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Section: Industries > Medical Devices
Medical Device/Packaging
New Blood Test Predicts Preemie Births
A team at Stanford has developed a blood test capable of determining if a pregnancy will end in a premature birth, and it’s 75-80% accurate.
June 12, 2018
Ultrasound / Image: WIkipedia
Medical Device/Packaging
FDA Approves First Prosthetic Iris
The FDA has approved the first stand-alone prosthetic iris that could improve the vision and appearance of damaged eyes.
June 7, 2018
Artificial Iris / Image: HumanOptics
Medical Device/Packaging
Dolphin Echolocation Could Revolutionize Medical Ultrasounds
Scientists in Sweden are studying how dolphins orient themselves underwater in order to improve medical imaging.
June 6, 2018
Dolphins / Image: Starkhammar
Medical Device/Packaging
Need New Corneas? Just Hit ‘Print’!
Scientists at Newcastle University have developed a way to 3D print human corneas for the first time.
June 5, 2018
3D Printed Cornea / Image: Newcastle
Medical Device/Packaging
New Mobile Device Uses Breath to Monitor Opioid Adherence
nGageIT’s NanoSmart determines medication adherence with a biosensor that tests the patient’s breath.
May 31, 2018
Mobile Device Breathalyzer / Image: nGageIT
Medical Device/Packaging
New Neural Implant Replaces Brain Drilling
Researchers have developed a jelly-like implant that can eliminate the brain damage associated with electrode insertion.
May 30, 2018
Neural Implant / Image: Alzheimer's News
Medical Device/Packaging
Innovative Healthcare Packs Win 2018 IoPP AmeriStar Awards
Two medical device packages were among those to win the Institute of Packaging Professionals' AmeriStar Awards.
May 29, 2018
With a pull-shelf carton and chamfered design, the Euphora package allows for easy removal from shelving through a new fold-over lip glued in place at the opening section of the shelf carton to provide a smooth user-facing carton edge
Medical Device/Packaging
Well, Now Robots Have Self-Healing Skin Too
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have developed a stretchable electronic material that spontaneously repairs itself.
May 28, 2018
New material powers clock despite mechanical damage. / Image: Nature Materials
Medical Device/Packaging
100,000 Women Sue Over Gynecological Mesh
A surgical device that’s implanted in more than two million American women causes extreme pain and injury, leading to thousands of lawsuits.
May 21, 2018
Gynecological Mesh / Image: CBS
Medical Device/Packaging
Vanderbilt is Developing an MRI Helmet
Biomedical engineers at Vanderbilt University are working on a helmet that would allow for real-time imaging of the brain.
May 16, 2018
MRI Helmet / Image: Daniel Dubois
Medical Device/Packaging
Painless Blood Collection with Exploding Needles
Google’s medical sister company Verily is developing a device that uses exploding needles and magnets to collect blood.
May 15, 2018
Verily
Medical Device/Packaging
#1: Teen Invents Cancer-Detecting Bra
Quick Hits Greatest Hits: Counting down the best stories from the last 100 weeks. May 18, 2017: An 18-year-old has created a bra containing biosensors capable of spotting early signs of breast cancer.
May 11, 2018
Rios and his cancer-detecting bra. / Image: Higia
Medical Device/Packaging
FDA Reclassifies Sharps Needle Destruction Device
Agency believes final order will decrease regulatory burden on manufacturers as they will no longer be required to submit a premarket approval application (PMA), but can instead submit a less-burdensome premarket notification (510(k)) before marketing this type of device
May 3, 2018
Agency believes final order will decrease regulatory burden on manufacturers as they will no longer be required to submit a premarket approval application (PMA), but can instead submit a less-burdensome premarket notification (510(k)) before marketing this type of device. Shown here is a sharps collection container, not a needle destruction device.
Medical Device/Packaging
New 3D-Printed Dentures Deliver Drugs
Researchers have developed dentures filled microscopic capsules that release antifungal medication to fight infection.
May 2, 2018
3-D Printed Dentures Deliver Drugs / Image: Douglas Levere/U. Buffalo)
Medical Device/Packaging
FDA Approves Transition Contact Lenses
After 10 year of development, the FDA has approved Johnson & Johnson’s contact lenses that darken in sunlight.
April 26, 2018
Transition Contact Lenses
Medical Device/Packaging
Approved: Catheters Coated With Bacteria Resistant Material
A team at the Schools of Pharmacy and Life Sciences discovered bacteria resistant materials in 2012 that now has a practical application.
April 20, 2018
Catheters / Image: Evidently Cochrane
Medical Device/Packaging
FDA Modernizes Approach to Medical Device Safety and Innovation
New action plan focuses on five key areas, including timely postmarket mitigations, cybersecurity and taking a Total Product Life Cycle approach to device safety.
April 18, 2018
New action plan focuses on five key areas, including timely postmarket mitigations, cybersecurity and taking a Total Product Life Cycle approach to device safety.
Medical Device/Packaging
Adhesive Patch Could Eliminate Need for Finger-Prick Testing
At the University of Bath in the UK, scientists have created a non-invasive, adhesive patch that could potentially eliminate the need for diabetics to conduct finger-prick testing to measure blood glucose levels.
April 18, 2018
Specifically, scientists have developed a non-invasive adhesive patch that does not pierce the skin, drawing glucose out from fluid between cells across hair follicles, which are individually accessed via an array of miniature sensors using a small, safe and painless electric current. (Source: University of Bath)
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