R&D & Design
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2018.08.07
CompactCath releases new discreet catheters
A new, discreet and compact catheter has been released to help improve the lives of people with bladder conditions.
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2018.08.03
Non-radioactive device hopes to improve treatment for breast cancer patients
Non-radioactive device hopes to improve treatment for breast cancer patients.
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2018.08.01
Brain cancer stem cells manipulated on a ‘lab on chip’ for first time
Whilst the completion of the project’s first stage is a great success, the researchers state that tre
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2018.07.13
Your Design Validation Questions, Answered
An expert from Boston Scientific shares insights to help you understand your users and answers questions from industry peers on design validation.
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2018.07.12
Smart Bandage to Enhance Wound Healing
A team of engineers from Tufts University in the US have developed a prototype bandage to monitor the condition of chronic wounds and deliver the right therapy to enhance healing.
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2018.06.13
Implantable Device Delivers Drugs Straight To The Heart
An international team of researchers, led by Harvard University, have developed a refillable, implantable device, which sits directly on the heart and can deliver drugs and other therapies to treat the aftereffects of a heart attack.
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2018.06.05
Can a Pillow Be a Medical Device?
The MedCline pillow is designed to relieve nighttime reflux.
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2018.05.24
How a New Sensor Can Help You Make a Baby
EarlySense debuted a contact-free fertility and period tracker based on its under-the-mattress health monitoring platform.
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2018.01.16
The Human Experience: How Patients Inspire Innovation and Why Medtech Should Listen
Rather than look at patient-inspired innovation as a problem or an expensive change, the medtech industry can see the shift as an opportunity to help people live healthier lives.
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2017.07.26
Human Factors for Home Use Medical Devices—the Home Is Not the Same as the Hospital
Here are the human factors issues to consider when designing devices for home use versus designing for medical facilities.
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