Briefs: Imaging

Researchers Incorporate Computer Vision, Uncertainty into AI for Robotic Prosthetics

The software enables people using robotic prosthetics to walk in a more natural manner on different types of terrain.

Features: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

New High-Flow Valve for Portable Oxygen Concentrator Systems

Battery-powered, highly portable oxygen concentrators are a growing trend in patient mobility, but building the devices is still an engineering challenge.

R&D: Robotics, Automation & Control

Drug-Loaded Microrobots Attach to Cancer Tissue

A drug-loaded microrobotic needle effectively targets cancerous tissue in lab experiments without needing continuous application of a magnetic field.

Products: Software

New Products & Services: June 2020 Medical Design Briefs

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

News: Manufacturing & Prototyping

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...

INSIDER: Medical

Robotic Surgery Market Rapidly Expanding

The robotic surgery market is currently in a rapid state of expansion. It has welcomed dozens of new companies in the last decade, and the range of technologies, uses, and applications of robotic...

Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition

VAT Helps Sensirion Ramp Up Production of Urgently Needed Medical Flow Sensors

VAT, a manufacturer of high-end vacuum valves, is providing crucial valves needed for the production of the development of medical flow sensors. Flow sensors are...

Blog: Medical

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...

Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping

New Products & Services: April 2020 Medical Design Briefs

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

Global Innovations: Medical

Getting a Grip: An Innovative Mechanical Controller Design for Robot-Assisted Surgery

The new design combines both pinch and power grips.

Briefs: Medical

Engineers Design Bionic ‘Heart’ for Testing Prosthetic Valves, Other Cardiac Devices

The device made of heart tissue and a robotic pumping system beats like the real thing.

Features: Design

Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Tracy Campbell Accardi, Vice President, Surgical Robotics Research & Development, Medtronic

See what led Accardi to the medical device industry.

Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping

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...

Briefs: Medical

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

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....

Technology Leaders: Robotics, Automation & Control

Medical Design Briefs: 2019 Technology Leaders

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

INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control

MD&M West: Opening Keynote Panel: Tech Disruptors Transforming the Robotics Revolution

Robots are at the forefront of innovation in the last decade, leading the medical device industry to the cusp of a new technological shift: The...

R&D: Medical

Embedding Artificial Muscles into Soft Materials

Stretchable skin-like robots that can be rolled up and put in your pocket have been developed by a team using a new way of embedding artificial muscles and electrical adhesion into soft...

INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control

Researchers Explore How Artificial Muscles Work

Artificial muscles will power the soft robots and wearable devices of the future. But more needs to be understood about the underlying mechanics of these powerful structures in order to...

Features: Robotics, Automation & Control

Plate Handler Adds Automation in Medical Laboratories

Peak Analysis and Automation (PAA), Farnborough, UK, has designed a budget-friendly plate handler that works in a tight laboratory footprint, developing an innovative product that could...

Technology Leaders: Robotics, Automation & Control

Maximizing Biomanufacturing Productivity in Single-Use Applications

Biologics and personalized medicine are increasingly becoming more popular — causing the biomanufacturing industry to change. Instead of sticking to large-scale production...

Briefs: Medical

A Smart Artificial Hand for Amputees Merges User and Robotic Control

EPFL scientists are developing new approaches for improved control of robotic hands — in particular for amputees — that combines individual finger control and...

Products: Medical

Product of the Month: November 2019 Medical Design Briefs

Proportional Pressure Controls

Microcontrollers from Clippard, Cincinnati, OH, utilize the company’s EVP and DVP proportional valves allowing for steady, repeatable...

INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control

Soft Robot Programmed to Move Like an Inchworm

Researchers have created a miniature robot that can crawl with inchworm-like motion. The underlying technology could one day transform smart wearables.

R&D: Robotics, Automation & Control

Programmable Soft Actuators for Soft Robotics

Researchers have developed highly programmable actuators that, similar to the human hand, combine soft and hard materials to perform complex movements. These materials have great potential for...

Briefs: Medical

Tiny Vibration-Powered Robots Can Work Together

Researchers have created a new type of tiny 3D printed robot that moves by harnessing vibration from piezoelectric actuators, ultrasound sources, or even tiny speakers. Swarms of these...

R&D: Medical

Harvesting Energy from the Human Knee

An energy harvester attached to the wearer’s knee can generate 1.6 μW of power while the wearer walks without any increase in effort. The energy is enough to power small electronics like health...

R&D: Medical

Multitasking Exoskeleton for Rehab

A new multitasking exoskeleton can be used for any of an entire arm’s eight movements that originate from the shoulder, elbow, or wrist joints. Detachable parts allow the therapist to focus on a...

INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Industrial Robots Operate in Real Time

Scientists have developed software that enables industrial robots to form and adjust the trajectories of the movements of their tools while maintaining accuracy in real time. The software uses...