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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.

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INSIDER: Medical
A CRISPR-based diagnostic for COVID-19 can produce results in 30 minutes to an hour, with similar accuracy as the standard PCR diagnostics now used. STOPCovid could be made cheaply enough that people...
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Products: Software
Simulation Software Volume Graphics, Charlotte, NC, has added and augmented important functionalities to its software that help designers and manufacturers capture and interrogate product data to improve final...
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Features: Test & Measurement
Engineers are thinking of creative ways to design a packaging system that will ensure safe arrival of a medical device.
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Features: Test & Measurement
Regardless of the pace of production, quality control testing is still required to ensure that the products being sent to our front lines will perform as required.
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News: Medical
Instron, a global manufacturer of materials testing equipment, is holding its first-ever virtual Biomedical Testing Open House. Scheduled for August 24–27, this online event will bring...
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Blog: Medical
Scientific leaders from the National Institutes of Health have set forth a framework to increase significantly the number, quality, and type of daily tests for...
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Products: Test & Measurement
Shielding materials, static control, 3D printing software, and more.
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Blog: Test & Measurement
A new peer-reviewed study by researchers at NSF International and Novateur Ventures finds significant variability in the accuracy of currently available COVID-19...
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Shaft collars, modular clean labs, hybrid motion controllers, and more.
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News: Test & Measurement
Simon Fraser University researchers will use their pioneering imaging technology – called Mango, for its bright color – to develop coronavirus testing kits.
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Blog: Medical
Everlywell, a digital health company that offers individuals access to at-home collection lab tests, has received an Emergency Use Authorization...
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Blog: Design
“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...
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From the Editor: Software
FDA has issued multiple emergency use authorizations, loosened regulations for telemedicine, and eased the requirements for production of...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Position sensors, power clamps, CT scanners, and more.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Device could help doctors remotely detect changes in patients.
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Blog: Test & Measurement
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...
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Blog: Medical
Now that diagnostic companies can sell COVID-19 antibody tests without FDA authorization, healthcare teams should work closely with clinical laboratory experts to...
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Features: Medical
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.
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Briefs: Medical
The device made of heart tissue and a robotic pumping system beats like the real thing.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The nose measures gases in a patient’s breath.
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Briefs: Wearables
The flexible device harvests heats from the human body.
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R&D: Materials
Researchers have developed a technique to quickly and sensitively characterize defects in 2D materials used in sensors and electronics.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Patients with diabetes have to test their blood sugar levels several times a day to make sure they are not getting too high or too low. Studies have shown that more than...
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Products: Tubing & Extrusion
Silicone Tube Measurement Freudenberg Medical, Kaiserslautern, Germany, has developed a new technology to continuously measure the inner geometry of silicone tubes. The Helix iMC™, which stands for inner measurement and...
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Technology Leaders: Regulations/Standards
Medical device manufacturers have a big challenge in preparing for their regulatory device submissions for 2020. In addition to the European Union’s new Medical Device...
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Software for Linux Synopsys, Exeter, UK, has launched Simpleware Release P-2019.09. The latest version of the software includes new features and performance improvements. Simpleware ScanIP Medical version includes new...
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Technology Leaders: Robotics, Automation & Control
Learn about 2019's stand-out manufacturers and cutting-edge applications in special metals, coatings, robotics, and more.
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News: Test & Measurement
Gibraltar Laboratories will officially become Nelson Labs January 3, 2020. Nelson began implementing changes to facilitate the integration of the Gibraltar labs facilities in...
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Products: Test & Measurement
Hardness Tester L.S. Starrett, Athol, MA, has introduced two new digital Rockwell/Superficial Rockwell benchtop hardness testers with fully automated load/unload procedures and capable of providing highly...
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Ask the Expert

John Chandler on Achieving Quality Motion Control
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FAULHABER MICROMO brings together the highest quality motion technologies and value-added services, together with global engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing, to deliver top quality micro motion solutions. With 34 years’ experience, John Chandler injects a key engineering perspective into all new projects and enjoys working closely with OEM customers to bring exciting new technologies to market.

Inside Story

Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
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Eurofins Medical Device Testing (MDT) provides a full scope of testing services. In this interview, Eurofins’ experts, Sunny Modi, PhD, Director of Package Testing; and Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology; answer common questions on medical device packaging and sterilization.

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