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Blog : Medical

FDA Expedites Review of Diagnostic Tests to Combat COVID-19

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made policy changes to respond to the urgent need for even faster testing availability. Although laboratories could use the EUA...

Blog : Medical

COVID-19: New Data Shows Americans Are Concerned About Finances, Job Security

Personal finance company LendEDU has conducted a survey of 1,000 adult Americans in the wake of the Conornavirus pandemic to better understand how the personal...

Blog : Design

Can Low-Cost, Open-Source Ventilator Designs Help Save Lives?

MIT researchers hope to publish open-source designs for a low-cost respirator that could potentially help Covid-19 patients struggling with critical respiratory problems. The...

Blog : Medical

Stratasys Coalition for Face Shield Production With 3D Printing Now Numbers Over 150 Organizations Responding to Pandemic

A coalition of companies and universities assembled by Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS) to produce face shields leveraging...

Blog : Medical

Do-It-Yourself Medical Devices, Protective Gear Fuel Battle Against COVID-19

It’s a race against time that some participants liken to Apollo 13, the stricken NASA spacecraft for which engineers improvised an air purification system from...

Blog : Medical

BCN3D Delivers 400 3D Printed Face Shields to Medical Workers, Plans to Print 2,000 More

BCN3D, a manufacturer of 3D printers based in Castelldefels (Barcelona, Spain), has devoted all its technological and manufacturing potential to helping...

Blog : Medical

Engineers Design Ventilator Parts and Face Shields, Donate Medical Supplies

Engineers at Binghamton University, State University of New York are stepping up on several fronts to help regional healthcare providers deal with the coronavirus...

Blog : Medical

FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Ventilators

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took action May 25, 2020, to make more ventilators available to healthcare personnel in the United States. FDA issued an emergency use...

Blog : Medical

Abbott Launches Novel Coronavirus Test

Abbott has received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the FDA for its molecular test for the identification of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The company is deploying 150,000...

Blog : Medical

GM and Ventec Collaborate to Increase Ventilator Production

GM and Ventec Life Systems, in cooperation with StopTheSpread.org, the nation’s coordinated private sector response to COVID-19, are collaborating to enable Ventec to increase...

Blog : Manufacturing & Prototyping

Philips Ramps Up Production of Critical Health Technology Products in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Royal Philips is increasing the production of certain critical care products and solutions to help diagnose and treat patients with the new...

Blog : Medical

COVID-19: Vesconite Ready to Manufacture Ventilators to Address Pandemic

Polymer bushing and wear material manufacturer Vesconite Bearings is standing by to help manufacture ventilators in case the Coronavirus pandemic spirals. Last week,...

Blog : Manufacturing & Prototyping

Medtronic Continuing to Increase Ventilator Production to Address COVID-19 Pandemic

Medtronic plc continues to make progress in increasing ventilator production worldwide. The company has increased production by more than 40 percent to date...

Blog : Automotive

3M Partners with Ford to Help Further Accelerate COVID-19 Response

3M and Ford are collaborating on specific ways the companies can rapidly combine complementary capabilities and resources to help meet a surge in demand for personal...

Blog : Medical

COVID-19: FDA Continues to Facilitate Access to Crucial Medical Products, Including Ventilators

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took significant action to help increase the availability of ventilators and accessories, as well as other...

Blog : Medical

Ultrasound Could Facilitate COVID-19 Diagnosis

Researchers have developed an ultrasound diagnostic protocol for COVID-19. The protocol was developed in the laboratories of UniTrento with collaboration from a dozen clinical teams in Italy as...

Blog : Medical

Virtual Roundtable to Focus on Using Precision AM to Fight COVID-19

Nanofabrica, a manufacturer of 3D printers for precision engineering, invites researchers, doctors, and manufacturers to harness its manufacturing capabilities to develop...

Blog : Medical

Breakthrough in Coronavirus Research Results in New Map to Support Vaccine Design

Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and the National Institutes of Health have made a critical breakthrough toward developing a vaccine for the...

Blog : Medical

Covid-19 Diagnostic Based on MIT Technology Might Be Tested on Patient Samples Soon

As more Covid-19 cases appear in the United States and around the world, the need for fast, easy-to-use diagnostic tests is becoming ever more pressing. A...

Blog : FDA/Regulatory

FDA to Hold Town Halls for COVID-19 Test Developers

On Wednesday, March 25, 2020 (3–4 p.m. Eastern), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will host a virtual Town Hall for clinical laboratories and commercial manufacturers that are...

Blog : Medical

COVID-19: FDA Expands Remote Patient Monitoring

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a new guidance to provide a policy to help expand the availability and capability of noninvasive remote monitoring devices to facilitate...

Blog : Medical

COVID-19: FDA Issues Diagnostic Emergency Use Authorization; Expedites Availability of Diagnostics

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken two additional significant diagnostic actions during the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19)...

Blog : Medical

Senator Calls for Use of Defense Production Act to Mobilize Manufacturing for Coronavirus Tests

With the country confronting a shortage of both coronavirus test kits and critical medical equipment, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) is...

Blog : FDA/Regulatory

FDA Suspends Foreign and Domestic Inspections Due to Coronavirus

FDA is postponing most foreign and domestic inspections through April, effective immediately. Inspections outside the U.S. deemed mission-critical will still be considered on a...

From the Editor : Imaging

From the Editor: The 2019 Products of the Year

In December, we asked Medical Design Briefs readers to cast their ballot to choose from our 12 Products of the Month the technology they felt was the most significant new introduction to the...

From the Editor : Medical

From the Editor: Is FDA Making Progress or Still a Victim of Too Few Resources and Too Little Power?

FDA says it is continuing to advance its scientific and technical capabilities, but a recent New York Times editorial says the agency is in...

From the Editor : Connectivity

From the Editor: Building an Improved Network for Connected Medical Devices

AT&T is building up its FirstNet network, while also rolling out 5G New Radio — both of which are part of the future of connected of healthcare. FirstNet is a...

From the Editor : Medical

From the Editor: Most Medical Device OEMs Not Ready to Comply with 2020 EU Regulation

Under new rules to market medical devices in the European Union (EU), only 27 percent of respondents said they will be fully compliant with the regulations...

Blog : Packaging & Sterilization

FDA Launches Pilot Program to Advance Innovation in EtO Sterilization

FDA has created a new pilot program for industry to expedite approvals of certain changes to ethylene oxide (EtO) sterilization processes and facilities. In an effort to...