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Global Innovations: Photonics/Optics
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R&D: Medical
Scientists have designed tiny smart bed sensors embedded in hospital mattresses could put an end to painful and potentially life-threatening pressure sores, thanks to new technology. The...
Briefs: Design
Global Innovations: Photonics/Optics
Researchers have successfully developed a novel optical fiber design allowing the generation of rainbow laser light in the molecular fingerprint...
INSIDER: Photonics/Optics
Researchers have developed a new kind of ultrasensitive optical sensing instrument. It combines the advantages of the two types of interferometers that are currently...
White Papers: Medical
Endoscopy and CMOS
Endoscopy enables minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of a variety of conditions, from cancers to heart disease. Although endoscopy has existed for decades, legacy technology based on charge-coupled device (CCD)...
Features: Photonics/Optics
Fluorescence endoscopy is becoming increasingly important in many medical diagnostic tests. Based on the molecular absorption of light, this technique works by revealing...
Features: Medical
Over the last few decades, additive manufacturing (AM)/ 3D printing has fundamentally changed the way that manufacturers approach product development. Industry is now...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Briefs: Wearables
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Briefs: Imaging
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
R&D: Lighting
News: Photonics/Optics
University of Colorado Boulder researchers have designed one of the most precise stopwatches – not for timing Olympic sprinters but for counting single photons, the tiny packets of...
Technology Leaders: Electronics & Computers
R&D: Nanotechnology
R&D: Materials
Briefs: Imaging
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
R&D: Test & Measurement
Products: Photonics/Optics
Features: Sensors/Data Acquisition
R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Top Stories
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Sensor Detects Early Alzheimer's Disease
Features: Medical

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INSIDER: Materials

Polymer-Based Prefillable Syringes Drive Down Costs
INSIDER: Medical

Microneedle Bandage Stops Blood Loss from Wounds
INSIDER: Medical

Nano Drug-Delivery Breakthrough Targets Specific Cells
Features: Medical

2023 Tech Trends: Why Digital Health Will Lead to Improved Patient Care
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Eric Dietsch on the Benefits of Nitinol Wire

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How to Maximize the Benefits of Medical Device Onshoring
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Developing the Ultimate Medical Sensor Technology
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Precision Pulsed High Voltage: Electroporation Enabling Medical and Life...
On-Demand Webinars: Medical

Product Development Lifecycle Management: Optimizing Quality, Cost, and Speed...
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Medical Device Biofilms: Slimy, Sticky, Stubborn, and Serious
Webinars: Medical

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Making Medical Devices Smarter
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.