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Technology Leaders: Medical
Key Factors for Choosing Silicone Solutions in Medical Device Lubrication
In working with various medical equipment such as needles, syringes, trocars, cannulas, guide-wires, catheters, and valves, medical device designers must account for...
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Briefs: Medical
Clean Manufacturing: Cold Forming and Environmental Compliance
Cold forming, or cold forging, is becoming a more popular option for manufacturing precision engineered miniature and micro surgical and medical components. 1 Manufacturers that...
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Briefs: Materials
Creating a Slippery Slope on the Surface of Medical Implants
Implanted medical devices such as left ventricular-assist devices for patients with heart failure or other support systems for patients with respiratory, liver, or other end organ...
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Briefs: Medical
Linear Guides for the Next Generation of Medical Machines
Demand for miniature motion components follows trends. Not too long ago, the motion systems used in medical and lab automation equipment had technical requirements that were easy to...
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Applications: Medical
Freedom from Lubrication Ensures a Clear View
Slit lamp biomicrography is paramount to the practice of ophthalmology, allowing for an inside look at various areas of the eye with a range of magnification levels and light sources. The...
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R&D: Materials
Squids Inspire Printable Thermoplastics
A team of engineers at Penn State, University Park, PA, is using squid to create an eco-friendly thermoplastic that can be used in 3D printing. Most plastics are made from fossil fuel sources or from synthetic oils. Thermoplastics can melt, be formed, and then solidify without degrading materials properties....
Applications: Medical
Hydraulic Prosthetic Knee Joints Provide More Natural Mobility for Patients
For patients who have lost a leg, regaining mobility is a top priority. However, development of more true-to-nature prosthetic limbs and joints has come an amazingly...
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R&D: Imaging
Speeding Medical Imaging with Auto Lubricant
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have built an experimental device that, they say, could speed up medical imaging using amorphous silicon and a surprising simple inexpensive...
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R&D: Photonics/Optics
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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Blog: Design

De-Risking Medical Device Development with VA Technology Transfer

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Podcasts: Design

The Hidden Nervous System of Surgical Robotics: Power, Data & Sensing...

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INSIDER: Materials

Geometric Twist Boosts Power of Robotic Textiles

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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Sensor Sniffs Out Pneumonia on Patient’s Breath

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Podcasts: Medical

Training the Future of AI-Powered Surgery

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Briefs: Materials

Liquid Metal Composite Material Enables Recyclable, Flexible, and...

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Ralph Bright on the Power of Power Cords
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Understanding power system components and how to connect them correctly is critical to meeting regulatory requirements and designing successful electrical products for worldwide markets. Interpower’s Ralph Bright defines these requirements and explains how to know which cord to select for your application.

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Podcasts: Design

Training the Future of AI-Powered Surgery

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Podcasts: Robotics, Automation & Control

Making Human-Centered Robotics Work in the Real World

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Podcasts: Design

The Hidden Nervous System of Surgical Robotics: Power, Data & Sensing Behind...

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Podcasts: Design

Surgical & Assistive Robotics: Redefining Human Capability

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Podcasts: Medical

How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery

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Podcasts: Design

Developing Sustainable Drug-Delivery Devices

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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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