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Robotics are finding a place in the medical field. Learn about the advantages of medical robots, and explore how the technologies are being deployed successfully.

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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The device could help guide recovery after treatment for head and neck cancer.
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Applications: Packaging & Sterilization
Infiplast, a plastics company for medical devices, was asked to design, prototype, test, and manufacture a critical component for ventilators.
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Briefs: Tubing & Extrusion
The device was inspired by nature, specifically insect legs and flagella.
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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control

Tiny tumbling soft robots that can be controlled with rotating magnetic fields can climb slopes, tumble upstream against fluid flow, and deposit substances at precise...

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INSIDER: Medical

Researchers are reporting a breakthrough in the field of materials science and engineering with the development of an electrochemical actuator that uses specialized organic...

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INSIDER: Medical

Equipped with a color 3D camera, an inertial measurement sensor, and its own on-board computer, a newly improved robotic cane could offer blind and visually impaired users...

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Special Reports: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
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Medical Robotics - September 2021

Self-propelled nanobots that deliver drugs inside the human body...novel sensors that improve the safety and precision of industrial robots...a dynamic hydrogel material that makes building soft robotic...

Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Touchless switches, biocompatible adhesives, 3D-printing materials, and more.
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Features: Robotics, Automation & Control
MD&M West brings together medtech engineers, business leaders, and innovative thinkers to create life-changing medical devices.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
The device uses soft robotics, ultra-thin electronics, and microfluidics.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Automation removes the possibility of human error in high-precision or repetitive processes.
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Trivia: Medical

What major event in history was a catalyst for advancements in prosthetics?

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Applications: Medical
See how robots are helping to treat cardiac arrhythmias.
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Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
CT software, electric robot, molding material, and more.
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INSIDER: Medical

A team of has demonstrated how adding brain stimulation evokes tactile sensations that make it easier for the operator to manipulate a brain-controlled robotic arm. In their experiment,...

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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control

Researchers have devleoped a new, high-performance artificial muscle technology that enables more human-like motion due to its flexibility and adaptability but outperforms...

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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control

For the first time, BrainGate clinical trial participants with tetraplegia have demonstrated use of an intracortical wireless BCI with an external wireless transmitter....

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INSIDER: Medical

Using sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) technology, newly developed exoskeleton legs capable of thinking and making control decisions on their own....

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Supplements: Wearables
Our 2021 Resource Guide shows you the top manufacturers in materials, manufacturing, and a range of other medical-device categories.
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Products: Packaging & Sterilization
Barcode readers, risk-management software, servo drives, and more.
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Briefs: Medical
The patch can be folded around surgical tools.
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INSIDER: Medical

In the era of social distancing, using robots for some healthcare interactions is a promising way to reduce in-person contact between healthcare workers and sick patients. However, a key...

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INSIDER: Medical

Working with computer simulations, researchers have developed a concept for a soft-bodied robot that can turn rigid on demand. The approach could enable a new generation of robots that combine the...

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INSIDER: Medical

Robots that could take on basic healthcare tasks to support the work of doctors and nurses may be the way of the future. Who knows, maybe a medical robot can prescribe your medicine someday?...

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INSIDER: Materials

Researchers have developed an easy way to make millirobots by coating objects with a glue-like magnetic spray. Driven by the magnetic field, the coated...

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Technology Leaders: Robotics, Automation & Control
There are no true "medical robots," says an industry expert. Here's why.
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INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping

A new research effort aims to improve manufacturing of rapidly deployed structures in order to address future shortages of medical care and quarantine facilities. This...

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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The sensors improve the safety and precision of industrial robotic arms.
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R&D: Materials
The device can be used in flexible, stretchable electronics for wearables as well as soft robotics.
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Ask the Expert

John Chandler on Achieving Quality Motion Control
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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: Establishing Safe EO Residual Levels for Medical Devices
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To find out more about the expertise required to establish safe EO Residual levels for medical devices, Medical Design Briefs recently spoke with Leonard Harris, Manager, Chemistry and Container Testing for Eurofins Medical Device Testing (Lancaster, PA).

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