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Global Innovations: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A new handheld 3D printer can deposit sheets of skin to cover large burn wounds — and its “bio ink” can accelerate the healing process.
Briefs: Medical
Alternative treatment uses light-activated drug to coat an angioplasty balloon.
Blog: Medical
Personal finance company LendEDU has conducted a survey of 1,000 adult Americans in the wake of the Conornavirus pandemic to better understand how the personal...
INSIDER: Medical
A noninvasive, wearable, magnetic brain stimulation device could improve motor function in stroke patients. In an initial clinical trial of 30 chronic ischemic...
INSIDER: Medical
A breakthrough design could spare children from repeated operations to replace outgrown valves and could also benefit adults with valve defects. The new design could allow children...
INSIDER: Wearables
Engineers have created the first neural implant that can be both programmed and charged remotely with a magnetic field. Their breakthrough may make possible embedded devices like a...
R&D: Medical
New machine learning algorithms and computational models may provide insight into the mental demand placed on individuals using prosthetics.
Briefs: Medical
A system of “electronic skin-integrated haptic interfaces” jointly developed by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and other academic institutions can help users of...
R&D: Medical
Scientists successfully implanted a prototype kidney bioreactor containing functional human kidney cells in large animals without significant safety concerns. The device, which is...
Briefs: Medical
FDA has granted a Breakthrough Device Designation to Active Implants’ NUsurface® Meniscus Implant. Active Implants, LLC develops orthopedic implant...
Briefs: Medical
By electrically stimulating nerves, neuromodulation therapies can reduce epileptic seizures, soothe chronic pain, and treat depression and a host of other health...
Global Innovations: Materials
Scientists have developed a special protective membrane made of cellulose that significantly reduces the buildup of fibrotic tissue around cardiac pacemaker implants, as reported in a recent...
Briefs: Materials
Inspired by a sticky substance that spiders use to catch their prey, MIT engineers have designed a double-sided tape that can rapidly seal tissues together.
Features: Medical
When a patient experiences 70 percent or greater stenosis in the carotid artery — a condition that can cause lack of cerebral blood flow, stroke, and in some cases, death —...
Briefs: Medical
Invasive procedures to biopsy tissue from cancer-tainted organs could be replaced by simply taking samples from a tiny “decoy” implanted just beneath the skin,...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers are developing a novel, implantable device that can sense the effects of a potentially fatal level of ingested opioids and then automatically and immediately deliver a life-saving...
INSIDER: Medical
A new material shows promise for regenerative medicine for recovery of damaged tissues and blood vessels. The 3D scaffold is made of biodegradable material and filled...
INSIDER: Materials
Scientists have helped develop a microscopic glass device that doctors could use to inject medicine into retinal veins with unprecedented accuracy. Their instrument meets an important...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Keven Walgamott had a good “feeling” about picking up the egg without crushing it.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Researchers at the University of Houston have found neuro biomarkers for Parkinson's disease that can help create the next generation of “smart” deep brain stimulators,...
INSIDER: Medical
A therapeutic shoe engineered to improve stroke recovery is proving successful and expected to hit the market by the end of the year. Since patients are often disappointed in their progress after...
Blog: Design
Latest Patent Trends Favor Patentees — What Device Makers Need to Know
Medical device companies have challenged thousands of patents using the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) administrative adjudication system. Introduced in 2012, PTAB provides an alternative to bringing much more expensive and time-consuming patent lawsuits in federal...
Features: Test & Measurement
The injectable drug-delivery device market is growing at a staggering rate, with an anticipated global market value of $37.5 billion by 2025 compared to $16.7 billion in 2016. The driving factors of...
Features: Medical
The combination of drugs with medical devices has the potential to take patient care in an entirely new direction. The power of these products is that they can deliver a precise amount of a...
Briefs: Medical
Patients fitted with an orthopedic prosthetic commonly experience a period of intense pain after surgery. In an effort to control the pain, surgeons inject painkillers into the...
INSIDER: IoMT
Researchers from the School of Electrical Engineering at KAIST have developed a soft neural implant that can be wirelessly controlled using a smartphone.
INSIDER: Medical
Robotic Cane Improves Walking Stability
By adding electronics and computation technology to a simple cane that has been around since ancient times, Columbia Engineering researchers have created a robotic device that provides "light-touch" assistance to the elderly or people with impaired mobility.
INSIDER: Medical
Scientists implanted electrodes in amputees’ stumps for better prosthetic control — with promising results. The early-stage research involved relocating nerves in patients’...
INSIDER: Medical
Researchers are working on a new form of treatment — microrobots that can deliver drugs to specific spots inside the body while being monitored and controlled from outside the body. The...
Top Stories
INSIDER: Medical
Biotech Startup Turns to Space to Manufacture Artificial Retinas
INSIDER: Design
AI-Designed Shape-Shifting Microneedles Aid Diabetic Wound Healing
Blog: Medical
Why the U.S. and China Are Taking Different Paths on Pig-to-Human Organs
Features: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Where Test Plans Break: Measuring the Performance of Ultra-Miniature...
Podcasts: Medical
Why the Next Medical Breakthrough May Come from Space
Podcasts: Design
How Smart Implants and AI Robotics Could Transform Neurological Surgery
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
Editorial Webinars: Medical
Design for Miniaturization: Meeting the Demand for Smaller, Smarter, and More...
Summits: Medical
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: Medical
How to Avoid Chemical Characterization Pitfalls in Medical Devices
Podcasts: Wearables
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.
