The Future of Smart Implants and the AI Dilemma
Smart implants are not just another advancement in medical technology. They are the next frontier in human health, offering real-time monitoring, adaptive treatments, and a level of personalized medicine that once belonged to science fiction. But the promise of AI-driven implants comes with risks too big to ignore.
Proof of Life: The Rapid Evolution of Biosensors for Fitness, Health, and Wellness
Biosensors are devices that can monitor physiological states, like heart rate or blood pressure, or detect biological parameters such as glucose levels or the presence of specific proteins in the blood.
U.S. Tariffs: Implications and Strategies for Medtech Manufacturers
In a dramatic shift that could reshape the medical device industry, the U.S. government’s sweeping tariff hikes — particularly a 125 percent levy on Chinese goods — have sparked both alarm and opportunity among U.S. medtech manufacturers.
Bioprinting Artificial Organs in Space to Benefit Human Life on Earth
Recent successes in cultivating human heart tissue, knee cartilage, and pharmaceutical crystals in space have relied on technology that was initially developed decades ago with support from NASA.
Is Digital Health Evolving Too Quickly?
Digital health is evolving in leaps and bounds, which could be threatening its success. Digital healthcare faces a significant challenge: it is evolving too rapidly for its target market. Health systems struggle to develop new workflows that effectively integrate these technologies, and trying to force them into legacy processes often adds more problems to an overburdened system.
Drug Delivery Implant Advantages & Design Considerations
An implantable drug delivery system is a surgically implanted medical device designed to deliver a drug in a controlled fashion directly to targeted tissues or organs.
Laser-Made, Ultra-Thin Material Enables Precise, Self-Powered Tracking of Healing Wounds
A major challenge in self-powered wearable sensors for healthcare monitoring is distinguishing different signals when they occur at the same time.
Scalable 3D Printing Technique Produces Stretchable, Flexible Soft Plastics
A team led by Emily Davidson has reported that they used a class of widely available polymers called thermoplastic elastomers to create soft 3D printed structures with tunable stiffness.
Nanocellulose: A Bright Future for Medical Devices?
Nanocellulose is emerging as a transformative material in the medtech sector, offering an exceptional combination of biocompatibility, sustainability, and mechanical versatility. With increasing demand for eco-friendly and non-animal-derived materials, nanocellulose is poised to revolutionize medical device design and manufacturing.
Bring the Beat Back: Examining Pulsed Field Ablation
Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is an irregular, often very rapid heart rhythm. During AFib, the heart’s atria beat out of sync with its ventricles. Because not enough blood is pumped out of the atria, blood pools in the area, which can clot. The condition increases the risk of stroke, heart failure, and other cardiac complications.
