Pollen into 3D Printing Ink for Biomedical Applications
The ink could be used to make parts for tissue engineering, toxicity testing, and drug delivery.
Features: Materials
Hydrocolloid Innovation: Past, Present & Future
Learn the history of this game-changing medical material and the latest hydrocolloid developments and applications.
R&D: Test & Measurement
Sticking Sensors to Skin Without Adhesives
Researchers developed a method to bond human skin to rubber-like polymeric materials without an adhesive.
R&D: Materials
Liquid Metal Sensors and AI Help Prosthetic Hands to ‘Feel’
Researchers used individual fingertips fitted with stretchable tactile sensors with liquid metal.
R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Thumb-Sized Device Quickly ‘Sniffs Out’ Bad Breath
A portable, thumb-sized device can quickly diagnose bad breath by “sniffing” exhalations.
R&D: Energy
Self-Powered Diaper Sensors Monitor Urine Sugar Levels
The proposed system will help prevent the onset of diabetes.
Briefs: Materials
Bioactive Glass and Metal Implants Dissolve at the End of Operational Lifespan
The devices eliminate the need for invasive removal once they have served their purpose.
R&D: Packaging & Sterilization
Coating Releases Antimicrobial Peptides
A coating can be applied to endotracheal tubes and release antimicrobial peptides that target infectious bacteria with specificity.

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