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Products: Materials

New Products & Services: April 2021 Medical Design Briefs

Embedded antennas, fume hoods, computing nodes, and more.

Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Product Focus: Laser Machining/Marking 2021

Laser systems, engraving machines, flux-core wires, and more.

Technology Leaders: Materials

Tubing Capabilities to Improve Efficiency and Quality in Medical Device Manufacturing

Stainless steel tubing is a primary support feature of single-use handheld surgical devices.

Technology Leaders: Materials

Polyolefin Heat Shrink Tubing for Tight-Tolerance Medical Applications: Understanding the Advantages and Development Process

Learn the basics of heat shrink tubing and its use in medical device manufacturing.

Global Innovations: Energy

Wireless Retinal Implant Restores Visual Field for the Blind

EPFL researchers have developed a new type of retinal implant for people who have become blind due to the loss of photoreceptor cells in their retinas.

From the Editor: Medical

From the Editor: How COVID-19 ‘Turbocharged’ an Industry Already ‘Riding High’

A recent report from Evaluate Vantage looks back at 2020 and reviews the short-term and long-term effects the pandemic had on the industry.

Features: Design

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Jacqueline Anim, Sr. Principal Materials Engineer

Anim won back-to-back recognition when the Professional Organization of Woman of Excellence Recognized (P.O.W.E.R) named her 2019 Engineer of the Year.

Features: Connectivity

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Stasia Nowak, Quality Control Inspector

Nowak has been in Statistical Process Control for 30 years.

Features: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

3D Printing Is Transforming the Medical Design Industry: Are You Ready?

Imagine a world where, instead of a physical warehouse full of actual products, you have an entire digital warehouse of design files.

Features: Wearables

Developing an Engineering Ecosystem for Digital Healthcare Systems

The growing digitalization of healthcare systems is increasing the complexity of the tasks connected devices must fulfill — particularly the handling of highly sensitive data.

Features: Medical

Guest Editorial: Expanding the Scope of Mobility

Mobility tech also provides help to those with physical or cognitive challenges.

Features: Wearables

Can a Wearable Stop a Pandemic?

The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a new period of growth for wearables.

Features: Medical

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: COVID, Cancer, CRISPR, & More

More than ever, women are making a huge impact in medical science and engineering.

Features: Photonics/Optics

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Jennifer Kehlet Barton, Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Director, BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona

Barton's lab designs miniature endoscopes for the early detection of ovarian cancer.

Features: Design

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Janice Chen, Co-founder & CTO, Mammoth Biosciences

Chen unexpectedly discovered that certain proteins detect DNA.

Features: Medical

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Sarah Levy-Schreier, CTO, Sight Diagnostics

Levy-Schreier managed a cybersecurity department that employed some of Israel’s best software engineers.

Features: Design

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Carrie Mulherin, Chief Marketing Officer, LightDeck Diagnostics

Mulherin helped to bring the CellSearch circulating tumor cell instruments and kits to the market.

Features: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Jennifer Zhao, Executive Vice President and General Manager, ams Advanced Optical Sensors Division

Zhao's team looks to find the presence of both COVID-19 antigens and antibodies in lateral flow or PCR tests.

Features: Medical

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Jennifer Ponti, Director of Medical Business Development, Web Industries, Inc.

Ponti was part of a team that scaled the production of SARS rapid antigen tests to detect and diagnose COVID-19 infections.

Features: Materials

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Evelyn Rueda, Research and Development Engineer, Avery Dennison Medical

Rueda and her team developed face shields and N95 respirators to support the need for PPE in hospitals.

Features: Physical Sciences

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Amy Abernethy, Principal Deputy Commissioner and Acting Chief Information Officer, U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Abernethy's most rewarding moments have always been in the day-to-day care of cancer patients.

Features: Medical

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Diane Bryant, CEO & Chairman, NovaSignal

Bryant shares some patient success stories and reflects on her career in the medical-device industry.

Features: Medical

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Sheena Oliver, Chief Marketing Officer, Wholesale USA, WS Audiology

Hearing loss affects over 48 million people. This fact drives Oliver forward.

Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Medical Design Briefs Product Focus: Disposables

Pressure transducers, check valves, connectors, and more.

Products: Electronics & Computers

New Products and Services: March 2021 Medical Design Briefs

Curable adhesives, thermoelectric coolers, DC power supplies, and more.

Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Product of the Month: March 2021 Medical Design Briefs

A new range of high-precision, low-profile medical sensors is available from TDK Corporation.

R&D: Wearables

Wearable Sensor Monitors Health Using Saliva and Tears

Wearable sensors would be placed near the tear duct or mouth to collect biofluid samples.

R&D: Electronics & Computers

Device Creates 3D Images of Skin

A research team has developed a portable device that produces high-resolution 3D images of human skin within 10 minutes. The team says the portable skin mapping (imaging) device could be used to assess...

R&D: Packaging & Sterilization

Self-Sterilizing Polymers Work Against SARS-CoV-2

Researchers have demonstrated that a family of self-sterilizing polymers are effective at inactivating coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID-19.