Designing Medical Devices for the Human Touch
Human factors engineering is a critical piece of medical device development that improves user experience and is required for regulatory clearance.
Advanced Thermal Solutions in OEM Medical Device Design
Medical Device Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) are increasingly seeking sophisticated thermal solutions to improve medical device performance. How does the transition from traditional heaters to advanced, layered heater technologies impacts device design?
How the Shockwave Reducer implant is designed to treat refractory angina
After buying the Neovasc Reducer, Shockwave plans another attempt at FDA approval — and to explain how the implant treats refractory angina.
High-Speed Microscale 3D Printing
3D printed microscopic particles — so small that to the naked eye they look like dust — have applications in drug and vaccine delivery, microelectronics, microfluidics, and abrasives for intricate manufacturing. However, the need for precise coordination between light delivery, stage movement, and resin properties makes scalable fabrication of such custom microscale particles challenging. Now, researchers at Stanford University have introduced a more efficient processing technique that can print up to 1 million highly detailed and customizable microscale particles a day.
Innovative Iteration for Medical Device Design
Paragon Medical’s collaborative development approach fr […]
Part 2: Designing Piezo Handpieces for Ultrasonic Surgery
Ultrasonic handpieces are being used with growing frequency in medical applications, for example, with minimally invasive surgical procedures and in dentistry. These instruments, which include ultrasonic scalpels, phaco handpieces, and scalers, use acoustic waves to facilitate the processing of hard or soft tissue. Part 1 of this article, which ran in March 2023, looked at the general structure, design variants, and system design of ultrasonic medical handpieces. Part 2 now reviews driver design, special applications, drive electronics, and failure mechanisms.
Industry Voices: Is Micro-3D Printing the Future for Tiny Parts?
At a Glance 3D printing may be the future for micro par […]
Unlocking Innovation in Small-Scale Fluid Control
Pump systems are ubiquitous in medical and life science products, from blood pressure monitors and drug-delivery devices, to pipettors and diagnostic instruments.
Advancing Medical Device Sustainability with Specialty Thermoplastics
By choosing specialty thermoplastics, device manufacturers can help reduce the environmental impact of their products while gaining plastic’s well-known benefits of expanded design freedom and streamlined, high-volume production of parts compared to metal alternatives.
How alcohol could make renal denervation for hypertension faster and simpler
Ablative Solutions is developing the Peregrine renal denervation (RDN) system to treat hypertension. The company hopes to follow Recor Medical and Medtronic in winning FDA approval for the system.
