The Growing Connectivity Dimensions in Medical Technology
Artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), remote treatments, smart wearables, robotic mobility, and automation. Next to the ongoing evolution of evermore precise images and real-time videos, as well as evermore mobile and compact machines, the recent communication megatrends shift medical technology into the next level of healthcare digitalization.
Managing Miniaturization: Thermal Protection Is Critical at Any Size
Medical devices have been around for centuries. Egyptians designed bronze scalpels and lancets almost 5,000 years ago, but today, pacemakers, artificial joints, and 3D-printed implants are the norm, and far more compact and complex.
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.
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.
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.
Using 3D printing for drug delivery innovation
Medicine is advancing faster than ever before. In 2024, scientists made significant progress and breakthrough discoveries across disciplines from beginning the world’s first routine childhood immunisation campaign against malaria to clinically testing an affordable, copycat version of insulin.
Equipment aesthetics: the companies improving mobility aid design
Assistive devices prioritise function over form, but some users have criticised their lack of aesthetic appeal.
Realizing Innovation in Medical Equipment Manufacturing Through Strategic Product Planning
Strategic product planning forms the backbone of patient care and operational efficiency.
