Blog: Design

ATA, StarFish Medical Produce Emergency Ventilators for COVID-19

Advanced Test and Automation, Inc. (ATA) is working with StarFish Medical to produce ventilators in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The partnership will accelerate...

Blog: Design

Transparent Surgical Mask Made from Biomass-Based Material

You’ve probably noticed over the past two months how hard it is to speak with people when half their face is hidden. You can’t hear them very well or make out their facial...

Blog: Design

Researchers Develop Replaceable, More Efficient Filter for N95 Masks

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there’s been a worldwide shortage of face masks — particularly, the N95 ones worn by healthcare workers. Although these coverings...

Features: Medical

Metal Injection Molding Offers OEMs Edge and Safety with Disposables

Instruments used in minimally invasive surgeries today often require elaborate features, and greater attention to detail in the product-design process.

Products: Materials

New Products & Services: June 2020 Medical Design Briefs

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

Briefs: Medical

The Benefits of Embedding Marker Bands vs. Swaging

Advancements have enabled marker bands to be applied more safely and consistently.

Briefs: Medical

Additive Manufacturing Helps Isolate Cells In Aggressive Breast Cancer

The 3D structures recreate those found in tissues.

Global Innovations: Materials

Synthetic Material Could Help Heal Injured Tendons and Ligaments

University of Sydney Sydney,
Australia

Researchers from the University of Sydney have collaborated with Columbia University and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg to...

R&D: Materials

Insect Wings Hold Antimicrobial Clues for Improved Medical Implants

A study has identified new ways in which nano-pillars can damage bacteria.

Blog: Materials

Raumedic, Hamilton Medical Expand U.S. Partnership to Produce Ventilators

In the midst of the current pandemic, time is of the essence. So, when the US Department of Health & Human Services tapped Hamilton Medical, Inc. to aid the...

Blog: Design

COVID-19: Keter Adapts Production to Manufacture Face Shields to Donate to Frontline Workers

Keter North America Inc. has begun production of high-quality, reusable face shields at its plants in Anderson, IN, and Milton, ON, Canada. Both...

News: Medical

Weiss-Aug Expands R&D, Automation with Launch of New Division, Lupine Research

The Weiss-Aug Group, a manufacturing partner for precision metal stamping, injection molding, and integrated component assembly, and Boulder, CO–based...

Briefs: Electronics & Computers

Disposable Device Treats Severe Side-Effect of Cancer

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

R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping

High-Tech Printing May Help Eliminate Painful Shots

Engineers have created tiny needles that mimic parasites that attach to skin and could replace hypodermic needles.

R&D: Software

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.

Products: Test & Measurement

New Products & Services: May 2020 Medical Design Briefs

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

R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Researchers Bioengineer 3D Implants for Tissue

Researchers are literally carving grooves into plastic threads used to build 3D printed tissue-engineering scaffolds with living cells.

R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Biomaterial Enables 3D Printing of Tissue-Like Vascular Structures

Scientists have discovered a new material that can be 3D printed to create tissue-like vascular structures.

Technology Leaders: Packaging & Sterilization

What You Should Ask Yourself When Designing a Wearable Medical Device

For wearable devices to function as intended, they need to have a secure, reliable hold for the desired duration of use.

R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Handheld 3D Printers Treat Musculoskeletal Injuries

Researchers have developed a handheld 3D bioprinter that could revolutionize the way musculoskeletal surgical procedures are performed.

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...

Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Micromolding: Achieving Exacting Medical Device Manufacturing Requirements

Micromolding can be seen as the latest technological innovation that enables the design, manufacture, and clinical use of groundbreaking medical devices.

Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs

Stretchable, Wearable Coils May Make MRI, Other Medical Tests Easier on Patients

The stretchable fabric is embroidered with conductive threads that provide excellent signal-to-noise ratio.

Technology Leaders: Design

Top 10 Reasons Stainless Steel Is Right for Healthcare Design

Learn why stainless steel fixtures and equipment are the best choice for high-traffic and high use installations.

Global Innovations: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Handheld 3D Skin Printer Demonstrates Accelerated Healing of Large, Severe Burns

A new handheld 3D printer can deposit sheets of skin to cover large burn wounds — and its “bio ink” can accelerate the healing process.

Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping

AZCO Corp. Joins Efforts to Fight COVID-19

Amid the nationwide cautionary shutdown of many commercial industries, AZCO Corp. remains in operation designing and building units and machines that help companies produce protective devices for...

Blog: Medical

Leveraging Ultrasonics to Manufacture Surgical Face Masks, Other Nonwoven Products

In this Q&A, Tom Hoover, senior medical market manager for assembly technologies at Emerson, addresses the benefits of using ultrasonic technology to...

Blog: Medical

Medtronic Ramps Up Ventilator Production to Support COVID-19 Patients

Medtronic plc is ramping up its ventilator production, as well as collaborating with technology partners and governments to drive new ventilator innovation and production,...

Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping

COVID-19: Philips to Increase Ventilator Production; Introduces New Ventilator

Royal Philips plans to double the production of its hospital ventilators by May 2020 and achieve a four-fold increase by the third quarter of 2020. This plan...