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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.

Videos RMIT University

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

Diagnostics

Swallowed Sensor Sends Signal if You’re Sick

The capsule carries genetically engineered bacteria that sense specific substances in the gut.

Videos Newswise

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.

Videos Medtronic

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.

Videos Erin Digitale, Pediatrics Science Writer, Stanford Medicine

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.

Videos University of Rochester Medical Center

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.

Videos Anne Trafton, MIT News Office

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.

Videos Business Wire

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…

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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.

Videos IOCB Prague

Diagnostics | Electronics

Ingestible 'Bacteria on a Chip' Could Help Diagnose GI Disease

Ultra-low-power sensors carrying genetically engineered bacteria can detect gastric bleeding.

Videos Anne Trafton, MIT News Office

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.

Videos Liz Ahlberg Touchstone, Biomedical Sciences Editor, Illinois News Bureau

Diagnostics

New Portable Malaria Screening Instrument Developed

Diagnostic method exploits magnetic properties of parasite byproduct to detect all strains in low-resource environments.

Videos University of Southern California

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.

Videos The Mount Sinai Hospital/Mount Sinai School of Medicine

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.

Videos Purdue University

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Detection Kit Predicts Child's Risk of Type 1 Diabetes

Detection Kit Predicts Child's Risk of Type 1 Diabetes

Fluorescent Patch Boosts Brightness in Diagnostic Tests

Fluorescent Patch Boosts Brightness in Diagnostic Tests

Swallowed Sensor Sends Signal if You’re Sick

Swallowed Sensor Sends Signal if You’re Sick

FDA OKs Medtronic's 'Artificial Pancreas' for Children Ages 7-13

FDA OKs Medtronic's 'Artificial Pancreas' for Children Ages 7-13

Simple Blood Test Can Determine Risk of Premature Birth

Simple Blood Test Can Determine Risk of Premature Birth

Fake Kidneys Guide the Way for 'Impossible' Cancer Surgery

Fake Kidneys Guide the Way for 'Impossible' Cancer Surgery

Wireless System Can Power and Communicate with Tiny Devices Inside the Body

Wireless System Can Power and Communicate with Tiny Devices Inside the Body

FDA Clears Neural Analytics' Robotic Ultrasound System

FDA Clears Neural Analytics' Robotic Ultrasound System

Forefront Medical Technology Overview

Forefront Medical Technology Overview

RIOCATH, A Revolutionary Type of Catheter Inspired by a Snail's Eye

RIOCATH, A Revolutionary Type of Catheter Inspired by a Snail's Eye

Ingestible 'Bacteria on a Chip' Could Help Diagnose GI Disease

Ingestible 'Bacteria on a Chip' Could Help Diagnose GI Disease

3D Printed Sugar Scaffolds: A Sweet Solution for Tissue Engineering & Device Manufacturing

3D Printed Sugar Scaffolds: A Sweet Solution for Tissue Engineering & Device Manufacturing

New Portable Malaria Screening Instrument Developed

New Portable Malaria Screening Instrument Developed

A Robotically Controlled Digital Microscope for the OR

A Robotically Controlled Digital Microscope for the OR

Smartphone-Based Wearable System for Home Preeclampsia Testing

Smartphone-Based Wearable System for Home Preeclampsia Testing

June 2018