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Briefs: IoMT
Forty hours is a lot of time — for most of us, it’s a full working week. Nurses in healthcare settings, however, spend this amount of time searching for medical...
Features: Medical
Hardware manufacturers, including medical device manufacturers, and their product line managers are constantly challenged to increase revenue and profit. For many, the strategy to...
Features: Data Acquisition
Now that medical devices are being labeled and uniquely identified to meet the requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Unique Device Identifier...
Features: Medical
Ensuring patient safety and quality of care has become an increasingly technology-reliant process for most healthcare providers. With 4,000 reported “retained surgery items” cases...
Applications: Medical
Computed tomography (CAT or CT) imaging is an incredible tool doctors use to help detect and diagnose patients noninvasively. Using specialized x-ray technology, the device has the...
Features: IoMT
The Internet of Things (IoT) has been described as the interconnection via the Internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send and...
Briefs: Medical
Cold forming, or cold forging, is becoming a more popular option for manufacturing precision engineered miniature and micro surgical and medical components. 1...
Features: Medical
A revolution is upon us. Dispense pump technology innovation is quickly bringing improved accuracy, capability, and versatility to medical device manufacturers. This...
Features: Medical
According to a report from Markets and Markets, the diagnostic imaging market is expected to reach nearly $36.43 billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 6.6 percent from 2016 to 2021....
Features: Medical
The structures of most medical devices are far too complex to mold as a single piece. Therefore, it is necessary to assemble their components into a finished product. While...
Features: Design
Incidents of nosocomial or healthcare acquired infections (HAIs) and bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics (“superbugs”) are a concern for U.S. FDA. These ongoing incidents...
Technology Leaders: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Visiongain predicts the global medical devices market will reach $398 billion in 2017.1 To win share in this growing market, device companies need to...
Technology Leaders: Design
Outsourcing can save costs and provide other commercial benefits. With outsourcing efforts related to medical devices, it is important to understand some aspects of U.S....
Technology Leaders: Electronics & Computers
The medical device market has been rapidly changing over the last decade and a key area of change is addressing today’s fast paced data-driven environment. Multiple sources...
Global Innovations: Robotics, Automation & Control
Patients who have lost their function in their hand due to injury or a nerve-related condition, such as stroke or muscular...
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
While manufacturers bemoan a lack of skilled potential employees, and returning veterans experience frustration at being able to find employment, one organization— Workshop for...
Applications: Medical
Last year, more than 50 million surgical procedures were performed in the United States. As that number grows each year, the quantity of and preference for minimally...
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Many medical devices and applications require small metal components that demand very specific characteristics. These can include:
Features: Regulations/Standards
Many medical devices, both existing and new designs, are laser-based. For some time, lasers have been designed into medical devices from...
Briefs: Medical
HeartBeatID – Heart Electrical Actions as Biometric Indicia
One or more biometric indicia, such as fingerprints, voice prints, retinal scans, and facial features, are often used to identify or authenticate the identity of a user seeking access to a given resource. Cardiac muscle is myogenic and is capable of generating an action potential and...
Technology Leaders: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Laser machining has long been used in medical device manufacturing to create small sub-components with extremely fine features. More advanced manufacturers are...
Briefs: Medical
Eventually, many design engineers who create new medical devices are faced with choosing a method with which to mark or brand their products. At the end of the...
Features: Connectivity
Like many other devices these days, a select group of fluid connectors can now be found in the growing ranks of “intelligent” products. In addition to moving...
Applications: Connectivity
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) forms part of the Bluetooth V4.0 specification that has been ratified by the Bluetooth SIG since June 2010. But, in the last 12 months, it has begun...
Applications: Medical
The value of highly accurate, automated, and measurable testing for medical devices cannot be overestimated. As devices become more complex, and patient care becomes increasingly...
Briefs: Medical
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the final rule for the unique device identification system (UDI) during the UDI Conference in Baltimore, MD, and released it on September 24,...
Applications: Medical
Diabetes is a widespread metabolic disorder, and having it puts people at increased risk for heart disease and stroke. There are two types of diabetes patients: type...
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The use of lasers to mark surgical instruments has become of greater significance, however, the parameters used in these applications are not always fully appreciated. The...
Briefs: Medical
Hand-Based Biometric Analysis
Hand-based biometric analysis systems and techniques provide robust hand-based identification and verification. An image of a hand is obtained, which is then segmented into a palm region and separate finger regions. Acquisition of the image is performed without requiring particular orientation or placement...
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ECG Patch Paves Way for Sustainable Wearables
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News: Medical

MMT Acquires Ward Automation Galway, Somex: Launches MMT Automation...
Features: Medical

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John Chandler on Achieving Quality Motion Control

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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Webinars: Medical

5 Ways to Test Wearable Devices
Webinars: Test & Measurement

Powering Medical Devices: How to Filter Noise Out While Keeping Safety In
Webinars: Materials

High-purity Silicone Adhesive Solutions for Medical Device Assembly
Podcasts: Wearables

Here's an Idea: Real-Time Remote Heart Monitoring
Tech Talks: Materials

A Look Into New Silicone Elastomers for Low-Temperature Biopharma Applications
On-Demand Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping

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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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Features: Packaging & Sterilization

Sterilization, Packaging, and Materials: CRITICAL CONSIDERATIONS