Test & Measurement

Peeling Back the Layers: Adhesives Testing for Wearables

Trends in wearable technology follow those of the broader biomedical and electronics industries — devices are getting smaller, smarter, and easier to use. Specifically, wearables in...

Additive Manufacturing: New Frontiers for Production and Validation

Over the last few decades, additive manufacturing (AM)/ 3D printing has fundamentally changed the way that manufacturers approach product development. Industry is now...

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.

From the Editor: The 2021 Product of the Year

Readers selected a product that could help manufacturers in their quest to build better ventilators to help fight the pandemic.

Product Focus: Disposables

Micro-metallizer pens, sensor evaluation kits, single-use disposables, and more.

Miniature Optical Fiber Treatment Device Offers More Effective Cancer Immunotherapy

The device infuses antibodies through the miniature fiber to the tumor to activate T cells around tumor cells.

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.

Optical Design Considerations for Additive Manufacturing

Light-based methods open many opportunities for medical applications.

Product Focus: Test & Measurement 2021

Trackers, interferometers, laser sensors, and more.

New Products and Services: November 2021 Medical Design Briefs

Power entry modules, application processors, proximity testing services, and more.

The Advancement of Minimally Invasive Device Design

Despite the growth in MIS advancements over the last two decades, these techniques are still in their adolescence. There is much room for growth.

On the Rise: Wearable Injector Systems

The advent of automatic drug-delivery devices has empowered patients to take their treatments in their own hands.

Product of the Month: September 2021 Medical Design Briefs

An evaluation kit form Sensirion enables ventilator manufacturers to take proximal measurements of respiratory gas rates.

Optical Device Offers Improved Thyroid Cancer Screening

The device combines near infrared light, time resolved spectroscopy, and diffuse correlation spectroscopy.

New Products and Services: June 2021 Medical Design Briefs

Medical connectors, servo positioners, SMT jumpers, and more.

Next-Gen POC Diagnostics: Electronic Measurement Technology Driven by Global Demand for COVID-19 Testing

Many new companies entering the market are planning a diagnostic roadmap of capabilities beyond their entry point of COVID-19 testing.

New Products & Services: May 2021 Medical Design Briefs

Barcode readers, risk-management software, servo drives, and more.

COVID-19 Test Produces Rapid Results

A CRISPR-based diagnostic for COVID-19 can produce results in 30 minutes to an hour, with similar accuracy as the standard PCR diagnostics now used. STOPCovid could be made cheaply enough that people...

Adapting Under COVID: Expansion and Implementation of PPE Testing

Regardless of the pace of production, quality control testing is still required to ensure that the products being sent to our front lines will perform as required.

Medical Device Package Testing: Developing a Test Plan that Avoids Product Launch Delays

Engineers are thinking of creative ways to design a packaging system that will ensure safe arrival of a medical device.

Instron to Hold Virtual Biomedical Testing Open House

Instron, a global manufacturer of materials testing equipment, is holding its first-ever virtual Biomedical Testing Open House. Scheduled for August 24–27, this online event will bring...

New Products and Services: August 2020 Medical Design Briefs

Shielding materials, static control, 3D printing software, and more.

New Products & Services: May 2020 Medical Design Briefs

Position sensors, power clamps, CT scanners, and more.

New Products & Services: February 2020 Medical Design Briefs

Software for Linux

Synopsys, Exeter, UK, has launched Simpleware Release P-2019.09. The latest version of the software includes new features and performance improvements....

Medical Design Briefs: 2019 Technology Leaders

Learn about 2019's stand-out manufacturers and cutting-edge applications in special metals, coatings, robotics, and more.

Product Focus: Test & Measurement

Hardness Tester

L.S. Starrett, Athol, MA, has introduced two new digital Rockwell/Superficial Rockwell benchtop hardness testers with fully automated load/unload procedures and capable of providing...

Effects of Tube Processing on the Fatigue Life of Nitinol: Part 1

With medical devices approved for more demanding cardiovascular applications such as transcatheter aortic and mitral valve repair (TAVR/TMVR), the long-term structural...

New Products & Services: August 2019 Medical Design Briefs

Medical Device Manufacturing Software

Master Control, Salt Lake City, UT, has released a software platform designed to automate production and improve operational quality....

New Products & Services: June 2019 Medical Design Briefs

Optical Distance Sensor

A highly accurate optical distance sensor is available from Werth Messtechnik, Giessen, Germany. The Werth Chromatic Focus Point sensor can measure...