Medical Blog

Researchers Develop Replaceable, More Efficient Filter for N95 Masks

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there’s been a worldwide shortage of face masks — particularly, the N95 ones worn by healthcare workers. Although these coverings provide...

Philips Launches Wearable Biosensor for Early Patient Deterioration Detection, including Clinical Surveillance for COVID-19

Royal Philips has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its wearable biosensor...

Eight U.S. Manufacturers Selected to Make NASA COVID-19 Ventilator

After receiving more than 100 applications, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California has selected eight U.S. manufacturers to make a new ventilator tailored...

From the Editor - United States, China Collaborate, Dominate Coronavirus Research on World Stage

As COVID-19 has swept through the globe, it has brought with it a new normal — at least for the time being. As I discussed last month, the virus...

Raumedic, Hamilton Medical Expand U.S. Partnership to Produce Ventilators

In the midst of the current pandemic, time is of the essence. So, when the US Department of Health & Human Services tapped Hamilton Medical, Inc. to aid the national...

COVID-19: Keter Adapts Production to Manufacture Face Shields to Donate to Frontline Workers

Keter North America Inc. has begun production of high-quality, reusable face shields at its plants in Anderson, IN, and Milton, ON, Canada. Both...

Emory and Georgia Tech Create Barrier Protection Devices for Use During COVID-19

Medical staff treating patients on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic come face to face daily with the risk of exposure to the virus. Among the riskiest...

COVID-19: Researchers Develops Vaccine Platform Applicable to Various Viruses

MERS, which struck South Korea in a 2015 outbreak, was caused by a coronavirus — the same family of viruses that is responsible for COVID-19 (disease: COVID-19,...

Everlywell COVID-19 Test Home Collection Kit Receives First Emergency Use Authorization of Its Kind

Everlywell, a digital health company that offers individuals access to at-home collection lab tests, has received an Emergency Use Authorization...

FDA Teams Up with Aetion to Analyze Real-World COVID-19 Data

In an effort to harness diverse streams of data to understand and respond to COVID-19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has entered into an agreement with Aetionto...

Ewellix Steps Up Actuator Production for Critical Applications in the Fight Against COVID-19

With the advent of COVID-19, medical ventilators are more critical than ever. Ewellix, which manufactures linear motion and actuation solutions, is...

COVID-19: Researchers Adapt Portable, Reusable Test Developed for Zika Virus

“Testing, testing, testing.” It’s a mantra that health officials have been constantly promoting because screening people for COVID-19 is the best way to contain...

FDA Approves First At-Home Saliva Collection Test for Coronavirus

Rutgers’ RUCDR Infinite Biologics received an amended emergency use authorization from FDA for the first SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus test that will allow people to collect their...

ICHORtec Unveils New Technologies for Rapid Detection of COVID-19 in Non-Laboratory Settings

ICHORtec GmbH today has filed patent applications in the United States, Germany, and the European Union for in situ detection of the novel coronavirus...

WAI Manufacturing Critical Parts to Address Ventilator Shortages

WAI, Miramar, FL, will leverage its proprietary wiper motor technology to begin producing medical motors to address the shortage of life-saving ventilators during the ongoing...

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...

NASA Seeks Manufacturers for New Ventilator; FDA Adds Device to Emergency Use Authorization

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration included, under the ventilator emergency use authorization (EUA), a ventilator developed by the National...

Fermilab, Brookhaven, Open Science Grid Dedicate Computational Power to COVID-19 Research

Members of the Open Science Grid — a network of organizations that provides computing services for science research of all stripes — have contributed...

Scientists Make Groundbreaking Development in Rapid Large-Scale Testing of COVID-19

OU Medicine, the OU Health Sciences Center, and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation collaborated to create a new test for COVID-19 using technology and...

Lab Experts Can Fill Gaps in FDA Regulation by Validating COVID-19 Antibody Tests

Now that diagnostic companies can sell COVID-19 antibody tests without FDA authorization, healthcare teams should work closely with clinical laboratory experts to...

VAT Helps Sensirion Ramp Up Production of Urgently Needed Medical Flow Sensors

VAT, a manufacturer of high-end vacuum valves, is providing crucial valves needed for the production of the development of medical flow sensors. Flow sensors are a...

COVID-19: Tru-Form Plastics Shifts Production to Develop Face Shields for Healthcare Workers

Tru-Form Plastics, Westminster, CA, has shifted its production plans to develop a face shield protective mask for healthcare workers on the front lines...

Medigus, Polyrizon to Develop Biological Gels to Protect Patients against COVID-19

Medigus Ltd., a technology company developing minimally invasive tools and an innovator in direct visualization technology, has signed a binding letter of intent...

AZCO Corp. Joins Efforts to Fight COVID-19

Amid the nationwide cautionary shutdown of many commercial industries, AZCO Corp. remains in operation designing and building units and machines that help companies produce protective devices for...

UCI Develops Smartphone App for Coronavirus Contact Tracing

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have developed a tool that could be instrumental in “tracing and tracking individuals” in order to identify those who need to...

COVID-19: Partnership with AI Specialist Causaly Helps UCL Accelerate Research

Academics from University College London are working with artificial intelligence (AI) firmCausaly, London, UK, to help accelerate various aspects of research into...

Leveraging Ultrasonics to Manufacture Surgical Face Masks, Other Nonwoven Products

In this Q&A, Tom Hoover, senior medical market manager for assembly technologies at Emerson, addresses the benefits of using ultrasonic technology to...

FDA Authorizes First COVID-19 Test for Patient At-Home Sample Collection

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the first diagnostic test with a home collection option for COVID-19. Specifically, the FDA re-issued the...

COVID-19: Chinese Vaccines Enter Clinical Trials

According to China’s Science and Technology Daily, two COVID-19 inactivated vaccines have been approved for a phase I and II combined clinical trial by the National Medical Products...