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Top 10 Reasons Stainless Steel Is Right for Healthcare Design

Learn why stainless steel fixtures and equipment are the best choice for high-traffic and high use installations.

What You Should Ask Yourself When Designing a Wearable Medical Device

For wearable devices to function as intended, they need to have a secure, reliable hold for the desired duration of use.

AI Device Helps Spot Newborns at Risk for Blinding Disease

An artificial intelligence (AI) device may help identify newborns at risk for aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity.

High-Tech Printing May Help Eliminate Painful Shots

Engineers have created tiny needles that mimic parasites that attach to skin and could replace hypodermic needles.

New Tech Takes Radiation Out of Cancer Screening

A new, inexpensive technology could save lives and money by routinely screening women for breast cancer without exposure to radiation.

Researchers Bioengineer 3D Implants for Tissue

Researchers are literally carving grooves into plastic threads used to build 3D printed tissue-engineering scaffolds with living cells.

Biomaterial Enables 3D Printing of Tissue-Like Vascular Structures

Scientists have discovered a new material that can be 3D printed to create tissue-like vascular structures.

Handheld 3D Printers Treat Musculoskeletal Injuries

Researchers have developed a handheld 3D bioprinter that could revolutionize the way musculoskeletal surgical procedures are performed.

From the Editor - COVID-19 Ushers in New Technologies and a New Paradigm for the Medical Device Industry

FDA has issued multiple emergency use authorizations, loosened regulations for telemedicine, and eased the requirements for production of...

Handheld 3D Skin Printer Demonstrates Accelerated Healing of Large, Severe Burns

A new handheld 3D printer can deposit sheets of skin to cover large burn wounds — and its “bio ink” can accelerate the healing process.

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.

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.

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 the...

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.

Designing Devices: Creating Stronger Bonds with Cold Plasma

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

New Products & Services

Gas valves, flame-resistant polymers, robot actuators, and more.

Product of the Month

Power-Entry Module A new power entry module from Schurter, Santa Rosa, CA, integrates an IEC inlet, circuit breaker, and mains filter, with optional IP protection. The DG12/DG11 features a recessed 2-pole ON/OFF rocker...

Product Focus: Laser Machining/Marking

Micro Grinder Glebar, Ramsey, NJ, has launched a new micro grinder. The CAM.3 can accurately grind lengths ranging from 0.005 to 0.375 in.in diameter. The 16 in. grinding wheel is mounted on a servo...

Looking to the Future of the Medical Tubing Sector

The move toward miniaturization, from a medical tubing perspective, is picking up pace.

Atomic Chains in Nanotubes Push the Electronics Frontier

As demand for smaller and faster devices grows, scientists and engineers turn to materials with properties that can deliver when existing ones lose their punch or can’t shrink...

New Robot Does Superior Job Sampling Blood

A blood-sampling robot performed as well (or better) than people.

Thermometer Can Be Stretched and Crumpled by Water

A thermal sensor measures body temperature by simple contacts such as wearing clothes or shaking hands and an actuator that could control movements of artificial muscle.

Heart Rate Measurements of Wearable Monitors Vary by Activity, Not Skin Color

Biomedical engineers have demonstrated that while different wearable technologies, like smartwatches and fitness trackers, can accurately measure heart rate...

Improving Adhesives for Wearable Sensors

To develop a better adhesive alternative, researchers turned to a polymer: poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA).

Superior Bio-Ink for 3D Printing Pioneered

A “bio-ink” for 3D printed materials could serve as scaffolds for growing human tissues.

Getting a Grip: An Innovative Mechanical Controller Design for Robot-Assisted Surgery

The new design combines both pinch and power grips.

From the Editor - FDA Launches eSTAR: Voluntary Electronic Submission Program for 510(k)s

FDA has kicked off a new voluntary electronic submission program for 510(k)s.

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...

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.