Videos
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Diagnostics
Detection Kit Predicts Child's Risk of Type 1 Diabetes
Breakthrough lab-on-a-chip technology offers hope for early diagnosis.RMIT University
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Diagnostics | Materials
Fluorescent Patch Boosts Brightness in Diagnostic Tests
Metal nanostructures increase the fluorescence intensity by 100 times in these diagnostic tests.Washington University in St. Louis
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Diagnostics
Swallowed Sensor Sends Signal if You’re Sick
The capsule carries genetically engineered bacteria that sense specific substances in the gut.Newswise
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Patient Monitoring
FDA OKs Medtronic's 'Artificial Pancreas' for Children Ages 7-13
The pediatric indication expands access to the hybrid closed loop system to type 1 diabetes patients 7 and older.Medtronic
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Diagnostics
Simple Blood Test Can Determine Risk of Premature Birth
Measuring RNA fragments in a pregnant woman’s blood gives a reliable estimate of the baby’s due date.Erin Digitale, Pediatrics Science Writer, Stanford Medicine
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3D/Additive Manufacturing | Surgical
Fake Kidneys Guide the Way for 'Impossible' Cancer Surgery
Surgeons created five replicas (which bleed like real organs) and conducted full rehearsals in the operating room.University of Rochester Medical Center
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Electronics | Neurological | Surgical
Wireless System Can Power and Communicate with Tiny Devices Inside the Body
New technology could enable remote control of drug delivery, sensing, and other medical applications.Anne Trafton, MIT News Office
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Diagnostics | Neurological
FDA Clears Neural Analytics' Robotic Ultrasound System
Enables clinicians to non-invasively evaluate brain blood flow characteristics to manage patients with neurological disease.Business Wire
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Forefront Medical Technology Overview
Learn more about Forefront Medical Technology’s product design and contract manufacturing solutions for medical products in the disposable, diagnostic and drug delivery markets. Forefront’s broad range of capabilities and expertise reduce…Released by: Forefront Medical Technology
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Surgical
RIOCATH, A Revolutionary Type of Catheter Inspired by a Snail's Eye
The RIOCATH (Reversal Inside-Out CATHeterization) design greatly reduces the risk of introducing infection into the body.IOCB Prague
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Diagnostics | Electronics
Ingestible 'Bacteria on a Chip' Could Help Diagnose GI Disease
Ultra-low-power sensors carrying genetically engineered bacteria can detect gastric bleeding.Anne Trafton, MIT News Office
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3D/Additive Manufacturing
3D Printed Sugar Scaffolds: A Sweet Solution for Tissue Engineering & Device Manufacturing
Produces a delicate network of thin ribbons of hardened isomalt, the type of sugar-alcohol used to make throat lozenges.Liz Ahlberg Touchstone, Biomedical Sciences Editor, Illinois News Bureau
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Diagnostics
New Portable Malaria Screening Instrument Developed
Diagnostic method exploits magnetic properties of parasite byproduct to detect all strains in low-resource environments.University of Southern California
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Neurological | Surgical
A Robotically Controlled Digital Microscope for the OR
Features a robotic arm with a high-definition camera that projects digital images of neuroanatomy on larger monitors.The Mount Sinai Hospital/Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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Diagnostics | Electronics | Patient Monitoring | Software & IT
Smartphone-Based Wearable System for Home Preeclampsia Testing
A Purdue team is developing a low-cost automated early detection sensor of preeclampsia.Purdue University
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Diagnostics
Modular Blocks Could Enable 'Plug and Play' Diagnostic Devices
Modular blocks could allow labs around the world to cheaply and easily build their own diagnostics.Anne Trafton, MIT News Office
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3D/Additive Manufacturing | Neurological | Surgical
MedTech Memoirs: Artificial Limbs
Associate editor Sam Brusco discusses the fascinating and somewhat gruesome history of artificial limbs.Sam Brusco, Associate Editor
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3D/Additive Manufacturing
3D Printed Dentures Could 'Bite Back' at Fungal Infection
Antifungal application may be invaluable for those susceptible to infection like elderly, hospitalized, or disabled patients.University at Buffalo
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Cardiovascular | Electronics
Students Demonstrate Ideas for Next-Gen Wireless Pacemakers
Pacemaker would place a network of chips the size of a grain of rice in various places inside the heart.Mike Williams, Rice University
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Diagnostics | Electronics
Wisdom Tooth: Electronic Sensor Checks Saliva to Screen for Disease
Research team is developing biological sensors that would analyze saliva and send information electronically to doctors.Washington University in St. Louis
