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Features: Design
Medical Biosensor Design
COVID-19 accelerated demand for biosensor devices for both consumer and medical use, driving innovation and creating a lucrative market that is projected to grow from $28.5 billion in 2022 to $58 billion by 2032.
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Products: Design
Product of The Month
See the product of the month: A line of thin cold-rolled titanium in a variety of commercially pure grades and alloys for medical devices, available from Arnold Magnetic Technologies.
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Briefs: Design
COPD: Hands-Free Device Improves Breathing
One in 10 adults suffer from the debilitating effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Research around a new breathing device developed by pulmonologists at the University of Cincinnati offers promise for improving their lives.
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Products: Photonics/Optics
New Products & Services
See the New Products and Services, including medical optics, healthcare polymers, a ventilator pressure sensor, and more.
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Features: Regulations/Standards
Show Preview: Design of Medical Devices Conference 2023
The Institute for Engineering in Medicine’s Innovation Week highlights events that focus on advances and new directions in medical engineering.
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Features: Medical
MRI Safety Testing: How Device Manufacturers Can Ensure Safety of Patients with Implants
With a view to the absolute safety of patients, medical device manufacturers must be aware of the potential risks of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Consider Phase Zero: The Importance of DFX to Meet Deadlines, Deliverables
If the race to meet short-term milestones is run blindly, it can forever hamstring a medical device timeline.
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From the Editor: Manufacturing & Prototyping
From the Editor
Here are the winners of the 2022 Medical Design Briefs’ Readers’ Choice Products of the Year.
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Global Innovations: Medical
Analyzing Sweat via Microelectronic Fibers for Noninvasive Health Monitoring
The fiber could lead to fiber-based smart clothes that provide greater versatility in functions, larger sensing areas, and greater comfort.
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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
DfM and Product Development for Micro Medical Device Applications
In its most general sense, DfM for medical devices means the design of parts sympathetic to the production process being used in order to make optimized outcomes in a timely fashion.
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Features: Research Lab
Modernizing Therapeutic Cell Production
With so much at stake, attention is now shifting to adopting more modern equipment and methods to consistently produce the best cells.
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Features: Electronics & Computers
Embedded Intelligence and Connectivity: High-Performance Modules for Mixed-Critical Applications
The growing use of AI in medical applications is leading to drastically higher performance demands for the embedded computing technology.
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Briefs: Communications
Wireless, High-Speed, Low-Power Communications for Implantable Devices
Implantable bioelectronics are now often key in assisting or monitoring vital organs, but they often lack a safe, reliable way of transmitting their data to doctors.
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Briefs: Medical
Silicon Nanochip Could Treat Traumatic Muscle Loss
Technology developed by researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine can change skin tissue into blood vessels and nerve cells.
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Briefs: Materials
Extrusion Process Enables Synthetic Material Growth
A team of scientists and engineers has developed a first-of-its-kind, plant-inspired extrusion process that enables synthetic material growth.
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Applications: IoMT
Renamic Neo Offers Complete Wireless Connectivity to Implants
Tiotronik’s Renamic Neo communicates with a medical device implanted in a patient, such as a pacemaker, ICD, or implantable cardiac monitor.
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Products: Motion Control
Product Focus: Motors & Motion Control 2023
Product Focus: Motors & Motion Control 2023
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Global Innovations: Medical
Microscope Could Speed Up and Simplify Breast Cancer Treatment
Researchers have developed an ultra-tiny endo-microscope that could help improve breast cancer treatment and cut NHS waiting lists.
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News: Design
Design Firm Veranex Acquires Fusion Biotec

Veranex, Raleigh, NC, has acquired Fusion Biotec, a design and engineering firm for complex electro-mechanical diagnostic instrumentation and medical devices located in Orange, CA. According to the...

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Global Innovations: Design
Flexible Surgical Needle Offers Enhanced Precision
Engineers have developed an innovative surgical needle whose trajectory can be corrected on the fly, thanks to a flexible tip controlled with a simple button.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Integrated Rupture Disk Assemblies for Cryogenic Equipment and Storage Systems
OEMs are increasingly turning to integrated rupture disk assemblies with all components combined by the manufacturer, as opposed to loose rupture disk and holder devices that leave much to chance.
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From the Editor: Imaging
From the Editor: Data-Driven Brain Care: The Future of Neuroscience
Connectomics, the field of understanding brain connectivity, is poised to change the future of neuroscience.
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R&D: Medical
Stable Electrodes for Long-Term BCI
The electrode can be worn comfortably and stable for up to four weeks, without the potential need for any medical personnel to intervene to maintain it.
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R&D: Nanotechnology
Tiny Swimming Robots Treat Deadly Pneumonia in Mice
The microrobots are made of algae cells whose surfaces are speckled with antibiotic-filled nanoparticles.
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R&D: Medical
Robot Sleeves Help Kids with Cerebral Palsy
The garments will contain sealed, airtight regions that can inflate, making them temporarily rigid and providing the force for movement.
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Products: Design
Product of the Month
The Product of the Month for November 2022.
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Briefs: Materials
Tubing Coated with Light-Powered Catalysts Aids Drug Manufacturing
The new class of materials is insoluble, so it can be used over and over again. Such catalysts could be used to coat tubing and perform chemical transformations on reactants as they flow through the tube.
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Briefs: Materials
Tough Gel Adhesives for Wound Healing
A Band-Aid® adhesive bandage is an effective treatment for stopping external bleeding from skin wounds, but an equally viable option for internal bleeding does not yet exist.
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Briefs: Medical
Novel Radiation Therapy Delays Brain Cancer Regrowth
UC San Diego Health is the first hospital system in San Diego to offer a new, highly targeted, and precisely placed radiation therapy that delays tumor regrowth while protecting healthy tissue in patients with brain cancer.
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INSIDER: AR/AI

AI Tool Predicts Onset of Parkinson’s Disease

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Quiz: Wearables

Medical Devices in the Locker Room

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INSIDER: Wearables

ECG Patch Paves Way for Sustainable Wearables

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News: Medical

Mactac Acquires Label Supply, Canadian Distributor of Roll Label Products

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Features: Materials

Evaluating Ultrasonic Welding of Medical Plastics: Part 2

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INSIDER: Medical

Graphene ‘Tattoo’ Treats Cardiac Arrhythmia with Light

Ask the Expert

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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Webinars: Medical

5 Ways to Test Wearable Devices

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Webinars: Test & Measurement

Powering Medical Devices: How to Filter Noise Out While Keeping Safety In

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Webinars: Materials

High-purity Silicone Adhesive Solutions for Medical Device Assembly

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Podcasts: Wearables

Here's an Idea: Real-Time Remote Heart Monitoring

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Tech Talks: Materials

A Look Into New Silicone Elastomers for Low-Temperature Biopharma Applications

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On-Demand Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping

How to Maximize the Benefits of Medical Device Onshoring

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.

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Features: Packaging & Sterilization

Sterilization, Packaging, and Materials: CRITICAL CONSIDERATIONS