Design & Testing

Learn what's trending in medical device testing and design. Explore the latest medical products, applications, and technical briefs covering simulation & design software; advanced measuring instruments; and monitoring systems, devices, and instrumentation.

Stories

46,58,60,108,109
0
270
30
News: Regulations/Standards
Movano Health, Pleasanton, CA, has announced successful preliminary results of its pivotal hypoxia trial, which was completed in conjunction with the...
Feature Image
News: Medical
OKAY Industries, New Britain, CT, a contract manufacturer of metal and plastic overmolded components and subassemblies for global medical device original equipment...
Feature Image
Supplements: Materials
In our summer edition of the MDB Resource Guide, learn about new cleaning requirements and find the right company to match your medical-design needs.
Feature Image
Products: Test & Measurement
Test and Measurement are the subjects of this month's Product Focus.
Feature Image
Applications: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Precisely targeted technological methodologies and devices that can solve specific healthcare problems are becoming increasingly important for medical applications.
Feature Image
R&D: Medical
Biomedical engineers have demonstrated the most effective treatment for pancreatic cancer ever recorded in mouse models. The new treatment completely eliminated tumors in 80 percent of...
Feature Image
Features: Software
Medical device manufacturers face constant changes coming from both internal and external sources.
Feature Image
Trivia: Physical Sciences
In November 1848, what was the first medical school to open for women?
Feature Image
Products: Electronics & Computers
The new products and services for October 2022, including fuse clips, a power entry module, a rotary encoder, and more.
Feature Image
From the Editor: Medical
President Biden says he believes the COVID-19 pandemic is over, although acknowledging that the virus is still a problem that needs addressing. As the pandemic...
Feature Image
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The results from tests on animal brain tissues suggest it could help clinicians to better monitor both disease progression and patients’ response to treatment than is currently possible.
Feature Image
Features: Test & Measurement
Disinfectant formulations tend to be comprised of an active ingredient, a solvent or aqueous carrier solution, and additional constituents that enhance the formulation’s properties.
Feature Image
News: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The Lee Company, Westbrook, CT, has acquired TTP Ventus Limited from TTP Group. Based near Cambridge, UK, TTP Ventus is an inventor and manufacturer of silent, compact micropumps and pump...
Feature Image
Blog: Test & Measurement
The RegeneratOR Test Bed is an exciting game changer. The testing facility, located in North Carolina, provides supportive technology at no cost, allowing companies to test...
Feature Image
Features: Medical
How does a 100-year-old medtech company evolve yet still retain its focus on the company’s original mission? Baxter has gone through many different phases and transformations. Now it is looking forward to its next...
Feature Image
From the Editor: Medical
Medtech M&A volume continued at a rapid pace in early 2022 with 17 transactions announced or completed — outpacing the year-to-date (YTD) total from 2021,...
Feature Image
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The medical packaging market has quickly embraced the use of automation for the thermoforming process. Automation has enabled adherence to stringent quality requirements and has...
Feature Image
Features: Wearables
BIOMEDevice Boston 2022: Bringing Innovation to Life BIOMEDevice Boston brings engineers, business leaders, disruptive companies, and innovative thinkers from the region’s top startups and medical device...
Feature Image
Features: Test & Measurement
A collaborative robot, or cobot, is an automation tool that can be adapted for use in mechanical testing laboratories. Cobots are robotic arms designed to work alongside humans and...
Feature Image
Trivia: Medical
What invention — which was awarded a Nobel Prize nearly 20 years ago— played a great role in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic?
Feature Image
From the Editor: Wearables
The global medical devices industry is undergoing a major transformation in business models, technology adoption, and care delivery approaches, according to Frost &...
Feature Image
Trivia: Regulations/Standards
In July 1965, what landmark amendment was passed that helped drive medical innovation and improve the quality of healthcare?
Feature Image
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Trends in wearable technology follow those of the broader biomedical and electronics industries — devices are getting smaller, smarter, and easier to use. Specifically, wearables in...
Feature Image
Trivia: Regulations/Standards
At the turn of the 19th century, what industry was so dangerous that surgeons became specially trained to address the unique injuries of its employees?
Feature Image
Inside Story: Packaging & Sterilization
To find out more about the expertise required to establish safe processes for cleaning and disinfecting reusable medical devices, MDB recently spoke with Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology Medical Device Testing, Eurofins Medical Device Testing (Lancaster, PA).
Feature Image
Supplements: Manufacturing & Prototyping
In our summer edition of the MDB Resource Guide, learn about new cleaning requirements and find the right company to match your medical-design needs.
Feature Image
Features: Test & Measurement
Over the last few decades, additive manufacturing (AM)/ 3D printing has fundamentally changed the way that manufacturers approach product development. Industry is now...
Feature Image
Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Document cover
Medical Robotics - April 2022
Novel biosensors set to revolutionize brain-controlled robotics...micro-robots propelled by air bubbles...a smart artificial hand...major advances in exoskeleton technology. These are just a few of the medical...

Features: Medical
Although the pandemic has delayed the MDR’s validation date, it has not diminished the importance of this new regulation.
Feature Image

Ask the Expert

John Chandler on Achieving Quality Motion Control
Feature Image

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
Feature Image

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.

Videos