Implant Translates Brain Activity into Speech
Hundreds of microscopic sensors on an implantable polymer film the size of a postage stamp record brain activity, which is then decoded into words and sounds.
Study Suggests Smart Scalpel Assists in Surgical Skill Assessment
Investigators say their smart scalpel could assess the force users are applying during surgical procedures and quantify how they control the device over time.
Choosing the right adhesive for assembling medical devices
There is no such thing as a perfect adhesive, and choosing an appropriate material requires careful consideration at the design stage. Design engineers can weigh up functionality, processability, and commercial factors to strike a balance between performance and production efficiency.
Your Most Pressing Steerable Catheter Design Questions Answered
The Edwards Lifesciences Pascal Transcatheter Valve Repair System is an example of a structural heart device that leverages a steerable catheter design.
Surmodics Debuts New Hydrophilic Coating Technology
A new hydrophilic coating for medical device applications is said to achieve an enhanced balance of lubricity and coating durability, the latter property resulting in low particulates.
What You Need to Know about UX for Medical Device Design
Digital transformation, long a mission for aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, and food processing, has now become an essential component for medical device designers and developers.
How to Build a Better Surgical Hand Tool
Here’s how engineers can design surgical hand tools that are smaller and quieter, with longer battery life and a few other end-user-requested features.
Reshaping Medical Instrument Manufacturing with New Technology
Medical and surgical instruments are utilized daily to save and improve lives. Because of this, they demand an exact level of accuracy and infallibility in their manufacture.
Is thrombectomy set to become the standard of care for medium vessel occlusions?
With multiple large clinical trials currently underway to assess thrombectomy treatments in patients with medium vessel occlusion (MeVO) stroke, Johanna Ospel (Calgary, Canada) takes a look at the possibility of endovascular therapy (EVT) becoming the standard of care for these cases further down the line.
Hydrogels as a Drug-Delivery Medium
Hydrogels are soft, hydroactive materials that have many applications within healthcare. The medical device industry, in particular, has long used hydrogels as integral components in wound dressings. Hydrogels can be cooling to treat burns, absorptive to manage exudate, and transparent enough to easily monitor wounds.
