Articles

Features: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

New High-Flow Valve for Portable Oxygen Concentrator Systems

Battery-powered, highly portable oxygen concentrators are a growing trend in patient mobility, but building the devices is still an engineering challenge.

Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Metal Injection Molding Offers OEMs Edge and Safety with Disposables

Instruments used in minimally invasive surgeries today often require elaborate features, and greater attention to detail in the product-design process.

Features: Medical

New Plasma Process for Surface Treatment of Implants

A plasma etching process called electron enhanced material processing (EEMP) has been shown to improve performance of metal and alloys.

Features: Medical

The Costs and Risks of Overlooking Flash Storage in Medical Applications

Ensure that your embedded parts will both work for the application and meet the workload and environmental requirements.

Features: FDA/Regulatory

Q&A: How Do You Protect Your IP?

Philip Nelson, a partner with Knobbe Martens, provides some insights for device companies facing challenges with intellectual property.

Features: RF & Microwave Electronics

Advanced EMI Filters Improve Brush DC Motors

Billions of brush DC motors are manufactured annually worldwide, a figure that is expected to increase over the next 10 years.

Features: Materials

Micromolding: Achieving Exacting Medical Device Manufacturing Requirements

Micromolding can be seen as the latest technological innovation that enables the design, manufacture, and clinical use of groundbreaking medical devices.

Features: FDA/Regulatory

Your MDR Strategy: Start with a Gap Analysis

How to make sense of the 566-page Medical Device Regulation (MDR). This article focuses on a strategy to address material information and what should be included in a gap analysis.

Features: Design

Best Practices for Medical Device Design: Five Strategies for Success

Here are five medical device specific strategies UEGroup recommends to make stronger products with stronger FDA submissions.

Features: Design

Designing Devices: Creating Stronger Bonds with Cold Plasma

Cold plasma has been used for decades to treat surfaces in a variety of industries.

Features: Electronics & Computers

Thermal Considerations for Incubators

Incubators, used for cell and tissue cultivation in hospital and laboratory settings, grow and maintain cell and tissue samples under controlled conditions for hours, weeks, or even months. They create...

Features: FDA/Regulatory

Class I Manufacturers: 8 Steps to Tackle EU MDR Compliance

Why Class I manufacturers should not place European Medical Device Regulation (EU MDR) compliance at the end of their to-do lists.

Features: Design

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Jenica Kolhoff, Nitinol, Applications Engineer

Kolhoff has established herself as a subject-matter expert for Nitinol, a material that’s still considered exotic by many due to its unique shape memory and superelastic properties.

Features: Materials

The Benefits of Tungsten Cable

There is no one-size-fits-all material when producing mechanical cable. The material chosen to produce wire rope can vary from one application to the next, because commonly, no two applications place the same...

Features: Medical

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Kristin Edgerton, Lead Project Engineer

BACKGROUND

Kristin has worked at The Lee Company for 11 years. She is a Lead Project Engineer for the Scientific Products Group with a product focus on...

Features: Design

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Mahsa Nakhjiri, Senior Director of Technical Product Management, Flex

Nakhjiri is a veteran in creating emerging technologies and loves dealing with their ambiguities and challenges.

Features: Design

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Yolita Wildman Nugent, Director, Advanced Soft Systems Integration, Flex

As the founder of the Soft Systems program at Flex, Yolita brings electronics, smart textiles and computation together to create new products, digital experiences and functionalities through fibers and textiles.

Features: Medical

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Winnie Yu, PhD, Senior Director of Medical Innovation, Flex - Health Solutions

Yu is passionate about helping customers realize their vision for new products.

Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Katie Farley, Kim Jackson, Sue Marchant, Patricia Santos-Serrao & Erin Wright; MasterControl

These leaders are driving innovation and the next generation of MasterControl solutions.

Features: Medical

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Sarah Charette, Product Manager

Sarah has been with The Lee Company for 9 years and is Product Manager of the Control Valve Group.

Features: Design

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Dawn F. Massa Stancavish, Chief Innovation Officer & COO

As Chief Innovation Officer, Stancavish brings her keen knowledge of MASSA’s capabilities to new customers and markets.

Features: Medical

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Dr. Annette Teng, CEO; Lisa Wen, Process Engineer

Dr. Teng has worked for Promex for over 6 years and is currently the CTO.

Features: AR/AI

Embedded Computer Computer Vision in Medical Technology: Focus on Mobile and eHealth Devices

Color video technology paired with artificial intelligence holds great development potential for the future optimization of patient care.

Features: Medical

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Making their Mark in Medical History

This feature presents insights from industry leaders, inventors, entrepreneurs, and those inspiring other women through education.

Features: Medical

Laser Welding ‘Clear-on-Clear’ Plastics for Medical Applications

Through a new process, it is now possible to laser-weld two optically clear plastic parts made of a wide range of polymer materials for medical applications.

Features: Software

Digital DHRs: Automating the Last Mile of the Production Process

Many manufacturers still struggle to digitize the “last mile” of their factory floor.

Features: Medical

Collaboration: A Powerful, Effective Strategy for Medtech Companies Moving to Embrace Industry 4.0 and Drive Digital Transformation

The digital revolution under way in medtech manufacturing will continue to transform the industry into a more connected, efficient, and agile ecosystem.

Features: Design

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Tracy Campbell Accardi, Vice President, Surgical Robotics Research & Development, Medtronic

See what led Accardi to the medical device industry.

Features: Medical

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Anne F. Booth, Owner/President, Booth Scientific Sterilization and Quality System Professionals

Booth offers advice to other women looking to work in biomedical engineering and science.