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Briefs: Medical
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: Electronics & Computers
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: Materials
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: Medical
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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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.

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: Selecting the Best Pump for Your Medical Device
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MDB spoke to Rodd Turnquist, National Sales Manager US, OEM Division, WMFTS, to find out more about selecting the best pumps for medical devices and accelerating time to market.

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