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Features: Wearables
Engineers are imagining ways for patients to get all their vitals without going to the doctor.
R&D: Wearables
A surface-lighting microLED patch has been developed that inhibits UV-induced melanogenesis. The research team fabricated the skin-attachable surface-lighting microLED (SμLED, 4 × 4 cm2) patch by utilizing...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A team of engineers has developed an electronic patch that can monitor biomolecules, including hemoglobin, in deep tissues.
INSIDER: Medical
The world’s first smart vaccine device delivers the COVID-19 vaccine and measures its efficacy through monitoring the body’s associated response.
Briefs: Wearables
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.
Briefs: Medical
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.
Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
See the new products and services for January 2023, including a microscale 3D printing system, low-viscosity silicone, and more.
R&D: AR/AI
Researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict compounds that could neutralize baldness-causing reactive oxygen species in the scalp. They constructed a proof-of-concept microneedle patch...
Global Innovations: Wearables
Researchers have created a special ultrathin sensor, spun from gold, that can be attached directly to the skin without irritation or discomfort.
INSIDER: Materials
Drawing inspiration from nature, researchers have developed a medical adhesive that could save lives, modeled after structures found in marine animals like mussels and flatworms.
INSIDER: Wearables
On-skin medical sensors and wearable health devices must be flexible and ultrathin so they can move with the human body. Researchers demonstrated how an important component of the sensors —...
Features: Wearables
With potential in remote patient monitoring, diagnosis, and detection of disease, biosensors and wearable devices are gaining substantial interest.
INSIDER: Wearables
Transdermal Diagnostics, a University of Bath spinout company, has invented a wearable patch that allows people with diabetes to painlessly monitor their blood glucose levels. The company has...
INSIDER: Wearables
A needle-free vaccine patch could better fight COVID-19 variants, such as omicron and delta, than a traditional needle vaccine. The research tested the Hexapro SARS-CoV-2 spike vaccine...
News: Wearables
Registration is now open for SAE Media Group's 2nd Annual Biosensors for Medical Wearables Conference, taking place October 24–25, 2022, in Boston, MA. The 2022...
R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers have developed a wearable sensor patch thinner than a hair strand that can measure pulse wave signals with high precision. The patch was printed using inkjet printing....
Briefs: Wearables
Trends in wearable technology follow those of the broader biomedical and electronics industries — devices are getting smaller, smarter, and easier to use. Specifically, wearables in...
INSIDER: Wearables
A prototype wearable can continuously monitor several health stats — glucose, alcohol, and lactate levels — simultaneously in real time. The device is about the size of a stack of six...
INSIDER: Medical
A new ‘smart’ flexible electric patch (ePatch) addresses the challenges posed by existing electrical field (EF) stimulation devices and offers many uniquely advantageous...
Briefs: Wearables
The highly adaptable materials could lead to new classes of wearable devices.
R&D: Wearables
A polymer fiber mat is activated by heat to release drugs.
Features: AR/AI
Going into 2022, remote monitoring, wearables, sensors, and other "mHealth" products are taking center stage.
R&D: Medical
A new technology offers a needle-free, painless and easy-to-use method for collecting blood samples.
R&D: Nanotechnology
Skin-sensing wearables coat copper nanowires with graphene oxide.
R&D: Wearables
An ultra-thin wireless device grows to the surface of bone and could someday help physicians monitor bone health and healing over long periods.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
The smart bandage can dispense antibiotic, monitor wound-healing biomarkers, and report important data directly to doctors.
Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Microneedles offer an intriguing alternative to the drug-delivery devices we know and don't love.
INSIDER: Wearables
A sweat-collecting patch has been developed using the principle based on how the cactus spines attract water. The skin-attachable patch quickly collects sweat by mimicking the principle...
News: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The inaugural virtual Medical Wearables for Biosensors Conference convenes on October 25–26, 2021. The virtual conference will...
Top Stories
INSIDER: Medical
Tiny Sensor Could Transform Head Injury Detection
News: Robotics, Automation & Control
Quantum Surgical Acquires NeuWave Medical, Inc.
Briefs: Materials
Shrinking Materials Hold Big Potential for Smart Devices
Podcasts: Medical
The Hidden Nervous System of Surgical Robotics: Power, Data & Sensing...
Podcasts: Medical
Surgical & Assistive Robotics: Redefining Human Capability
News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Ask the Expert
Ralph Bright on the Power of Power Cords
Understanding power system components and how to connect them correctly is critical to meeting regulatory requirements and designing successful electrical products for worldwide markets. Interpower’s Ralph Bright defines these requirements and explains how to know which cord to select for your application.
Webcasts
Podcasts: Robotics, Automation & Control
The Hidden Nervous System of Surgical Robotics: Power, Data & Sensing Behind...
Podcasts: Robotics, Automation & Control
Surgical & Assistive Robotics: Redefining Human Capability
Podcasts: Medical
How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Medical
Developing Sustainable Drug-Delivery Devices
Podcasts: Medical
Smarter Pathways for Precision Drug Delivery in Cancer Care
On-Demand Webinars: Communications
Understanding Testing and Compliance Requirements for Wireless Medical Devices
Inside Story
Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
Eurofins Medical Device Testing (MDT) provides a full scope of testing services. In this interview, Eurofins’ experts, Sunny Modi, PhD, Director of Package Testing; and Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology; answer common questions on medical device packaging and sterilization.
