Sensors/​Data Acquisition

Biosensor Detects Brain Tumors with Less than a Drop of Blood

Researchers have developed a biosensor that could help physicians precisely diagnose brain cancer from a minute blood sample.

Show Preview: Biosensors for Medical Wearables

With potential in remote patient monitoring, diagnosis, and detection of disease, biosensors and wearable devices are gaining substantial interest.

Building Better Gas-Phase Biosensors for Fight Against Diseases

By embedding enzymes inside the polymer string, the enzymes were operational even in a dry state.

AI-Enabled Optical Fiber Sensor Device Monitors Brain Injury

The results from tests on animal brain tissues suggest it could help clinicians to better monitor both disease progression and patients’ response to treatment than is currently possible.

Researchers Upcycle CDs into Biosensors

New research offers a second life for CDs: Turn them into flexible biosensors that are inexpensive and easy to manufacture.

Registration Now Open for Biosensors for Medical Wearables Conference 2022

Registration is now open for SAE Media Group's 2nd Annual Biosensors for Medical Wearables Conference, taking place October 24–25, 2022, in Boston, MA. The 2022...

Rapid Sensor Chip for Real-Time THO Monitoring

Scientists have developed a disposable, paper-based THO sensor consisting of an electrode made of molecularly imprinted graphite. Since MIPs are designed using the target molecule as a...

Summer 2022 Resource Guide

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.

Microchip Detects Prostate Cancer Markers

Measuring devices that perform disease tests simply and quickly from small amounts of blood, urine, saliva, and other bodily fluids are extremely important for accurate diagnosis and verifying...

Flexible Backing Improves Brain-Computer Interface

Engineering researchers have invented an advanced brain-computer interface with a flexible and moldable backing and penetrating microneedles. Adding a flexible backing to this kind of...

Smartphone-Powered Microchip Enables At-Home Medical Diagnostic Testing

A research team has developed a new microfluidic chip for diagnosing diseases that uses a minimal number of components and can be powered wirelessly by a smartphone. The...

Wearable Health Tech Could Measure Gases Released from Skin

Scientists have taken the first step to creating the next generation of wearable health monitors. Most research focuses on measuring human biomarkers, but sensors that rely on...

Promising Brain Biosensor Monitors Health

Scientists have successfully tested in the lab a tiny biosensor they developed that can detect biomarkers tied to traumatic brain injuries. Researchers say their waterproof biosensor includes an...

Sensors Converge Conference to Address Medtech, Wearables

Sensors Converge (formerly Sensors Expo) Conference will take place June 27, 2022, at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, CA. A full-day preconference symposium will address...

MD&M West Show Preview

From 3D printing and biomaterials to robotics and digital health, MD&M West is the largest medtech expo for suppliers and buyers.

‘Seeing’ Nonuniformities in 2D Materials May Lead to New Medical Sensors

Detecting nonuniformities in optical properties opens the door to new uses

Biosensor Monitors Disease Severity

Hokkaido University scientists and colleagues have designed a prototype biosensor that detects levels of ATP and lactates in a patient’s blood.

Biosensors Measure Toxic Drugs in Cancer, Arthritis, and Organ Transplant Patients

Designer biosensors ‘switch on’ color or electrical responses to drugs.

Smartphone Platform Gives Early Warning for Cancer

A new platform provides visual detection analysis for lung cancer and ketosis/diabetes via different testing probes.

Biosensor Enables Ultrafast Detection of COVID-19

Researchers have developed a genosensor that is efficient in detecting SARS-CoV-2.

Winter 2021 Resource Guide

In our winter edition of the MDB Resource Guide, learn about new cleaning requirements and find the right company to match your medical-design needs.

Biosensor Aids in Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

A prototype of a new biosensor helps detect breast cancer in its earliest stages. The development of this biosensor falls within the field known as liquid biopsy, which helps detect the...

Process Transforms Clothing into Biosensors

A new process turns clothing fabric into biosensors that measure a muscle’s electrical activity as it is worn. The researchers devised a method of taking ordinary textile made of a...

Smart Bandage Detects Multiple Biomarkers for Chronic Wound Monitoring

A smart wearable sensor conducts real-time, point-of-care assessment of chronic wounds wirelessly via an app. The novel sensor technology can detect temperature, pH,...

Biosensor Assists in Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

A prototype of a new biosensor helps detect breast cancer in its earliest stages. The biosensor falls within the field known as liquid biopsy, which helps detect the presence of...

Wearable Biofuel Cells Produce Electricity from Lactate

Wearable electronic devices and biosensors are great tools for health monitoring, but it has been difficult to find convenient power sources for them. Now, a group of scientists...

SMi’s Medical Wearables for Biosensors Virtual Conference: Time to Merge Consumer Thinking with Connected Medtech

The inaugural virtual Medical Wearables for Biosensors Conference convenes on October 25–26, 2021. The virtual conference...

Low-Cost, Portable Device Diagnoses Heart Attacks in Minutes

A sensor that could diagnose a heart attack in less than 30 minutes targets a combination of miRNA to quickly diagnose heart attacks in minutes instead of hours...