The Struggle Is Real: Managing Medical Device Risk
A recent Greenlight Guru survey found that 42% of medical device professionals worry about product risk outside of their work day. Here are some other troubling findings in the report……
New Honeycomb Plastics Can Sense When They Have Been Damaged
Engineers have developed plastic-based honeycomb structures that could find use in new forms of smart prosthetics and medical implants……
IMA Automation | Your preferred partner for Medical Device Assembly
IMA Automation is the IMA Group division composed of leading companies in the assembly industry, which designs and manufactures advanced technology lines for assembling parts in different application fields……
Effective Manufacturing Test Strategies to Improve the Quality of Connected Medical Devices
Adding wireless connectivity to medical devices brings convenience to patients, and can facilitate more effective healthcare delivery and lower healthcare costs. Its success depends on the ability of manufacturers to produce reliable, connected products that do not fail prematurely in the field……
Dirty Bronchoscopes are a Bigger Problem Than Ever
FDA received 867 reports related to infections or device contamination associated with reusable flexible bronchoscopes between July 2015 and January 2021. The agency just updated its guidance for reprocessing these difficult-to-clean devices……
Farapulse Could Give Boston Scientific a Competitive Edge in Fast-Growing EP Market
Boston Scientific has exerted its right to acquire the remaining shares of Farapulse, a company that has developed a pulsed field ablation system for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias……
Recording the Brain at Work with Thousands of Sensors
The next-generation Neuropixels 2.0 probe can record from more than 5,000 sites in the brain, while minimizing tissue damage……
New Light Technique Could Change Imaging
Researchers have developed a new way to control light that has been scrambled by passage through a single hair-thin strand of optical fibers……
An Ingredient List for Your Medical Device?
FDA seeks feedback on medical device content labeling……
6 Ways Surgical Hand Tool Size Can Be Reduced. Will Performance Suffer?
Surgical hand tools are growing in popularity. But will the technology keep up?……
