No Quartz Needed: The World’s First Crystal-less, Wireless MCU Improves IoT Designs
From blood glucose, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation monitors in the medical sector, to temperature and smoke detectors used in building automation, to e-locks used in building security, wireless microcontrollers (MCU) play a vital role in monitoring and connecting the world around us.

What If a Machine Could Read Your Brain Signals for Pain?
Researchers develop a system that could help with diagnosing and treating pain in unconscious or noncommunicative patients.

Listening to Data’s Story for Impactful Medical Device Development
An industry expert asks ‘what story is data telling you about infusion pumps and other devices?’

8 Advantages of Machining Your Metal Device
Machining metals is one of the best ways to ensure companies remain competitive in manufacturing.

Is Your Contract Manufacturing Strategy Up to Date?
Medtech companies should look for manufacturing partners with robust quality systems, global support, and digital manufacturing capabilities, among other offerings, according to a manufacturing expert.

In Vivo Sensors: More than a Space-Age Fantasy?
It’s easy to envision the roles implantable sensors could perform. But is it too hard to overcome the risks?

Designing Through the Eyes of a Manufacturing Engineer, and Vice Versa
Deepak Sharma, R&D engineer at FlexDex Surgical Inc., addresses the challenges that can arise when design engineers work with manufacturing engineers, and how looking at the process from each other’s perspective can help make for a much smoother product development cycle.

40 Years of Medical Device Implants
A silicone manufacturer reflects on the industry’s changes as the company marks 40 years of innovation.

Five Steps to Creating a Scalable Medical Device Manufacturing Transfer Process
Optimizing an integrated design team for contract manufacturing partnerships.

Fitbit Deal Helps Google Go Wrist-to-Wrist with Apple in Healthcare
Google could get a significant foothold in the wearables market through its $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit. The Apple Watch and Fitbit have been taking deeper dives into healthcare over the past few years.
