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Explore articles that will help you test your medical devices and software. Validation techniques include environmental monitoring, biocompatibility testing, packaging validation, and sterilization services.

INSIDER: Test & Measurement
New X-ray Measurement Approach Could Improve CT Scanners
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Additive Manufacturing: New Frontiers for Production and Validation
Features: Medical
Achieving High-Speed Real-Time Image Cytometry
Features: Test & Measurement
Integrating Vision and Force Measurement into Medical Quality Control

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INSIDER: Medical

Biodegradable Bandage Helps Wounds Heal

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Superelastic Metal Alloy Shows Promise in Biomedical Applications

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Nanosensor Platform Could Advance Detection of Ovarian Cancer

INSIDER: Medical

Implant Allows Amputees to Use Mind to Control Robotic Arm

Features: Medical

Inside the OEM: Boston Scientific

News: Medical

Medtronic Completes Acquisition of Intersect ENT

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Products: Motion Control
New Products: Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) West, APRIL 12–14, 2022, Anaheim, CA
Surgical Motors

Portescap, Morristown, NJ, offers surgical motors that are designed to withstand 3,000+ autoclave cycles. The motors and...

R&D: Test & Measurement
Tiny Thermometer Measures Temperature in Nanopores
A thermometer directly monitors temperature changes when ions pass through a nanopore.
Features: Medical
Developing an Analog Front-End for an Electrocardiogram Monitor
The SLG47004 can be used as a cost-effective integrated solution for the analog front-end of an ECG monitor.
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Device Development Excels in Rapid Development Centers
Learn how a dedicated team of experts at a rapid development center (RDC) can improve the design process.
Products: Test & Measurement
Product Focus: Disposables
Micro-metallizer pens, sensor evaluation kits, single-use disposables, and more.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
New Software May Help Neurology Patients Capture Clinical Data with Their Own Smartphones
The software accurately detects movements performed during motor function assessments.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Sustainable Silk Material Ideal for Wearable and Implantable Applications
The material is optically transparent and easily manipulated.
From the Editor: Test & Measurement
From the Editor: The 2021 Product of the Year
Readers selected a product that could help manufacturers in their quest to build better ventilators to help fight the pandemic.
White Papers: Test & Measurement
Get the Biocompatibility Inside Story

Eurofins Medical Device Testing offers biocompatibility expertise to assess the biological risks of a new device design or process change, and develop an appropriate testing program for assessing device...

Technology Leaders: Materials
First, Do No Harm: Changing Strategies to Prove Your Medical Device Is Safe
Modern evaluation of biocompatibility uses a risk-based approach.
Briefs: Medical
Biosensors Measure Toxic Drugs in Cancer, Arthritis, and Organ Transplant Patients
Designer biosensors ‘switch on’ color or electrical responses to drugs.
Inside Story: Test & Measurement
Inside Story: Eurofins Medical Device Testing
Geoffrey Moodie from Eurofins answers questions about biocompatibility.
White Papers: Medical
Analytical Testing Solutions for Medtech Manufacturing

For medtech manufacturers, material and device failures are an unavoidable issue that can plague even the most experienced engineering teams. This paper examines how a strong partnership...

White Papers: Test & Measurement
Understanding Choked Flow of Gases

Medical equipment applications which handle various gas flows often require a precise, repeatable mass flow rate of gas. Our white paper explains the science behind “Choked Flow” or the condition when...

Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Miniature Optical Fiber Treatment Device Offers More Effective Cancer Immunotherapy
The device infuses antibodies through the miniature fiber to the tumor to activate T cells around tumor cells.
Supplements: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Winter 2021 Resource Guide
In our winter edition of the MDB Resource Guide, learn about new cleaning requirements and find the right company to match your medical-design needs.
Features: Materials
Inside Story: Intertek Allentown
Senior scientist Paula McDaniel tells MDB how to find and prevent material failures.
Features: Regulations/Standards
The Three Challenges in Biomedical QC Testing
A robust, optimized mechanical testing program is essential to successful quality control testing.
Products: Materials
Vote for Medical Design Briefs Product of the Year 2021
Winners will be announced in Medical Design Briefs and here on MedicalDesignBriefs.com.
Products: Photonics/Optics
Product Focus: Test & Measurement 2021
Trackers, interferometers, laser sensors, and more.
Briefs: Design
Optical Design Considerations for Additive Manufacturing
Light-based methods open many opportunities for medical applications.
R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Wearable Head Scanner Allows Mobility During Brain Scans
Researchers have proposed a solution to both clearly visualize and accurately assess the brain via photoacoustic imaging.
R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Noninvasive Test Detects Cancer Cells
A diagnostic nanoparticle can reveal the presence of cancerous proteins.
R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Wearable Sensors Measure Body Position
Scientists have created wearable, stitchable, and sensitive sensors from flexible polymers and bundles of carbon fiber.
Features: Materials
Creating Robust Reprocessing Instructions for Reusable Device IFUs
Developing IFUs for reusable devices presents a unique challenge that requires focused attention to ensure patient safety: the reprocessing method.
Products: Electronics & Computers
New Products and Services: November 2021 Medical Design Briefs
Power entry modules, application processors, proximity testing services, and more.
Technology Leaders: Test & Measurement
Suppliers Keep Pace with Changing Dialysis Needs and Fast-Moving Regulatory Environment
With longer lifespans and aging populations worldwide, the need for and importance of dialysis technology will only grow.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
JILA Comb Breathalyzer Now More Sensitive to Disease Biomarkers
The sensitivity of the decade-old frequency comb breathalyzer now detects four additional biomarkers.
Features: Robotics, Automation & Control
The Advancement of Minimally Invasive Device Design
Despite the growth in MIS advancements over the last two decades, these techniques are still in their adolescence. There is much room for growth.

Ask the Expert

Dan Sanchez on How to Improve Extruded Components

Improving extruded components requires careful attention to a number of factors, including dimensional tolerance, material selection, and processing. Trelleborg’s Dan Sanchez provides detailed insights into each of these considerations to help you advance your device innovations while reducing costs and speeding time to market.

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On-Demand Webinars: Medical

New Liquid Silicone Rubber with Primerless Adhesion to Polycarbonate

Webinars: Medical

The Pathway to Successful Device Development

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Rapid Precision Prototyping Program Speeds Medtech Product Development

Rapid prototyping technologies play an important role in supporting new product development (NPD) by companies that are working to bring novel and innovative products to market. But in advanced industries where products often make use of multiple technologies, and where meeting a part’s exacting tolerances is essential, speed without precision is rarely enough. In such advanced manufacturing—including the medical device and surgical robotics industries — the ability to produce high-precision prototypes early in the development cycle can be critical for meeting design expectations and bringing finished products to market efficiently.

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