Steps to Jumpstart Your UDI Program
The recent observation is that many companies--especially those without class III devices--are in a “wait and see” mode, or at best, have delivered an informal communication to the obvious UDI stakeholders and had a loose planning session or two.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - August 25, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Materials Design-Engineering compliance UDI Source Type: news
A New Wave of Medical Devices
Mohan Ponnudurai, Industry Solution Director at Sparta Systems
Wearables are now emerging as medical devices, with examples like Google's smart contact lenses and Apple's iWatch.
Wearable devices are moving from the general “workout” aid area into a completely new area of health and physical therapy use...
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - August 25, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Electronics mHealth Source Type: news
Turning to Copper to Fight Hospital Infections
Joyce Laird
Can one of the oldest solutions be the new answer for HAIs today?
Harold Michels, advisor to the president of the Copper Development Association (CDA), discusses his goal to eliminate Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) by replacing much of the hospital, clinical and medical facilities hardware with copper-based alloys.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - August 22, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Materials Source Type: news
A Man With a Mission: Wipe out HAIs
Joyce Laird
Can one of the oldest solutions be the new answer today?
Harold Michels Advisor to the President of the Copper Development Association (CDA) discusses his goal to eliminate Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) by replacing much of the hospital, clinical and medical facilities hardware with copper based alloys.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - August 22, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Materials Source Type: news
Mechanical Force Factors Into T-Cell Signaling
Sarah Mangiola
New research sheds light on why T-cells signal other immune cells to fight threats to the body.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - August 21, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Design-Engineering News Source Type: news
Electronic Patch Wirelessly Monitors Patient’s Vitals
Sarah Mangiola
Fitted with the SensiumVitals System, the patch enables continuous monitoring while allowing the patient to walk around freely.
Fitted with the SensiumVitals System, the patch enables continuous monitoring while allowing the patient to walk around freely.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - August 20, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Cardiovascular Electronics Source Type: news
Brain Analysis System Approved by the FDA
Sarah Mangiola
The FDA has approved EIMindA’s Brain Network Activity (BNA) Analysis System, which will allow physicians to compare a patient’s functional brain network activity to a healthy brain.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - August 5, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Electronics Neurotechnology Source Type: news
New Wearable Device Can Improve ALS Quality of Life
Sarah Mangiola
ALS patients could soon have more independence with wearable device and software connecting to the brain.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - August 5, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Electronics Prototyping mHealth Source Type: news
Using Oscilloscopes for microVolt Biomedical Measurements
Measuring electrical phenomena presents a number of challenges to biomedical signal measurement systems. The tiny, microVolt-level electrical pulses that signal a firing neuron or a muscle response, are often obscured by high-amplitude noise or accompanied by significant DC potentials. Quite often, the signal of interest is a small transient pulse that either occurs intermittently, or only once.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - July 31, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Design-Engineering Source Type: news
Software Monetization and IP Protection in the Medical Device Industry
Omkar Munipalle, SafeNet Inc.
The two important drivers of change within the medical device industry are how manufacturers monetize their technology and how they secure their devices through the software controlling them.
The medical device industry is going through a very interesting and comprehensive transformation that spans across technology, governance, policy, innovation and business models. Despite these changes, some of the core challenges within this industry, such as compliance, profitability, and security, remain important.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - July 31, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Design-Engineering Source Type: news
Cybersecurity Services Help Medical Devices Meet FDA Standards
Sarah Mangiola
TÜV Rheinland now offers a thorough security consulting program to prevent medical device manufacturers from a variety of threats and vulnerabilities.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - July 31, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Business Electronics Source Type: news
Finding the Right Fit for Effective Design Partnerships
One of the most powerful combinations in business is a partnership between a product manufacturer and an outside product design firm. It’s an opportunity for two complementary organizations to work through a complex process – with a huge number of variables – and produce something much greater than either could produce on its own.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - July 29, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Design-Engineering Source Type: news
Students at UWM Create Innovative Medical Devices
Sarah Mangiola
Undergraduate students are creating innovative technology with hopes of being funded by industry leaders.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - July 28, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Electronics mHealth Source Type: news
Taking Two Paths to Medical Device R&D
When bringing a new medical device to fruition, companies can seek out partnerships in the industry or keep the project in-house.
Imec started out in the semiconductor area and still works with all major players in the electronics field. The health care space is unique because solutions require more than a next best chip design. What imec provides to a medical system and device designer is to use its vast knowledge of things like circuit design, complex integration, and novel types of sensors, in combination with their other specialties such as fluidics and biocompatibility.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - July 24, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Design-Engineering Source Type: news
Novartis Licenses Google Smart Lenses
Richard Gawel
Alcon, the eye care division of Novartis, will license Google’s “smart lens” technology for all ocular medical uses.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - July 22, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Electronics Source Type: news
