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WellSpan Health and Philips Form Strategic Alliance to Accelerate Innovation and Research

Royal Philips has formed a strategic alliance with WellSpan Health, a healthcare system in Central Pennsylvania and Northern Maryland. The seven-year...

3D Printing Could Change How Cancer Drugs Reach Tumors

New research offers hope that cancer drug therapies packaged in 3D printed carriers could deliver medication directly to tumors while reducing many of the side effects that cancer...

Bringing Digital Innovation from Lab to Life in Cardiology

BIOTRONIK, die Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and the German Heart Center Foundation have formed a research and innovation partnership focused on advancing digital and...

Six Universities Awarded Minus K Negative-Stiffness Vibration Isolators

Minus K Technology has awarded passive mechanical negative-stiffness low-frequency vibration isolators to six universities through its Educational Giveaway program. The...

Trelleborg Expands Innovation Center

Trelleborg Medical Solutions is breaking ground to expand its Innovation Center based in Delano, MN. The company says the site expansion will enable it to take on additional projects and accelerate the...

Technology

May is National Stroke Awareness Month. What minimally invasive medical device, first approved in the United States in 2004, revolutionized treatment for certain ischemic strokes by physically removing blood clots from blocked...

Soft Robots Bend in Predictable Ways

Soft robots made out of flexible, biocompatible materials are in high demand in industries including healthcare, but precisely designing and controlling such robots for specific purposes is a perennial...

Enlil Forms Strategic Alliance with OVA Solutions to Solve Medtech’s Costliest Documentation Problem

Enlil, an AI-powered development traceability platform built for medical device and life sciences organizations, has formed a strategic...

Hydrogels: The Future of Bone Implants

Researchers have developed a novel hydrogel that is as soft as pudding and dissolves in the body over time. This material could one day be used for custom-made bone implants.

Robotics

What wearable robotic device became the first FDA-cleared exoskeleton approved for rehabilitation use in stroke patients?

Adaptable Drug-Delivery Platform Accelerates Next-Gen Medicine

An adaptable materials platform can safely and efficiently deliver a wide range of genetic medicines, a breakthrough that could accelerate the development of next‑generation...

Geometric Twist Boosts Power of Robotic Textiles

By rethinking how thin metal threads are woven into a flexible textile, researchers have created a lightweight fabric capable of lifting over 400 times its own weight. The work advances the...

Bodycote to Open New Heat Treatment Facility in Mexico

Bodycote, a provider of heat treatment and specialist thermal processing services, plans to open a new facility in Apodaca, Mexico, at a date yet to be announced in 2026. Located in the...

Component Manufacturer PrecisionX Acquired by Windjammer Capital

PrecisionX Group, Waterbury, CT, has been acquired by private equity firm Windjammer Capital. PrecisionX manufactures high-precision metal components for regulated industries....

Imaging

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, who was the biomedical pioneer who helped establish the field of radiation dosimetry, enabling safer and more precise use of medical imaging and radiation therapy devices?

Sensor Sniffs Out Pneumonia on Patient’s Breath

Engineers have developed a test to detect disease-related compounds in a patient’s breath. The new test could provide a faster way to diagnose pneumonia and other lung conditions. Rather...

De-Risking Medical Device Development with VA Technology Transfer

VA clinicians and researchers invent technologies grounded in patient experience and real-world care. (Courtesy of TechLink) The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operates...

Tiny Sensor Could Transform Head Injury Detection

A tiny sensor detects hazardous head impacts the instant they occur could reshape safety monitoring in sports, transportation and other high-risk settings. The device, developed by...

The Lee Company Opens New Innovation Center

The Lee Company has opened a new Innovation Center, a 27,500 sq ft facility built to accelerate product development and reinforce the company’s continued commitment to innovation in miniature....

Technology

What battery chemistry, introduced in the early 1970s, dramatically increased the lifespan of implantable pacemakers and helped make long-term cardiac pacing clinically practical?

Quantum Surgical Acquires NeuWave Medical, Inc.

Quantum Surgical, a company specializing in minimally invasive robotic-assisted cancer treatment, has acquired NeuWave Medical, Inc., a medical device company whose products are used by...

MGS Acquires European-Based Medical Injection Molder Knudsen Plast A/S

MGS, a global healthcare contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has acquired Knudsen Plast A/S, a premier Denmark-based injection molder with more...

Education Initiative: Student Education Initiative to Empower Next Generation of MedTech Engineers

Building on more than four decades of collaboration, Qosina and Informa Markets has launched a new Student Education Initiative designed to...

Product Demonstration: Live Demonstrations Showcase Heat Sealing Processes

MD&M West attendees can visit PackworldUSA at booth 3426 to see live sealing demonstrations and discuss ways to optimize heat sealing processes with the...

MD&M West Presentation: How Intelligent Product Lifecycle Management Drives Quality, Uptime, and Efficiency

On the final day of MD&M West 2026, Rene Zoelfl, global industry advisor, medtech at PTC, explores how companies are...

Product Launch: Micro Component Group Unveils 2026 Application-Led PCE Agenda

In a year when engineering teams are being asked to deliver smaller, smarter and faster products under tighter cost and regulatory pressure, the Micro Component...

Product Demonstration: Explore Current Light-Curing Technologies, Adhesives, and Equipment

Dymax is highlighting light-curable, CMR- and TPO-free adhesives developed for medical device assembly, including products used for bonding,...

Product Launch: Extrusion Crosshead Allows for Disassembly with a Single Turn

Guill Tool & Engineering has launched the Unicam™️ extrusion crosshead, a combination of the company’s Single-Point™️ concentricity adjustment...

Product Demonstration: Helping Medical OEMs De-Risk Miniaturization and Scale Micro Parts

Accumold returns to MD&M West 2026, focusing on how micro molding is increasingly central to innovation for medtech OEMs. Whether the goal is...