Embedded Systems & Chips

Intricon to Open Costa Rica Facility Dedicated to Sensor-Driven Medical Devices

Intricon plans to open the first facility in Costa Rica dedicated to the development and manufacturing of medical devices that incorporate microelectronics,...

Product of The Month

This month's product of the month is a scalable workstation from Advantech: The Valor Mini Workstation.

Product Focus: Product Connectors/Wires/Cables

This month, the product focus is on product connectors/wires/cables.

New Products And Services

The new products and services this month include an electronic rotary latch, an ultra black laser marking series, a hybrid hexapod, and more.

Brain Computer Interface Helps Immobilized Patients Control Devices

A new project at Aalto University is developing techniques that will enable immobilized patients to control devices using their brain activity.

Leveraging Edge Computing and Wearable Devices in Clinical Trials

Today, the exponential growth of data poses significant challenges for traditional cloud computing models, which struggle to keep up with demand. That’s where edge computing comes in.

Deployable Electrodes for Minimally Invasive Craniosurgery

Scientists have developed electrode arrays that can be funneled through a small hole in the skull and deployed over a relatively large surface over the brain’s cortex. The technology...

E-Tattoo Improves Heart Monitoring

A new flexible, wearable medical device could provide a major boost in the fight against heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States. The ultrathin, lightweight electronic tattoo, or...

SEMECO to Accelerate Advances in Medical Electronics

Germany-based SEMECO (Secure Medical Microsystems and Communications) future cluster recently launched with partners from the Technische Universität Dresden. The goal is ambitious: to break...

Summer 2023 Resource Guide

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.

New Products And Services

See the new products and services, including servo motor drives, leak testing equipment, rupture disk product selection, an automated regrinding system, and more.

How to Eliminate PCB Static in Medical Electronics

For medical devices with critical electronic components, damage from ESD during manufacturing can introduce defects, with devices failing once the product is in use, endangering the patient’s safety.

Sensor Detects Early-Stage Parkinson’s

An electrochemical sensor detects Parkinson’s disease at different stages. The device was fabricated using an ordinary 3D printer and proved capable of early diagnosis, also serving as a model for the identification of other diseases.

Fighting Cancer with Real-Time Diagnostics

Inadequate real-time tissue assessment of biopsies from different cell types forces proceduralists to choose between intraprocedural partial tissue adequacy assessment, rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE), or sending tissue samples for full pathology review.

New Products & Services

See the New Products and Services, including medical optics, healthcare polymers, a ventilator pressure sensor, and more.

Bioelectronics: Device Advances VNS Treatment for Pain

Engineers are taking a major step into “bioelectronic medicine,” a cutting-edge approach that uses electric current as a treatment for pain and disease, with the development of...

First Transient Electronic Bandage Speeds Healing by 30%

Researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind small, flexible, stretchable bandage that accelerates healing by delivering electrotherapy directly to the wound site.

Neuro-Chip Manages Brain Disorders

Researchers have combined low power chip design, machine learning algorithms, and soft implantable electrodes to produce a neural interface that can identify and suppress symptoms of various neurological disorders.

Technical Design Considerations for Selecting Selecting the Optimal Coaxial Cable for Use in Today’s RF/Microwave Ablation Applications

Patient safety, cost, and efficiency will always be the top drivers shaping the evolution of healthcare.

Product Focus: Power Supplies

The product focus is on power supplies this month.

Product of the Month

Advanced Photonix offers silicon and indium gallium arsenide surface-mount technology photodetectors for high-speed response applications.

Medical Design Briefs: 2021 Technology Leaders

Learn about the medical manufacturers and cutting-edge applications that stood out in 2021.

Medical Design Briefs: 2022 Technology Leaders

Learn about the medical manufacturers and cutting-edge applications that stood out in 2022.

Wearable Electronics: Starch Prevents E-Waste

Polymer scientists have developed a starch-based polymer that makes it possible to create a fully biodegradable soft material for sensors. The resulting ‘Advanced Scalable Supersoft Elastic...

Intricon Launches Center of Excellence Exclusively for Biosensor Medical Devices

Intricon, a developer and manufacturer of medical devices powered by smart miniaturized electronics, has launched a new Biosensors Center of Excellence (CoE). The...

From the Editor - More Connected Devices Means More Cyberattacks

From glucose monitors to infusion pumps, the rise in connected medical devices is endangering healthcare cybersecurity.

Renamic Neo Offers Complete Wireless Connectivity to Implants

Tiotronik’s Renamic Neo communicates with a medical device implanted in a patient, such as a pacemaker, ICD, or implantable cardiac monitor.

Stretchable Rubber Diode for Medical, Electronic Devices

A fully rubbery stretchable diode maintains performance.

Printing Flexible Circuits on Curved Surfaces

Researchers have demonstrated a new technique for directly printing electronic circuits onto curved and corrugated surfaces.