Designing Medical Devices with Intelligence
The medical device industry is experiencing rapid advancements in product design and prototyping as a result of new or improved manufacturing technologies. For example, “additive manufacturing has evolved from a novelty to a robust and mature method, enabling designers and product developers to create complex prototypes quickly and efficiently,” said Jim MacDonald, business development manager for Vaupell, a Constantine, Mich.-based contract manufacturer that provides engineering, design, and manufacturing services to the medical device industry.
How to design thermoformed automation trays for high-volume products like CGM sensors and autoinjectors
Thermoformed automation trays — also known as work in process (WIP) trays — provide healthcare and pharmaceutical companies with a critical tool during the manufacturing and distribution cycle.
The Critical Role of Supply Chain Visibility for Post-Market Surveillance
In recent years, medical device regulators have implemented stricter requirements for post market surveillance (PMS), as seen in frameworks like the EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR), the In Vitro Diagnostics Regulation (IVDR), and the UK’s Statutory Instrument (SI) coming into effect on June 16, 2025.
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.