Category: Medical

July 26, 2024

“Microbes have the potential to be developed as biological sensors that can collect vital information about the environments they naturally inhabit,” said Draper biotechnologist Chris Vaiana. “Our goal is to support DARPA in mapping the modular design of microbe-based sensors, […]

July 16, 2024

Ensuring the highest standards of quality is paramount in medical device manufacturing. No matter the healthcare specialty or the size and complexity of the project, operational excellence plays a pivotal role in achieving and maintaining superior quality across all stages […]

July 3, 2024

To make the electronic fibre, a long thin flexible PCB is helically wound along, and bonded to, the elastomer core, with its components facing inwards. “The basic idea has been around for centuries – it’s the same concept as taking […]

July 2, 2024

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cracked down on imports of plastic syringes from China as the agency has raised concerns about quality issues. In November, the FDA said it was evaluating the potential for syringes to suffer problems such as […]

June 19, 2024

Nano Dimension Ltd., a leading supplier of additively manufactured electronics (AME) and multi-dimensional polymer, metal & ceramic additive manufacturing (AM) 3D printing solutions, has partnered with leading research centers in Canada and France on a breakthrough project using its precise […]

June 18, 2024

“They are considered to be the next generation of medical ultrasound sensors,” according to Fraunhofer. “The low-cost mass production of CMUTs makes them widely available. Their advantages, such as miniaturisation with a high number of channels, high bandwidth and sensitivity, […]

May 20, 2024

Resolution is sufficient to discriminate between lymphocytes and monocytes, “rivaling the performance of commercial cytometers”, said Imec scientific director Niels Verellen. It is a flow cytometer and is based on the scattering of a laser beam though a sample. The […]

May 15, 2024

MRI machines use liquid helium to cool their superconducting magnets. Seeking to minimize the use of helium, a nonrenewable element prone to supply disruptions, Siemens spent years working to design a magnet that uses its own refrigerator to stay cool. […]

April 29, 2024

Critics argue that the FDA’s plan to increase oversight of LDTs would slow development of cutting-edge diagnostics. Under the new rule, most LDTs would be regulated as medical devices, subject to pre-market review as other in vitro diagnostics are now, […]

February 26, 2024

Last week, Medtronic said it would shut down its ventilator product lines and reorganize the remaining patient monitoring and respiratory interventions businesses into a new unit, called Acute Care and Monitoring. The decision reverses a planned spin-off of the businesses […]

February 14, 2024

The HoC promises to replace animal testing, shorten drug development timelines and reduce costs. It mimics the interactions of cells within the heart on a small chip and is part of the larger organ-on-a-chip (OoC) suite. The actual design of […]

February 7, 2024

ABB Robotics and METTLER TOLEDO, a global supplier of precision instruments and services, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to offer an innovative solution that seamlessly integrates ABB’s robots with LabX, METTLER TOLEDO’s laboratory instrument management software. The combined […]

January 31, 2024

The medical device industry is set up for an eventful year after weathering numerous challenges for the past four years due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other macroeconomic factors. Last year, device companies found some stability as those pressures eased, […]

November 17, 2023

Section 506J of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act requires manufacturers of certain devices to tell the FDA in advance if they are permanently ending production of the product or face an interruption that is likely to meaningfully impact […]

November 10, 2023

Acutus developed mapping technology to try to reduce the rate of atrial fibrillation recurrence after patients undergo ablation. The company pitched its non-contact approach to mapping as a better fit for atrial fibrillation and other complex or unstable arrhythmias, but […]

November 2, 2023

The guidance, first issued in May 2020, was supposed to expire at the end of the public health emergency. The policy allowed for any required production process changes, like social distancing, or manufacturing changes due to supply chain shortages, which […]

October 10, 2023

Innovation drives growth in the biotech and pharmaceutical space. According to The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the U.S. biopharmaceutical sector directly supports more than 900,000 jobs across the economy. Manufacturing employs more than 330,000 high-wage workers in […]

September 1, 2023

Beta Bionics raised a $57 million series C financing round early last year. That financing, which was co-led by a syndicate of venture capital funds with an assist from strategic partner Novo Nordisk, equipped the company to develop iLet, file […]

August 9, 2023

Musk has made big claims since founding Neuralink in 2016, pitching its technology as both a treatment of conditions such as blindness, and a way to augment humans to compete against artificial intelligence. To start testing if those claims hold […]

July 27, 2023

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., a leading generic pharmaceutical company, (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) announced today that it is working with Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) to help reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions at its Debrecen, Hungary, manufacturing facility. Teva will leverage […]