Materials
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Electronics | Materials | R&D & Design
How to Choose Fasteners for Your Medical Device
How designers can get the most out of their fasteners to create an affordable, repeatable, and safe medical device.Online Exclusives Nigel Syrotuck, Mechanical Engineer, StarFish Medical 08.29.18
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Materials | Surgical
A New Generation of Artificial Retinas Based on 2D Materials
Few-layer graphene and molybdenum disulfide were used to successfully fabricate an artificial retina.American Chemical Society 08.20.18
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Materials | Packaging & Sterilization
Bacteria-Fighting Polymers Created with Light
Synthetic reproductions of antimicrobial peptides can be used for disease treatment, food, and cosmetics.University of Warwick 08.14.18
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Materials | Surgical
Biocompatible, Bioresorbable Polymeric Material Could Repair Damaged Organs and Tissue
The polymer matrix is implanted into damaged liver tissue, bones, or vessels, saturated with the cells of these organs.Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University 08.07.18
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Materials
View from the Top
A Q&A with Polyzen’s Tilak Shah on his almost 50-year career in materials and medtech.Bill Ellerkamp, Contributing Writer 07.26.18
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Diagnostics | Materials | Patient Monitoring
Nanotube Biosensors for Implantable Sensing
The biosensors were made using synthetic biology, which improves their sensing capabilities in complex biofluids.Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) 07.24.18
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Materials
High-Tech Dentures: Fighting Bacteria with Nanotechnology
Nanostructured surface to accelerate wound healing after implantation and better protect against the attack of bacteria.Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 07.16.18
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Diagnostics | Materials | Neurological
Nanoparticles Could Help to Detect Alzheimer’s Through MRI
Could pave the way for new studies to develop methods of early and non-invasive diagnosis of this neurodegenerative disease.Universidad Politecnica de Madrid 07.12.18
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Diagnostics | Electronics | Materials | Patient Monitoring | Software & IT
Metamaterial Technologies Acquires Mediwise
Mediwise is a medical research and development company that develops wireless devices in medical diagnostics and monitoring.PR Newswire 07.11.18
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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.Videos Washington University in St. Louis
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Diagnostics | Electronics | Materials
German Scientists Print Potential Diagnostic Sensors on Gummi Candy
Printing microelectrode arrays on gelatin and other soft materials could pave the way for new medical diagnostics tools.Technical University of Munich 06.21.18
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Diagnostics | Materials | Patient Monitoring
Diabetes Management and the Role of Adhesives
Diabetes management has come a long way over the past few decades. The disease that used to require patients to visit their doctor’s office on a weekly basis for glucose readings can now be continuously monitored on-the-go in the office or at h…Del R. Lawson, Ph.D., R&D manager, Critical and Chronic Care Solutions Division, 3M 06.04.18
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Machining & Laser Processing | Materials | Molding
Cadence Completes Major Expansion for New PEEK Machining and Molding Capabilities
The use of PEEK components continues to rise in implantable medical devices.Cadence Inc. 05.30.18
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3D/Additive Manufacturing | Materials
Researchers Create First Ever 3D-Printed Human Corneas
With a simple low-cost 3D bioprinter, bio-ink was successfully extruded in concentric circles to form the human cornea shape.Newcastle University 05.30.18
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Cardiovascular | Materials
MIT Engineers Design Color-Changing Compression Bandage
Bandage is threaded with photonic fibers that change color to signal pressure level.Massachusetts Institute of Technology 05.30.18
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Cardiovascular | Materials | Surgical
Origami Inspires New Biomaterial for Tissue Regeneration
Could someday be used to repair, replace or regenerate skin, bone, cartilage, heart valves, heart muscle, and blood vessels.University of Massachusetts Lowell 05.25.18
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Materials
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Cardiovascular | Materials
Injectable Hydrogel Bandage Targets Fatal Internal Bleeding
Self-administered hydrogel designed to stem fatal blood loss, activate wound healing process.National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering 05.23.18
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Materials | Neurological
Biomaterial Could Help Regrow Brain Tissue After Stroke
Gel suppresses scarring, creates scaffolding for new neurons and blood vessels.Leigh Hopper, University of California - Los Angeles 05.22.18
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Diagnostics | Materials | Patient Monitoring
Diamond 'Spin-Off' Tech Could Lead to Low-Cost Medical Imaging
Tiny defects in diamonds could pave the way for enhanced biological imaging and drug studies.DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 05.21.18
