R&D & Design
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2022.10.09
Behind the Design: How Dexcom Built a Better CGM
Dexcom’s design experts reveal how their team conquered common user pain points in the making of the company’s G7 glucose monitoring (CGM) device……
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2022.09.28
MIT engineers fabricate chip-free, wireless e-skin
MIT engineers have developed a new wireless, wearable sensor without semiconductors or batteries in what they say is a first step toward chip-free wireless sensors……
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2022.09.22
Integrating Point of Care to Future Proof our Community Health System
Ensuring diagnostic equity—not just in hospitals, but also pharmacies, schools and more……
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2022.09.20
Chip-Free Electronic ‘Skin’ Acts as Wearable Sensing System
The gallium nitride-based thin-film technology provides its own power as well as wireless transmission of data……
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2022.09.16
Could a Biomaterial Hydrogel One Day Treat Spinal Cord Injuries?
Early research suggests an anisotropic gel treatment has the potential to regrow nerves……
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2022.09.08
On the Rise: Wearable Injector Systems
The drug-delivery industry is rapidly changing, with innovation often outpacing manufacturers’ ability to produce and release new products……
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2022.09.01
Ink coating could enable devices powered by heat
Researchers at KTH report that they are closing in on a way to replace batteries for wearables and low-power applications in the internet of things (IoT)……
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2022.08.24
New implant design prevents scar tissue without drugs, MIT says
Mechanically inflating and deflating an implantable device for 10 minutes a day prevents immune cells from building the scar tissue that has been a major obstacle for artificial pancreas researchers……
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2022.08.18
New Device May Boost Artificial Pancreas Efforts
MIT researchers built mechanical actuation into a soft robotic device, a design that could be a game changer for artificial pancreas systems……
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2022.08.10
Smart Necklace Can Track Blood Sugar Through Sweat
A sensor fashioned into jewelry can potentially be used as a non-invasive way to measure glucose and other vital signs……
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