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Products: Software
LDRA (Wirral, UK) has launched a tool suite that offers support for the IEC 61508 and IEC 61508:2010 standards, functional safety standards for electrical/electronic/programmable electronic (E/E/PE) systems, from...
Products: Software
Hagiwara Sys-Com (Irvine, CA) has launched USB, a portable virus detection tool for Windows OS-based industrial systems. The software requires no installation and virus definitions can be downloaded to the Vaccine USB...
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Time to market is of critical importance for medical instruments. A difference of even a few months in the release of a product can significantly impact the ROI of the project, both...
Briefs: Medical
Non-Invasive Blood Pressure (NIBP) is a widely used vital sign for cardiovascular assessment. Vital signs monitors obtain a non-invasive blood pressure...
Products: Medical
SensAble Technologies (Wilmington, MA) has introduced the FreeForm Version 11 software release, a 3D modeling program for designers to apply changes to multiple pieces of a model simultaneously. Instead of holding a...
Briefs: Medical
Whenever images are acquired with a large dynamic range, a problem arises in reproducing these images on a medium (i.e. CRT, paper). There are the restrictions of the recording apparatus (number of...
Applications: Software
Borrowing a page from wireless phone communications, hearing aids have become firmly entrenched in the digital realm during the past decade. At GN ReSound, the manufacturing process for...
Products: Software
Delcam Healthcare (Birmingham, UK) has launched new versions of its OrthoModel and OrthoMill software for the design and manufacture of custom orthotic insoles. Used in conjunction with the iQube 3D scanner, data can be captured...
Products: Imaging
The ScopeCheck® coordinate measuring machine from Werth, Inc. (Old Saybrook, CT) includes an image processing sensor and software designed for requirements of dimensional measurement to allow fully automatic measurement of...
Applications: Medical
Sometimes an engineering problem can defy logic: My encounter with this phenomenon was a flow problem within the control valve of a medical respirator that showed...
Products: Software
Remcom (State College, PA) has upgraded the XFdtd® Release 7 (XF7) with XACT Accurate Cell Technology that produces faster results when modeling complex shapes. The XTend Script Library allows users to adapt...
Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The VisionGauge® Digital Optical Comparator is The Fastest, Easiest, Most Accurate Way to Compare a Part to a CAD FileTM. It works directly with your part’s CAD data and doesn’t...
Products: Medical
Grand Avenue Software (St. Paul, MN) offers a new Equipment Management module that helps companies schedule, track, and complete preventive maintenance, calibration, and qualification activities on their equipment....
Mission Accomplished: Medical
Shifting work schedules can wreak havoc on a person’s ability to get enough sleep, resulting in poor performance on the job. Researchers funded by the National Space Biomedical...
Mission Accomplished: Software
Eye trackers have literally opened up the world to many disabled people who suffer from limited movement and speech. The sophisticated devices track eye movements — distinguishing the viewer’s precise gazepoint...
Mission Accomplished: Software
On an exploration mission, an astronaut has an accident and appears to have serious injuries as the spacecraft speeds to its destination. The ensuing scene is hectic as...
Briefs: Medical
Medical device manufacturers are experiencing an ever-increasing emphasis on process accountability. ADAM (Advanced Data Analysis Monitor) is a technology developed for resistance welding...
Products: Software
Cognex (Natick, MA) has introduced In-Sight® Track & Trace, an add-on software package for In-Sight vision systems. The software delivers a ready-to-deploy data capture and verification solution designed to help...
Mission Accomplished: Software
An estimated one million people worldwide have heart conditions that would benefit from a heart transplant. However, the number of donor hearts available is extremely limited, with fewer than 3,000 total transplants...
Mission Accomplished: Software
The gamer's quest is for reality, but there are limits when an animated, armored man is shooting at a banshee flying at him at simulated warp speed on a video screen; or a caricature of an athlete is...
INSIDER: Medical
A 'Smart' Cane for the Visually Impaired
University of Arkansas at Little Rock researchers are inventing a "smart" cane that will help guide visually impaired users with a Flash LADAR (laser detection and ranging) sensor that provides a more detailed "picture" of the physical environment.
Features: Medical
Over the last several years, the technology that enables optical coherence tomography (OCT) has significantly improved. When it first debuted, OCT was a natural fit for...
Applications: Medical
Fetal heart rate (FHR) detection is the primary methodology for antenatal determination of fetal well-being and assisting in the identification of potential hazards such as hypoxia and distress...
Mission Accomplished: Software
Hemodynamics is defined as the study behind the forces involved with blood circulation. Previously, monitoring these forces presented a costly and invasive procedure, but because of NASA funding and...
Briefs: Medical
Digital Microfluidics Sample Analyzer
Three innovations address the needs of the medical world with regard to microfluidic manipulation and testing of physiological samples in ways that can benefit point-of-care needs for patients such as premature infants, for which drawing of blood for continuous tests can be life-threatening in their own right,...
Mission Accomplished: Medical
How does life begin and evolve? Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? What is the future of life on Earth and beyond?
Applications: Medical
Medical device design presents specific challenges for finite element analysis (FEA) engineers, who are tasked with simulating the mechanical behavior of medical devices or their...
Applications: Software
Once considered a medical miracle, today’s coronary stent installations are now viewed as low-risk and commonplace procedures. In the U.S. alone, more than one million patients with heart...
Mission Accomplished: Medical
Astronauts, pilots, air traffic controllers, truck drivers, shift workers, and mountain climbers have something in common: All are at risk for impaired cognitive abilities due to stress or sleep...
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INSIDER: Medical
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INSIDER: Design
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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
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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.
