Sensors & Wearables

Thermometer Can Be Stretched and Crumpled by Water

A thermal sensor measures body temperature by simple contacts such as wearing clothes or shaking hands and an actuator that could control movements of artificial muscle.

Scientists Create Supersensitive Nanomaterials for DNA Diagnostics and Targeted Drug Delivery

The smart material holds promise for drugs against cancer and other serious diseases.

Mobile Health Tool Could Diagnose Infectious Diseases

Researchers have designed a tiny portable lab device that plugs into a phone, connecting it automatically to a doctor’s office through a custom app. With a single drop of blood or...

Wearable Brain Stimulation Could Safely Improve Motor Function After Stroke

A noninvasive, wearable, magnetic brain stimulation device could improve motor function in stroke patients. In an initial clinical trial of 30 chronic ischemic...

Magnet-Controlled Bioelectronic Implant Could Relieve Pain

Engineers have created the first neural implant that can be both programmed and charged remotely with a magnetic field. Their breakthrough may make possible embedded devices like a...

Magnetic Sensor Circuits on Various Surfaces

Researchers have developed the world’s thinnest and lightest magnetic sensor matrix sheet system

Discovery Takes Pressure Off Blood Measurements

The portable blood pressure monitoring device provides data continuously to patients.

Wearable Health Tech Gets Efficiency Upgrade

The flexible device harvests heats from the human body.

Color-Changing Bandages Sense and Treat Bacterial Infections

According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health. Sensing and treating bacterial infections earlier could help improve...

New Products and Services

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 including healthcare equipment. The RL78/G14...

Drug Testing with Human Body-on-Chip Systems

A team of scientists has devised a functioning comprehensive multiorgan-on-a-chip platform that enables effective in-vitro-to-in-vivo translation (IVIVT) of human drug pharmacology.

Wearable Gas Sensor Enhances Sensitivity

The sensor allows for quick recovery and reuse of the platform.

Cold Plasma Patch Could Make Immunotherapy More Effective for Treating Melanoma

The patch significantly prolonged survival, inhibited growth of tumors in mice.

‘Wristwatch’ Monitors Body Chemistry to Boost Athletic Performance, Prevent Injury

A device the size of a wristwatch can monitor an individual’s body chemistry to help improve athletic performance and identify potential health...

MD&M West: Digital Health, Design Strategies, and More

This year’s MD&M West conference program features new formats — including Lightning Workshops, Tech Talk Panels, and exclusive networking opportunities — designed to meet the...

Smart Photonic Contact Lens for Diabetic Diagnosis and Retinopathy Treatment

Diabetic patients need to measure their blood sugar level by drawing blood before and after a meal. It is easy to develop complications due to diabetes. Recently, a...

Bandage Material Helps Stop Bleeding Without Adhering to Wound

Researchers from ETH Zurich and the National University of Singapore have developed a new kind of bandage that helps blood to clot and doesn’t stick to the wound. This marks the...

Artificial Neurons Cure Chronic Diseases

Artificial neurons on silicon chips that behave just like the real thing have been invented by scientists — a first-of-its-kind achievement with enormous scope for medical devices to cure chronic...

Sensor Networking Transforms Medical Imaging

Real-time medical imaging is enabling new levels of care by providing greater insight and decision support. As the use of video in healthcare increases, system designers are under pressure to ensure...

Skin-Like Sensors Bring a Human Touch to Wearable Tech

University of Toronto engineering researchers have developed a super stretchy, transparent, and self-powering sensor that records the complex sensations of human skin. Dubbed artificial...

Liquid-Metal Wearable Pressure Sensor Created for Health Monitoring Applications

Soft pressure sensors have received significant research attention in a variety of fields, including soft robotics, electronic skin, and wearable electronics. Wearable soft pressure sensors have great potential for real-time health monitoring and for the early diagnosis of diseases.

Stretchable Device Converts Vibration to Electrical Signals

A liquid electret material capable of semi-permanently retaining static electricity was used to create the world’s first bendable, stretchable vibration-powered device. Because...

Wearable Device Improves Treatment of Swallowing Disorders

A wearable monitoring device makes treatments easier and more affordable for millions of people with swallowing disorders. The skin-mountable sensor sticker attaches firmly to the...

Product of the Month

Flexible Printed Circuit Trackwise, Tewkesbury, UK, offers advanced flexible printed circuits (FPCs) that are ideal for catheter construction. The FPCs can be fed inside a catheter without introducing bulges. They also...

The Future of Connected Health

The three main global goals of healthcare continue to be: improving the quality of care, universal access to care, and keeping costs under control. Technologies and remote connected healthcare are touted as the...

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Each month, the editors of Medical Design Briefs choose a Product of the Month that has exceptional technical merit and practical value for MDB’s design engineering readers.

Battery-Free Computer Input Could Be Added to Surgical Gloves

Computer scientists have created a device for wearable computer input suitable for many situations, just by touching your fingertips together in different ways. The device,...

Stretchable and Flexible Biofuel Cell Runs on Sweat

A unique new flexible and stretchable device, worn against the skin and capable of producing electrical energy by transforming the compounds present in sweat, has been developed and patented...

Bioelectronic Implant Could Prevent Opioid Deaths

Researchers are developing a novel, implantable device that can sense the effects of a potentially fatal level of ingested opioids and then automatically and immediately deliver a life-saving...