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Supplements: Data Acquisition
In our summer edition of the MDB Resource Guide, learn about new cleaning requirements and find the right company to match your medical-design needs.
Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The new products and services for March 2023, including pressure sensors, coaxial cable assemblies, a pressure switch, and more.
Products: Imaging
Schurter has recently completed its production facility for its human-machine interface (HMI) capabilities.
Products: Medical
The new products and services in November 2022, including optical fibers, a shielded connector, spring brakes, and more.
Applications: Wearables
A preconfigured starter saves time when you develop a medical vision system.
Products: Imaging
Reference design kits, smart textiles, thermoplastic elastomers, and more.
Features: RF & Microwave Electronics
New sensors and high-performance microwiring are extending the performance of active myoelectric prosthetics.
Features: Medical
Medical device developers are providing more options through intuitive user interfaces (UIs).
Products: Materials
Each month, the editors of Medical Design Briefs choose a Product of the Month that has exceptional technical merit and practical value for MDB's design engineering readers.
Products: Test & Measurement
Board-to Board Connector
A miniature board-to-board connector from Hirose, Downers Grove, IL, combines a rugged design with transmission speeds of more than 10 Gpbs to support a number of medical applications. Featuring...
Products: Medical
Extrusion Crosshead
Guill Tool & Engineering, West Warwick, RI, has introduced a crosshead with mechanically assisted gum space (MAGS) adjustment.
News: Imaging
Mindray North America Selects Eastman Medical Polymers to Enhance Patient Monitors
In an effort to improve patient safety and device durability, Mindray has incorporated Eastman’s medical polymers into its current generation of patient monitors. Used in healthcare facilities throughout North America, the Passport Series of bedside monitors, T1...
Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Photo Etching
A capabilities brochure from Tech-Etch, Plymouth, MA, describes how the photo etching process enables the company to produce prototype quantities and large production runs of intricate parts for many...
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Because atrial fibrillation (AF) often does not present symptoms, stroke is too often its first manifestation. For effective stroke prevention, timely diagnosis of AF is crucial. Mobile devices are...
Applications: Medical
Computed tomography (CAT or CT) imaging is an incredible tool doctors use to help detect and diagnose patients noninvasively. Using specialized x-ray technology, the device has the...
Features: Regulations/Standards
In an industry where people's health and wellness are on the line, manufacturers can't afford to let risk go unaddressed. As the International Organization for Standardization...
Global Innovations: Medical
École Polytechnique Fédéral de LausanneLausanne, Switzerlandhttps://actu.epfl.ch
An extremely lightweight and portable hand exoskeleton may one day help the physically impaired with...
Blog: Imaging
A BYU professor and his team have found a way to take the 3D displays of science fiction and make them a reality. A reader asks: Could surgeons use this kind of volumetric display?
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. They are...
Products: Medical
Silicone Extrusion Equipment
Rosendahl, Pischelsdorf, Austria, offers a line of silicone extrusion equipment designed to provide high flexibility and low scrap rates. The RN-Z sili-cone extrusion line can perform 24/7...
Features: Electronics & Computers
Advances in CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) imaging sensor (CIS) module technology are shrinking pixel size, allowing more pixels to fit into a...
INSIDER: Imaging
A new gesture-recognition technology from Lancaster University can make a remote control out of your coffee mug — or most everyday objects, for that matter.
R&D: Wearables
A research team has created wearable displays for various applications including healthcare. Integrating organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) into fabrics, the team developed highly flexible...
Features: Medical
According to a report from Markets and Markets, the diagnostic imaging market is expected to reach nearly $36.43 billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 6.6 percent from 2016 to 2021. The...
Technology Leaders: Design
Electronic human machine interface (HMI) technology goes back as far as the 1940s with the punch card batch interfaces from IBM. Today, when you think of user interfaces, you may...
INSIDER: Imaging
A neurosurgeon at Mount Sinai Health System is the first to use CaptiView – a microscope image injection system from Leica Microsystems that overlays critical virtual reality imaging...
Features: Medical
Smart X-Ray Source
Mark Eaton, CEO; Dr. Ronald Hellmer; Dr. Shuo Cheng; Hugo Leon; and Dr. Leif Fredin Stellarray, Austin, TX
Since the discovery of X-rays 110 years ago,...
INSIDER: AR/AI
Augmented Reality Telementoring Offers Remote Assistance
An "augmented reality telementoring" system built by researchers at Purdue University and the Indiana University School of Medicine provides effective support to battlefield surgeons from specialists located thousands of miles away. The system uses a transparent display positioned between the...
Top Stories
INSIDER: Medical
Biotech Startup Turns to Space to Manufacture Artificial Retinas
INSIDER: Wearables
AI-Designed Shape-Shifting Microneedles Aid Diabetic Wound Healing
Blog: Regulations/Standards
Why the U.S. and China Are Taking Different Paths on Pig-to-Human Organs
Podcasts: Medical
Why the Next Medical Breakthrough May Come from Space
Features: Medical
Where Test Plans Break: Measuring the Performance of Ultra-Miniature...
Podcasts: Design
Ask the Expert
Eric Dietsch on the Benefits of Nitinol Wire
In collaboration with the Fort Wayne Metals Engineering team, Eric Dietsch focuses on supporting customers with material recommendations, product development, and education. Eric is available to help you and your company with any Nitinol-related questions or needs that you may have.
Webcasts
Podcasts: Medical
Resilient Device Design for Harsh Conditions
Editorial Webinars: Medical
Design for Miniaturization: Meeting the Demand for Smaller,...
Summits: AR/AI
2026 Medical & Healthcare Robotics Summit (Online)
Podcasts: Medical
Making Telemedicine Work in Low-Connectivity Environments
Podcasts: Medical
Why the Next Medical Breakthrough May Come from Space
Webinars: Test & Measurement
How to Avoid Chemical Characterization Pitfalls in Medical Devices
Inside Story
Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
Eurofins Medical Device Testing (MDT) provides a full scope of testing services. In this interview, Eurofins’ experts, Sunny Modi, PhD, Director of Package Testing; and Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology; answer common questions on medical device packaging and sterilization.
