Global Innovations: Electronics & Computers

Recording Device Could Help Development of Brainwave-Controlled Devices, Including Prosthetics

Researchers have developed a new method to accurately record brain activity at scale.

Products: Electronics & Computers

Product of the Month: July 2020 Medical Design Briefs

Cornell Dubilier Electronics has launched a series of film capacitors for medical defibrillator applications.

Features: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Scalable Artificial Intelligence for Medical Imaging

Major medical imaging vendors are currently ramping up their artificial intelligence (AI) activities.

Briefs: Medical

Virtual Reality Blood Flow Simulation to Improve Cardiovascular Interventions

3D interface provides cellular-level, full-body blood flow modeling to study and treat cardiovascular disease.

Features: Medical

The Costs and Risks of Overlooking Flash Storage in Medical Applications

Ensure that your embedded parts will both work for the application and meet the workload and environmental requirements.

Products: Medical

New Products & Services: June 2020 Medical Design Briefs

Shaft collars, modular clean labs, hybrid motion controllers, and more.

Products: Electronics & Computers

Product of the Month: June 2020 Medical Design Briefs

Trackwise, Tewkesbury, UK, is expanding its flexible printed circuits (FPCs) to better service the medical technology industry

Webinars: Software

Top 10 Challenges in Evaluating Medical Devices for MRI Safety

There are several safety concerns for patients with metallic implants who require MRIs, including magnetic forces, torques, radio-frequency-induced heating,...

Products: Materials

New Products & Services: May 2020 Medical Design Briefs

Position sensors, power clamps, CT scanners, and more.

Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Disposable Device Treats Severe Side-Effect of Cancer

The device eliminates oral mucositis, a side effect of chemo- and radiation therapy.

R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition

New Tech Takes Radiation Out of Cancer Screening

A new, inexpensive technology could save lives and money by routinely screening women for breast cancer without exposure to radiation.

From the Editor: FDA/Regulatory

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...

Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control

Clippard Adds Staff to Address COVID-19 Demands

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a crisis unlike anything the world has ever faced, and Clippard recognizes its unique role as a manufacturer of critical components and subassemblies for...

Blog: Medical

COVID-19: OnScale Providing Free Cloud Core-House to Mitigate Productivity Loss

OnScale, which develops cloud engineering simulation software, today announces that it will provide free cloud core-hours to customers to promote customer safety...

R&D: Materials

Atomic Chains in Nanotubes Push the Electronics Frontier

As demand for smaller and faster devices grows, scientists and engineers turn to materials with properties that can deliver when existing ones lose their punch or can’t shrink...

Briefs: Electronics & Computers

Engineers Mix and Match Materials to Make New Stretchy Electronics

Next-generation devices made with new “peel and stack” method may include electronic chips worn on the skin.

Products: Software

New Products & Services: April 2020 Medical Design Briefs

Gas valves, flame-resistant polymers, robot actuators, and more.

Products: Medical

Product of the Month: April 2020 Medical Design Briefs

Power-Entry Module

A new power entry module from Schurter, Santa Rosa, CA, integrates an IEC inlet, circuit breaker, and mains filter, with optional IP protection. The...

Features: Medical

Thermal Considerations for Incubators

Incubators, used for cell and tissue cultivation in hospital and laboratory settings, grow and maintain cell and tissue samples under controlled conditions for hours, weeks, or even months. They create...

R&D: Medical

Thermometer Can Be Stretched and Crumpled by Water

A thermal sensor measures body temperature by simple contacts such as wearing clothes or shaking hands and an actuator that could control movements of artificial muscle.

Products: Software

New Products and Services: March 2020 Medical Design Briefs

IoT Prototyping Board

Renesas, Tokyo, Japan, has introduced a low-power prototyping board that will simplify and speed up product development for IoT endpoint equipment...

Features: Electronics & Computers

Embedded Computer Computer Vision in Medical Technology: Focus on Mobile and eHealth Devices

Color video technology paired with artificial intelligence holds great development potential for the future optimization of patient care.

Briefs: Electronics & Computers

Researchers Develop Ultra-Thin, Ultra-Flexible Electronic Material

Nanothin flexible touchscreens could be printed like newspaper.

Features: Software

Digital DHRs: Automating the Last Mile of the Production Process

Many manufacturers still struggle to digitize the “last mile” of their factory floor.

Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping

New Products & Services: February 2020 Medical Design Briefs

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....

Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control

Electronic Skin for Haptic Interfaces Is Light, Tight, and Battery Free

A system of “electronic skin-integrated haptic interfaces” jointly developed by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and other academic institutions can help users...

Products: Medical

Product Focus: Power Supplies

DC-DC Converters

New Yorker Electronics, Northvale, NJ, offers a family of 2- and 3.5-W DC-DC converters for medical applications from Polytron Devices. The 2:1 input range MTWA2 and MTWA4 2-...

R&D: Software

Open Source EEG Visualization Tool

Researchers have developed a free open source computer program that can be used to create visual and quantitative representations of brain electrical activity in laboratory animals in hopes of...

Technology Leaders: Test & Measurement

Medical Design Briefs: 2019 Technology Leaders

Learn about 2019's stand-out manufacturers and cutting-edge applications in special metals, coatings, robotics, and more.