Stories
Briefs: Materials
Trends in wearable technology follow those of the broader biomedical and electronics industries — devices are getting smaller, smarter, and easier to use. Specifically, wearables in...
Features: Medical
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Applications: Imaging
Briefs: Medical
Global Innovations: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Features: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Briefs: Imaging
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Features: Electronics & Computers
R&D: Software
Researchers have developed a free open source computer program that can be used to create visual and quantitative representations of brain electrical activity in laboratory animals in hopes of...
Briefs: Wearables
A Baylor University researcher’s prototype smartphone app — designed to help parents detect early signs of various eye diseases in their children...
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
To help customers with an accelerated route to market for 3D printed polyaryletherketone (PAEK) parts, UK-based Victrex has developed differentiated 3D printing [additive manufacturing...
Briefs: Medical
Great quality assurance is what turns great software into great product. Testing is a crucial part of any software development process, whether to ensure safety in a medical device, to minimize risk...
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
As more medical companies seek robots for increasingly complex tasks such as robotic-assisted surgeries, systems developers tasked with building these robots see an...
Briefs: Connectivity
NOW Technologies is a close-knit, dedicated team of professionals working to help people with disabilities to live an independent life. Based in Budapest, Hungary, and...
R&D: AR/AI
A novel pairing of two technologies may offer a solution for better screening for diabetic retinopathy, a condition that can lead to permanent vision loss if...
R&D: Connectivity
The results of a new clinical trial have shown the safety and efficacy of the interoperable Artificial Pancreas System smartphone app (iAPS), which can interface wirelessly with...
Briefs: Materials
As Ralph Colby peers at the microscope image in front of him, he thinks he can make them out — “shish kebabs,” as polymer scientists call them. Nobody knows for sure what they are,...
Features: Medical
In 2017, the healthcare industry experienced a dramatic surge in cyberattacks. Thousands of healthcare organizations around the world suffered various attacks...
R&D: Medical
Researchers are developing an app and wearable technology to enable pregnant women to use a smartphone to detect whether they have or are susceptible to a condition that could...
Features: Communications
In hospitals and healthcare institutions, the sheer amount of patient metrics to track for the staff of doctors and nurses can be been a point of contention....
Features: Medical
Optical fibers. To the average person, the phrase might conjure up an image of glowing hairs twisted artistically into a beautiful...
Features: Medical
Small, intelligent medical devices worn on the body and/or kept in the home — in addition to those used in hospital networks — are not just saving lives....
Features: Regulations/Standards
The reliability of the embedded software used in medical devices and the risk associated with it has become a vital concern. IEC 62304, “Medical device...
Features: Medical
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a disease that affects premature infants. It is the leading cause of childhood blindness. Although effective treatments exist, many infants are...
Features: Regulations/Standards
FDA’s introduction to its rules for medical device regulation states: “Medical devices are classified into Class I, II, and III. Regulatory control...
Features: Medical
Most people are aware of the newest developments and the latest generation of robots and artificial intelligence (AI). Much has been made of how these things will bring changes to...
Top Stories
INSIDER: Medical

Self-Powered Ingestible Sensor Opens New Avenues for Gut Research
Briefs: Medical

Designing Feature-Rich Wearable Health and Fitness Devices
Briefs: Tubing & Extrusion

Extrusion Process Enables Synthetic Material Growth
Features: Medical

Enabling a Diabetic to Run the World Marathon Challenge
INSIDER: Medical

COVID-19 Smart Patch Vaccine Measures Effectiveness
INSIDER: Medical

Ask the Expert
Ralph Bright on the Power of Power Cords

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
On-Demand Webinars: Medical

Developing the Ultimate Medical Sensor Technology
Webinars: Medical

Precision Pulsed High Voltage: Electroporation Enabling Medical and Life...
Webinars: Medical

Product Development Lifecycle Management: Optimizing Quality, Cost, and Speed...
Webinars: Medical

Medical Device Biofilms: Slimy, Sticky, Stubborn, and Serious
On-Demand Webinars: AR/AI

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Making Medical Devices Smarter
On-Demand Webinars: Wearables

Inside Story
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.
Trending Stories
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Self-Powered Ingestible Sensor Opens New Avenues for Gut Research
Features: Regulations/Standards

Implementing IEC 62304 for Safe and Effective Medical Device Software — PART 1
Features: Medical

Implementing IEC 62304 for Safe and Effective Medical Device Software, PART 2
Technology Leaders: Medical

Plasticizer-Induced Stress Cracking of Rigid PVC and Polycarbonate
Technology Leaders: Design

Polyolefin Heat Shrink Tubing for Tight-Tolerance Medical Applications:...