New Technology
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2024.07.25
3D printing tips for new functionality and maximum reimbursement with orthotics and prosthetics
Nine tips for improvements in patient outcomes, function and materials when 3D printing O&P devices.
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2024.07.22
Advancements in Digital Biomarkers & Medical Diagnostics
The quickly evolving capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) will continue to dramatically impact all facets of the healthcare industry for the foreseeable future. At the root of the seemingly limitless potential to improve patient care is the field of diagnostics, where advancements in medtech devices and biomarkers are propelling earlier diagnoses into more comprehensive care planning for patients and more favorable prognoses.
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2024.07.16
‘Smart Skin’ Monitors Biological Signals on Demand
Penn State researchers recently developed an adhesive sensing device that seamlessly attaches to human skin to detect and monitor the wearer’s health. The writable sensors can be removed with tape, allowing new sensors to be patterned onto the device.
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2024.07.09
Smart Implant Holds Promise for the Blind
The vision implant created in this study can be described as a thread with many electrodes placed in a row, one after the other. In the long term you would need several threads with thousands of electrodes connected to each one, and the results of this study are a key step towards such an implant.
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2024.07.08
Self-Powered Sensor Could Make MRIs More Efficient
MRI scans are commonly used to diagnose a variety of conditions, anything from liver disease to brain tumors. But, as anyone who has been through one knows, patients must remain completely still to avoid blurring the images and requiring a new scan. A prototype device described in ACS Sensors could change that. The self-powered sensor detects movement and shuts down an MRI scan in real time, improving the process for patients and technicians.
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2024.07.05
Targeted Drug Delivery: Nanomedicine Paves the Way for Treatments
In a study published in Advanced Materials, researchers Pietro Veglianese, Valeria Veneruso and Emilia Petillo from Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS in collaboration with Filippo Rossi of the Politecnico di Milano have demonstrated that an innovative nanovector (nanogel), which they developed, is able to deliver anti-inflammatory drugs in a targeted manner into glial cells actively involved in the evolution of spinal cord injury, a condition that leads to paraplegia or quadriplegia.
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2024.07.04
Advanced Thermal Solutions in OEM Medical Device Design
The move to advanced heater solutions is motivated by the demand for medical devices that are not only compact and energy-efficient but also reliable and consistent in operation.
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2024.06.28
Advancing Medtech Requires Advanced Battery Technology to Match
As medical devices in today’s modern medicine continue to advance, they require power supplies that allow them to perform an ever-widening roles.
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2024.06.27
Patented Laser Welding Process Enables Closed-Loop Medical Device Recycling and Reduced Waste
Taken together, health and medical devices constitute a substantial waste stream and pose costly disposal challenges for manufacturers, health providers and consumers. Many of these devices are powered and contain valuable components that can be recovered and reused, such as batteries, specialized circuitry and logic, precious metals, plastics and more. Today, however, few such devices are subject to recovery, reuse or recycling.
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2024.06.24
Mini Implantable Sensor Monitors Health
To ensure the technology’s future applicability, a significant portion of the project focuses on evaluating the developed prototype’s performance through specific lab tests, with careful consideration given to biocompatibility assessments and other medical aspects.
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