Sensors & Wearables

In this knowledge hub of Medical Design Briefs, get the latest news about the medical sensors market, including wearables, resistors, ingestibles, and lab-on-a-chip technology.

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Features: Imaging
In our 2020 Product Buyer's Guide, you'll find a list of manufacturers in more than a dozen medical-device areas.
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Products: Medical
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, has released an RGB-IR medical image sensor, which provides simultaneous white-light RGB captures and infrared monochrome captures in a single CMOS sensor.
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Features: Materials
As sensors become more complex and specialized, they require a protective coating.
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R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A gelatin-based hydrogel addresses the problems presented in constructing wearable pressure-sensitive sensors.
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Products: Medical
Magnetic angle sensors, heat-staking platforms, regulatory software, and more.
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Briefs: Wearables
It is essential to incorporate PCBA cleaning into the planning and production of wearables.
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R&D: Electronics & Computers
A biodegradable, transparent, flexible and fast-acting thermo-therapy patch from plant leaves is compatible with flexible electronic applications.
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R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Flexible TRACE sensor patches can be placed on the skin to measure blood flow in superficial arteries.
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INSIDER: Medical
Leveraging lab-on-a-chip technology and the cutting-edge genetic editing technique known as CRISPR, researchers have created a highly automated device that can identify the presence of the novel...
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INSIDER: Medical
A wearable electronic device is really wearable. The stretchy and fully recyclable circuit board is inspired by, and sticks onto, human skin. The device can heal itself, much...
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INSIDER: Medical
A new device inspired by an octopus’s sucker rapidly transfers delicate tissue or electronic sheets to the patient, overcoming a key barrier to clinical...
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INSIDER: Medical
A new tool could diagnose a stroke based on abnormalities in a patient’s speech ability and facial muscular movements, and with the accuracy of an emergency room physician — all within...
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Briefs: Medical
Sensing patch detects increased biomarkers in bodily fluids.
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Features: Wearables
A wound-healing patch; a blood-pressure monitor; an implantable wireless pacing system; and a wearable glucose sensor are this year's "Create the Future" nominees.
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R&D: Medical
Researchers have used 3D printing to make electronic fibers, each 100 times thinner than a human hair, to create non-contact, wearable, portable respiratory sensors.
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Global Innovations: Medical
University of Queensland researchers have developed biosensors that use nanoengineered porous gold that more effectively detect early signs of disease, improving patient outcomes.
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R&D: Medical
Genetic material is delivered without producing inflammation or toxicity in the body.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Sleep-tracking sensors, stepper motors, electromechanical actuators, and more.
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R&D: Nanotechnology
Researchers have printed sensors directly on human skin without the use of heat.
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R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Researchers have 3D printed unique fluid channels at the micron scale that could automate production of diagnostics, sensors, and assays used for a variety of medical tests and other applications.
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R&D: Energy
Researchers have fabricated tiny energy storage devices that can effectively power flexible and wearable skin sensors.
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INSIDER: Medical
A stretchable, skin-like device can be attached to a patient’s face and can measure small movements such as a twitch or a smile. Using this approach, patients could communicate a...
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new type of multiplexed test with a low-cost sensor may enable the at-home diagnosis of a COVID infection through rapid analysis of small volumes of saliva or blood,...
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News: Wearables
While traditional electronic systems have an inherently rigid form factor, developments in manufacturing processes and materials are enabling a new world of flexible...
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Briefs: Materials
The system looks for chemical indicators found in sweat.
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R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A new, lightweight eye mask can unobtrusively capture pulse, eye movement, and sleep signals, for example, when worn in an everyday environment.
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Features: Wearables
See how advanced adhesive compounds provide manufacturers with an effective alternative to mechanical fasteners.
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R&D: Electronics & Computers
Drawn-on-skin electronics allows multifunctional sensors and circuits to be drawn on the skin with an ink pen.
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Global Innovations: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers in Brazil have printed a wearable sensor from microbial nanocellulose, a natural polymer.
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Ralph Bright on the Power of Power Cords
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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.

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Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
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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.

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