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From the Editor - AI: A “Transformative Force” in Medtech, But Hurdles Remain

AI is poised to make a major impact on the medtech market by enhancing precision in diagnostics, personalizing treatment plans, and streamlining manufacturing processes. Read on to find out what Editor and Director of Medical Content Sherrie Trigg thinks about the matter.

A Look at Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide as a Sterilization Option

The changing regulatory landscape and innovation of medical products is driving an interest in additional options for medical product sterilization. Read on to learn what this means.

Tendon Healing: Nanoparticles for Precision Drug Delivery

Researchers at the University of Rochester and University of Oregon combined their expertise in tendon cell biology and drug-delivery systems to find a better way to deliver therapies that can reduce scar tissue and facilitate improved healing. Read on to learn what they found.

Wearable Devices Get Signal Boost from Innovative Material

An international team of researchers developed the material by embedding clusters of highly dielectric ceramic nanoparticles into an elastic polymer. The material was reverse-engineered to not only mimic skin elasticity and motion types, but also to adjust its dielectric properties to counter the disruptive effects of motion on interfacing electronics, minimize energy loss and dissipate heat.

Researchers Create GPS-like Smart Pills with AI

Beyond the use of this device for early detection of peptic ulcers, gastritis, and gastric cancers, there is potential to monitor brain health. How? Read on to find out.

SCD Device Treats Injury from Sepsis

The FDA has granted a Humanitarian Device Exemption Approval for a therapeutic device invented and developed at the University of Michigan for use in children with acute kidney injury and sepsis or a septic condition requiring continuous kidney replacement (dialysis with the artificial kidney) therapy in the intensive care unit. Read on to learn more about it.

New Products and Services

See the new products and services, including Dri-Air Industries' new dryer for plastics, the MicroDryer Series (MD); Thomson Industries' advanced controllability options to its Electrak ® LL line of long-life electric linear actuators; Instron's next-generation Autoinjector Testing System; more than 40 different thermally conductive greases available from EpoxySet; a series of low-profile pull type clapper solenoids from Magnetic Sensor Systems; and more.

Product Focus: Pumps and Valves

See where the product focus is this month: On pumps and valves, including items from Air Logic, Clippard, Emerson, and PI.

Toward a New Era in Flexible Piezoelectric Sensors for Both Humans and Robots

A research team from Shinshu University, Japan, decided to improve flexible piezoelectric sensor design using a well-established manufacturing technique: electrospinning. Read on to learn more about it.

Videos of the Month

See the videos of the month, including one on a first-in-class medication that targets specific genetic mutations implicated in many types of cancer; one on new, scalable methods of developing battery- and solar-powered fibers; one on a nanofiber-based biodegradable millirobot, called Fibot, that can move in the intestines and degrade in response to the pH of its environment; and one on a new avenue in the attack against influenza viruses.

Product of the Month

See the product of the month: MMT's benchtop balloon forming machine, for the precise production of structural heart, large platform, and thick wall high-pressure balloons.

Supplier Technologies Could Nix the Steering Wheel and Unleash 360-Degree Stereo Camera Views

A driver’s finger movements engage with a mouse-like device to steer a demonstration vehicle. Eleven stereo cameras on another demonstrator...

Mazda Motorsports Keeps the MX-5 Cool with a New Differential Plate

Mazda Motorsports, the company’s North American-based racing program, serves as a support network for thousands of professional and amateur racers at road courses around...

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.

The Latest Advancements in Optics

Optics are used in a vast range of applications in virtually every sector of human endeavor, from scientific microscopes to medical diagnostic imaging, from automobile headlights to telescopes pointed at the stars. Read on to learn about their advances.

Ultra-Narrowband Optical Filters Pushing Boundaries from the UV to the LWIR

Developments in ultra-narrow manufacturing capabilities enable transformative, world-changing, technology. Read on to learn how boundaries are being pushed.

Closing the Design-to-Manufacturing Gap for Optical Devices

A new method enables optical devices that more closely match their design specifications, boosting accuracy and efficiency. Read on to learn more.

Photonics-Based Wireless Link Breaks Speed Records for Data Transmission

The researchers anticipate that with multiplexing techniques (where more than one channel can be used) and more sensitive receivers, the data rate can be increased to 1 terabit per second, ushering in a new era of near-instantaneous global communication. Read on to learn more.

Researchers Use Inkjet Printing to Make a Portable Multispectral 3D Camera

The palm-sized light field camera could improve autonomous driving, classification of recycled materials, and remote sensing. Read on to learn more about it.

Researchers Develop New and Improved Camera Inspired by the Human Eye

The camera mimics the involuntary movements of the human eye to create sharper, more accurate images for robots, smartphones, and other image-capturing devices. Read on to learn more about it.

Analysis and Simulation of Low-Light INL in CMOS Image Sensors

Conventional sources of INL are well understood, but as pixel array resolution has increased and ADC pitch has consequently been reduced, additional array sources of nonlinearity have become prominent. Read on to learn more.

Bird-Eye-Inspired Camera Developed for Enhanced Object Detection

This innovative camera technology represents a significant advance in object detection, offering numerous potential applications across various industries. Read on to learn more.

Advanced Laser Cleaning Robotic Work Cells Turbocharge Industrial Processes

Enclosed robotic laser parts cleaning systems are poised to safely remove rust and contamination as well as condition surfaces at dramatically higher volumes and at lower cost than conventional methods. Read on to learn more about the process.

Total Versatility: Flexible Test Station With a Cobot and Camera

Manually checking the quality of components or products in industry is labor-intensive for employees and error-prone on top of that. The Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Systems Design IEM is unveiling a solution that provides total versatility in this area. Read on to learn more about it.

New Products

See the new products, including TRIOPTICS' expansion of its OptiCentric® 101 centration measurement system, a new type of laser-based immersion probe, LightSolver's breakthrough in quantum-inspired high-performance computing, Teledyne FLIR's next-generation embedded software for the ITAR-free Boson+ thermal camera module, IDS Imaging Development Systems' all essential camera components for the uEye ACP series, and much more.

Leveraging CAD for Precision in Wide Field Star Imaging and Spectroscopy

Have you ever gazed at the vastness of the stars and wondered what else your CNC machine can create? Greg Green had the opportunity to find out when he joined the staff at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) in Waimea, Hawaii. Read on to find out what happened.

Videos of the Month

See the videos of the month, including one on ETH’s student-built drone, which will operate free of external and visible propellers; one on a soft robotic hand that combines vision, motor-based proprioception, and soft tactile sensors to identify, sort, and pack a stream of unknown objects; one on the Environmental Toolkit for Expeditionary Operations; and one on how integrating AI into robotic systems can enhance their capabilities and enable them to perform more complex tasks.

Robotics Virtual Twins Offer a Simulation-Based Approach to Real-time Operations

RVT is set to become a pivotal innovation in the quest for net-zero emissions within the automotive industry. By fully leveraging RVT capabilities, manufacturers can significantly reduce material waste, energy consumption, and emissions while enhancing resource efficiency and integrating renewable energy sources. Read on to learn more.

Engineering a New Approach to Satellite Constellation Design

Propulsion systems that were once crafted in very limited quantities now need to be manufactured by the thousands. This scale-up necessitates a new design and development approach that blends modern manufacturing principles with legacy systems. Read on to learn more about it.