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.
Getinge Purchases Healthmark Industries for $320 Million
The acquisition aims to bolster Getinge’s U.S. sterile reprocessing business.
Study: SLSC Photoacoustic Imaging to Reduce Skin Tone Bias
Traditional PA imaging struggles to read dark skin tones. A recent study says short-lag spatial coherence beamforming could help.
Medical researchers tackle immune rejection of biomedical implants
To learn more about what causes the body to reject biomedical implants, a team at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson identified a protein that appears to help drive this response, and hopes their discoveries will improve the design and safety of biomedical implants.
How to Build Better Medical Microelectronics
Could integrated computing power and microelectronic building blocks help you deliver next-gen implantable sensors, wearable devices, or portable instruments?
Emerging Ophthalmic Devices Capitalize on the KISS Method
Two device company executives have stepped away from the path of smart technology, instead offering new capabilities in a simple, yet groundbreaking way.
3D-Printed Robotic Skin Is Ready for Multiple Applications
B9Creations and researchers have created robot skin with abilities beyond human skin.
Non-invasive tissue oxygen imaging system for improved medical diagnosis and treatment
Researchers from the the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new spectral imaging device called the Tissue Oxygen Imaging System (TOX).