Wireless Magnetoelastic Sensors Detect Circulatory, Bile-Duct Buildups
At the University of Michigan’s Wireless Integrated MicroSensing & Systems (WIMS2) Center, a research team made significant progress in its work on magnetoelastic sensors by applying the devices in the circulatory system and bile ducts.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 22, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Components Source Type: news
Polymer Delivers Sustainable Solution To Handheld Surgical Tool
A fluoropolymer-based “Rulon” material developed by Saint-Gobain Seals Group offers low frictional properties and high resistance when dealing with high service temperatures.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 21, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Materials Products Source Type: news
Smart Metrology: The Next Step in Speeding up Development Cycles
Keith Calvert, Engineering Director Contract Manufacturing North America, The Tech Group
Applying metrology--the science of measurement--to the art of medical device design.
All businesses and market segments embrace continuous improvement; some at faster rates than others. Rapid prototyping has made significant advances over the past 10 years by embracing three-dimensional models, high-speed machining, modular tooling, new steel alloys and many more innovations.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 17, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Design-Engineering Source Type: news
Smart Gels Deliver Medicine On Demand
A hyaluronic acid-based “smart” hydrogel developed at the University of Delaware (UD) can deliver medicine on demand in response to mechanical force.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 17, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Materials Products Implantables Source Type: news
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 16, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Fabrico Redesigns Website, Offers Customer Recommendations
Fabrico Medical’s new website helps customers choose the right material and assembly process for medical devices and disposables.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 15, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Materials Products Components Source Type: news
Gallery: Spotlight on Innovations for 2014
Medical Design explores the newest technologies being used in medical devices in 2014--and just exactly what these devices are expected to accomplish.
View Joyce Laird's article here.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 14, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Electronics Design-Engineering Source Type: news
Spotlight on Innovations for 2014
2014 is on its way to be the year of some amazing developments. New ideas, designs and technologies are coming from every direction. This is definitely a year of innovation. While not an end-all for innovation, we did try to hit on some that are very unique and address completely different areas in medical design needs.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 10, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Electronics Design-Engineering Source Type: news
Going Beyond Conventional Vision Measurement
New 5 megapixel camera and telecentric lens deliver exceptional inspection accuracy at high speeds.
What do you do when two tiny cylinders need to be aligned within tolerances too close to be consistently measured by conventional vision systems? A medical device produced by Eli Lilly and Company had this major inspection challenge.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 10, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Electronics Source Type: news
Report: Home healthcare sensor market set to explode
Analysts at research firm Yole Développement expect the market for sensors dedicated to home-care applications to more than double over the next five years, from $559 million in 2013 to $1.2 billion in 2018.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 9, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Business Components Source Type: news
The Truth Behind Miniaturization
Girish Wable and Donna Fedor
Are device manufacturers guilty of miniaturization for miniaturization’s sake?
The term “miniaturization” is widely accepted as a definitively positive step in product development. Medical devices are no exceptions, as continual miniaturization of medical devices has been seeping into the DNA of the healthcare thought process. But, the fact is smaller is not always necessary, or better.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 7, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Technologies Design-Engineering Source Type: news
FDA Guidelines for Medical Devices – What Do They Mean to You?
Alan Grau
For engineers working on medical devices, meeting these security guidelines is critical.
Many medical devices are specialized products and the security solutions used for standard PCs often won’t work for specialized devices.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 6, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Design-Engineering Source Type: news
U.S. health insurance expansions boost medical innovation
Insurance-induced innovation, in a standard decomposition of health spending growth, accounts for 15% of the long-run rise in U.S. health spending in hospitals, physician offices, and other clinical settings.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 3, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Business Components Source Type: news
Market analyst names top 20 mobile healthcare firms
A comprehensive report produced by visiongain, an independent business information provider, reveals that the 20 leading companies in the global mobile health (mHealth) market will account for $2.84 billion of annual market revenue.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - December 30, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Business mHealth Source Type: news
CNC Swiss turning capability meets high-tolerance medical component needs
Connecticut Spring & Stamping (CSS) expanded its machining capabilities to include multi-axis computer-numerical-control (CNC) Swiss machining, which particularly suits medical applications such as minimally invasive surgical instruments.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - December 20, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Components Source Type: news
