New Products & Services

The new products and services for March 2023.

Medical App Development: Top 3 mHealth Solutions

Medical mobile applications have gained popularity during the pandemic. This article presents some guidelines for medical app development.

Point-of-Care Biosensor Rapidly Detects Oral Cancer

Researchers have developed a breakthrough handheld biosensor that enables quick and accurate detection of oral cancer. The biosensor consists of a sensor strip similar to a glucose...

2023 Tech Trends: Why Digital Health Will Lead to Improved Patient Care

While many wearable technologies began as a way to help people improve fitness, they have evolved to take on much greater diagnostic and other medical uses.

MD&M West Show Preview

Much more than a medical technology trade show, MD&M West exists to improve lives through continuing education, sharing knowledge, and bringing opportunities to all.

New Products and Services

Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) West, February 7–9, Anaheim, CA

Wearable Belt with Sensors Accurately Measures Heart Failure 24/7

Heart failure is a progressive clinical syndrome characterized by a structural abnormality of the heart, in which the heart is unable to pump sufficient blood to meet the body’s requirements.

Smart Jumpsuit Monitors Infant Motor Development

A novel wearable for infants provides reliable assessment of motor abilities during early development. The smart jumpsuit, called MAIJU (Motor Assessment of Infants with a Jumpsuit), is a...

Tool Brings Touch to MIS Procedures

Researchers have developed a simple, yet effective approach for on-demand tactile sensing in minimally invasive surgery, overcoming a key limitation — the inability of surgeons to feel tissues during an...

Transparent Bio-Friendly Sensor Measures Temperature Changes by Light

Researchers have developed a transparent temperature sensor capable of precisely and quickly measuring temperature changes caused by light.

Medical Design Briefs: 2022 Technology Leaders

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

Self-Powered Ingestible Sensor Opens New Avenues for Gut Research

A battery-free, pill-shaped ingestible biosensing system provides continuous monitoring in the intestinal environment. Gut metabolites can be monitored in real time, which...

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...

COVID-19 Smart Patch Vaccine Measures Effectiveness

The world’s first smart vaccine device delivers the COVID-19 vaccine and measures its efficacy through monitoring the body’s associated response.

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)....

Designing Feature-Rich Wearable Health and Fitness Devices

The next step in wearables is to shrink the size of the devices while offering more comfortable shapes and additional features and wireless communications capabilities.

New Products and Services

See the new products and services for January 2023.

Smart Wearable Sensors for Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson's Disease is the fastest-growing neurodegenerative condition in the world and affects 600,000 Americans yearly at a cost of $20 billion to the U.S. healthcare system.

Silicon Nanochip Could Treat Traumatic Muscle Loss

Technology developed by researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine can change skin tissue into blood vessels and nerve cells.

Novel Device Measures Nerve Activity

Researchers have developed a device to noninvasively measure cervical nerve activity in humans.

Printable, Transparent Plastic Is Highly Conductive

Researchers have designed a transparent polymer film that conducts electricity as effectively as other commonly used materials, while also being flexible and easy to use at an industrial scale.

Printing Flexible Circuits on Curved Surfaces

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

Magnetic Sensors Track Muscle Length

Using a simple set of magnets, researchers have devised a sophisticated way to monitor muscle movements.

Graphene Boosts Flexible and Wearable Electronics

Researchers demonstrate that graphene can greatly improve electrical circuits required for wearable and flexible electronics such as smart health patches and other flexible devices.

Stretchable Rubber Diode for Medical, Electronic Devices

A fully rubbery stretchable diode maintains performance.

Movano Health to File First FDA Submission for Smart Ring’s SpO2 and Heart Rate Data

Movano Health, Pleasanton, CA, has announced successful preliminary results of its pivotal hypoxia trial, which was completed in conjunction with the...

Smart Mask Tracks Respiratory Sounds to Identify Disease

Researchers have developed an Internet of Things (IoT) smart mask, integrating an ultrathin nanocomposite sponge structure-based soundwave sensor. It can detect and classify...

SkinKit: Versatile, Wearable On-Skin Computing

The next generation of wearable computing technology — for health and wellness, social interaction, and myriad other applications — will be even closer to the wearer than a watch or...