Metasurface-Based Technology Enables Safe MRIs for People with Implants

An international research team has developed a device capable of improving the performance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) units. The technology is based on local...

Smartphone App Shows Promise Monitoring Chemotherapy Patients

Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy can be remotely monitored using their smartphone sensors and an algorithm that detects worsening symptoms based on objective changes in patient...

Monitoring Sick Babies from Afar

A new wearable technology would enable sick babies to be monitored remotely. And parents at home, concerned about the risk of cot death, could keep track of their new babies’ heart and breathing rates with...

Chip-Based Sensors Offer Incredible Sensitivity

An optical whispering gallery mode resonator can spin light around the circumference of a tiny sphere millions of times, creating an ultrasensitive microchip-based sensor for multiple...

'Painless' Patch Delivers Insulin When Needed

Treatment for certain diabetes cases involves constant monitoring of blood-glucose levels and daily insulin shots. Scientists from the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC), North...

Tackle the Intricacies of Medical Device Development with a Solid Platform

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...

Designing for Mechanical and Signal Integrity in Handheld Medical Treatment Applications

Handheld medical devices must perform across a wide range of device specifications and end-user environmental conditions. Mechanical and signal integrity...

Therapy Robots a Step Closer to Reality

In tests, a swarm of robots measuring a few millionths of a meter long — about the size of a blood cell — were guided magnetically to sites in the stomach of rats. The robots were manufactured by...

New Device Helps Diagnose and Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases

École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne, Switzerlandhttps://actu.epfl.ch Neurologists often use electrical impulses to stimulate and read brain signals. But the...

Smartphone Case Monitors Blood Glucose

Engineers have developed a smartphone case and app that will make it easier for patients to record and track their blood glucose readings, whether they’re at home or on the go.

New Products and Services

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...

Optimizing Performance and Value of Medical Devices with the Right Plastic Processing Technology

Engineering thermoplastics are widely used to manufacture a broad range of medical devices, from single-use syringes and applicators to diagnostic...

Using Artificial intelligence to Evaluate Brain Maturity of Preterm Infants

University of Helsinki Helsinki,...

Discovery Lights Path for Alzheimer’s Research

A probe invented at Rice University that lights up when it binds to a misfolded amyloid beta peptide — the kind suspected of causing Alzheimer's disease — has identified a specific binding...

Device Can Diagnose Diseases Based on Eyelid Motion

Researchers have developed a device that can diagnose diseases by means of an eyelid motion monitor. Glasses fitted with a hardware and software system monitor and interpret eyelid...

Microfiber Sensor for Health Monitoring, Diagnosis

A soft, flexible, and stretchable microfiber sensor has been developed for real-time healthcare monitoring and diagnosis. The novel sensor is highly sensitive and ultra-thin with a diameter...

New Products and Services

Power Supply A 400-W power supply is now available from Integrated Power Designs, Wilkes-Barre, PA. The power supply comes with two to four outputs in a compact 4 × 7 × 1.5 in. package. High power density is...

Helmet Smart Foam Signals Potential Concussions in Real Time

Most football fans have seen players get hit so hard they can barely walk back to the sideline. All too often in years past, those players were back on the field just a few plays...

Augmented Tongue Ultrasound for Speech Therapy

A team of researchers has developed a system that can display the movements of our own tongues in real time. Captured using an ultrasound probe placed under the jaw, these movements are...

Breath Test Shows Whether You’re Burning Fat

Experts advise anyone looking to shed extra pounds is to eat less and exercise more. One way is with endurance training, during which the body burns not only carbohydrates such as sugar, but...

Watching What You Eat? Flexible Sensors Could Monitor Food Intake

Researchers have built a flexible sensor that can be rolled up and swallowed. Upon ingestion, the sensor adheres to the stomach wall or intestinal lining, where it can...

A Wearable Sensor that Bends, Stretches, and Moves

A team of engineers has created the most functional flexible transistor in the world — and with it, a fast, simple and inexpensive fabrication process that’s easily scalable to the...

Zinc Sensor Opens New ‘Windows to the Body’

A new zinc sensor has been developed that will allow for a deeper understanding of the dynamic roles that metal ions play in regulating health and disease in the living body.

Fiber-Based OLEDs Enable Flexible, Wearable Displays

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...

New AI Algorithm Monitors Sleep with Radio Waves

To make it easier to diagnose and study sleep problems, engineers have created a device to monitor sleep stages without sensors attached to the body. Their device instead uses an advanced...

Self-Learning Device Could Increase Patient Safety

A technology being developed could provide an affordable, smart, self-learning device that, when placed into existing MRI machines, could allow medical professionals to monitor patients more...

MAKING THINGS INTELLIGENT: The Advent of RFID in Medical Devices

The Internet of Things (IoT) has been described as the interconnection via the Internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send and receive...

‘Near-Zero-Power’ Temperature Sensor Could Make Wearables Less Power-Hungry

Electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a temperature sensor that runs on only 113 picowatts of power — 628 times lower...

‘Electronic Skin’ Is More than Skin Deep

An “electronic skin” microsystem tracks heart rate, respiration, muscle movement and other health data, and wirelessly transmits it to a smart phone. The electronic skin offers several...