Keyword: Research and development

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Features: Materials
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...

Briefs: Medical
Biodegradable Implant Could Help Doctors Monitor Brain Chemistry

A wireless, biodegradable sensor could offer doctors a way to monitor changes in brain chemistry without requiring a second operation to remove the implant, according to an...

Briefs: Medical
Digital Rehab: Video Game-Based Therapy Improves Motor Skills After Stroke

After a stroke, patients may lose feeling in an arm or experience weakness and reduced movement that limits their ability to complete basic daily activities....

R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Low-Cost, 3D Printed Device May Broaden Ultrasound Use
Researchers have developed a low-cost, highly precise focused ultrasound (FUS) device that can be used on small animal models in preclinical research.
R&D: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Microparticles Pave Way for Microfluidic Devices
The research offers potential inspiration for microfluidic pumps that allow the controlled flow of liquids.
R&D: Nanotechnology
DNA Nanotechnology Tools Help Develop New Therapies
A suite of diverse, multifunctional DNA nanotechnological tools offers unique capabilities.
Briefs: Medical
Researchers Develop Ultrathin Films for Stretchable and Sturdy Bioelectronic Membranes
The highly adaptable materials could lead to new classes of wearable devices.
Features: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Assistive Audio Signal Stimulation Offers Relief for Parkinson’s Patients
Early indicators suggest that there are significant mood improvements that assist in the quality of life for the patients testing the devices.
R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping
COVID Breathalyzer Allows Mass Screenings in Public
A prototype “breathalyzer” accurately diagnoses COVID-19, even in asymptomatic individuals, in less than 5 minutes.
Briefs: Medical
New Technology Offers Better Diagnosis of Dizziness
The vibrating device uses bone-conducted sounds to achieve better results.
Briefs: Medical
Researchers Develop Soft, Stretchable Thermometer
The self-powered sensor can be integrated into soft robots or smart clothing.
R&D: AR/AI
Machine Learning Advances Personalized Medicine
The research tackles long-unsolvable problems in biological systems at the cellular level.
R&D: Materials
Bioactive Coatings Improve Orthopedic Implants
Researchers are working on a coating that mimics bone tissue.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Tiny Chip-Based Device Performs Ultrafast Modulation of X-Rays
New optics-on-a-chip device paves way to capturing fast chemical, material, and biological processes.
Briefs: Medical
Shape-Shifting Materials Offer Infinite Possibilities
Totimorphic structural materials can achieve any shape.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
Silicone Nanochip Can Reprogram Biological Tissue in Living Body
The noninvasive nanochip applies a harmless electric spark to deliver specific genes in a fraction of a second.
Global Innovations: Wearables
Technology Enables Needle-Free Glucose Monitoring
A needle-free technology allows people with diabetes to measure blood sugar levels without having to stick a needle into their fingertips.
R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Smartphone Platform Gives Early Warning for Cancer
A new platform provides visual detection analysis for lung cancer and ketosis/diabetes via different testing probes.
Briefs: Materials
Suture of the Future Fights Infection
The smart bandage can dispense antibiotic, monitor wound-healing biomarkers, and report important data directly to doctors.
Briefs: Medical
Novel Algorithm on Wearable Devices Can Detect Irregular Heartbeat, May Prompt Early Care
The algorithm was able to accurately detect irregular heart rhythms, indicating possible atrial fibrillation.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
New Battery Technology Could Power Wearable, Self-Sustaining Fever Detector
The device harnesses the thermal energy generated by body heat.
Features: Software
The Three Challenges in Biomedical QC Testing
A robust, optimized mechanical testing program is essential to successful quality control testing.
R&D: Lighting
Optical Cochlear Implants Offer Better Hearing
The team designed an implant with LED emitters.
Global Innovations: Sensors/Data Acquisition
New Sensor Enables Precise, Sensitive Brain Imaging Tool
A supersensitive magnetometer detects and records brain electrical activity.
Features: Wearables
2021 Create the Future Design Contest: Medical Category Winner — Halo Speculum
A win for women.
R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Micron-Sized Lab-on-a-Chip Devices
Researchers have demonstrated the ability to create microfluidic lab-on-a-chip devices with channels and valves smaller than ever before.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
New Isolated Power Supply Chip Design Improves Efficiency
The new design improves the conversion efficiency and power density of the chip.
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
Wearable Brain-Machine Interface Turns Intentions into Actions
The system could improve the quality of life for people with motor dysfunction or paralysis.

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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: Regulations/Standards

EMC for Medical Devices: EN/IEC 60601-1-2, 4th Edition

Briefs: Medical

Medical Device Usability Requirements: Changes to IEC 62366