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Briefs: Design
Part 2: Designing Piezo Handpieces for Ultrasonic Surgery
Part 1 of this article , which ran in March 2023, looked at the general structure, design variants, and system design of ultrasonic medical handpieces. Part 2 now reviews driver design, special applications, drive electronics, and failure mechanisms.
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Briefs: Design
Part 1: Designing Piezo Handpieces for Ultrasonic Surgery
Part 1 of this article looks at the general structure, design variants, and system design of ultrasonic medical handpieces. In a future issue, Part 2 will examine driver design, special applications, drive electronics, and failure mechanisms.
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Features: Medical
Overcoming Blockers to Digitizing Manufacturing Operations
The digitized manufacturing environment is here and continues to gain momentum. For many companies in the life sciences arena, industry 4.0 is a business strategy.
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Features: AR/AI
2023 Tech Trends: Why Digital Health Will Lead to Improved Patient Care
While many wearable technologies began as a way to help people improve fitness, they have evolved to take on much greater diagnostic and other medical uses.
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Features: Wearables
Show Preview: Biosensors for Medical Wearables
With potential in remote patient monitoring, diagnosis, and detection of disease, biosensors and wearable devices are gaining substantial interest.
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Briefs: Connectivity
Medical Device Integrators Can Ensure Data Accuracy and Patient Safety
In the absence of true standards of medical device communication, medical device integration is a proven, reliable solution for accurate and timely delivery of those data to the various systems and applications running throughout a healthcare organization. While some device...
Applications: Medical
First Totally Implantable Hearing Device
Hearing loss can occur as a result of aging, genetic predisposition, an illness or injury, or over the course of years of exposure to loud sounds, which cause intense vibrations that damage the hair...
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Mission Accomplished: Software
Web-Based Programs Assess Cognitive Fitness
Astronauts, pilots, air traffic controllers, truck drivers, shift workers, and mountain climbers have something in common: All are at risk for impaired cognitive abilities due to stress or sleep...
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INSIDER: Medical

Wearable Lung Patch Detects COPD

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INSIDER: Medical

Probe Advances Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury

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Podcasts: Software

AI's Role in Advanced Medtech Manufacturing

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INSIDER: Medical

3D Printed Microneedle Technology Transforms Remote Healthcare

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Blog: Green Design & Manufacturing

Creating a Safe Path to Sustainability in Drug Delivery

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INSIDER: Medical

Dissolvable Microneedle Patch Enables Local Delivery of Immunomodulatory...

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John Chandler on Achieving Quality Motion Control
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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.

Webcasts

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Upcoming Webinars: Electronics & Computers

A Guide to Selecting Power Supplies for Medical Equipment

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Upcoming Webinars: Materials

The Power of the Wear Study in Medical Device Development

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Upcoming Webinars: Medical

Benefits of Streamlining Fluid Connections in Medical Applications

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Podcasts: Medical

The Evolution of Precision Drug Delivery

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On-Demand Webinars: Medical

UV Curing Advancements for Medical Device Manufacturing

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Tech Talks: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Navigating Adhesive Obstacles on the Medical Device Design Journey

Inside Story

Inside Story: Validating Your Sterilization Process
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To find out more about sterile product development and registration, MDB recently spoke with Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology of Eurofins Medical Device Testing (Lancaster, PA). Read the interview.

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