From Medical Design & Outsourcing

• CUI releases medical grade dc-dc converter with 2:1 input voltage and extended temperature range
  NEWS RELEASE: CUI Releases Medical Grade DC-DC Converter with 2:1 Input Voltage and Extended Temperature Range Tualatin, OR. [September 27, 2023] CUI Inc, a Bel group company, today announced the release of its PTP15 Series—a 15 W, 5 Pin DIP isolated dc-dc converter, specialized for medical instrumentation and home medical supplies. Offering 4000 Vac isolation… […]
• Surface Solutions Group introduces sustainable, compliant GlideMed medical device coating
  NEWS RELEASE: Surface Solutions Group to Introduce Sustainable, Compliant GlideMed™ Medical Device Coating at MD&M Minneapolis CHICAGO, September 26, 2023 – ISO 13485 certified Surface Solutions Group, LLC (SSG), a leading provider of coating technologies for the medical device industry, today announced that it will be showcasing its GlideMed™ sustainable, compliant coating along with its… […]
• RWE tips from Boston Scientific Peripheral Interventions CMO Dr. Michael Jaff
  Real-world evidence (RWE) is a transformational concept for medical device design and engineering, says Dr. Michael Jaff, the chief medical officer and VP of the Boston Scientific Peripheral Interventions business. “Every really great technological advancement in the vascular space has come from a physician’s recognition that they would like to be able to do something… […]
• Resonant Link and Cirtec partner on implantable medical devices
  Resonant Link and Cirtec Medical have entered into a strategic partnership to serve developers of implantable medical devices. The two medtech suppliers said today that the partnership will combine Resonant Link’s next-generation wireless power technology with Cirtec Medical’s product design, development and manufacturing expertise to “offer medical device makers the best technology, fully integrated components,… […]
• Johnson & Johnson MedTech plans manufacturing facility in Costa Rica
  Johnson & Johnson MedTech will build a 200,000-sf² manufacturing facility in Alajuela, Costa Rica, the medical device developer said today. It’s the largest investment J&J MedTech has ever made outside the U.S., according to Procomer, the agency that promotes Costa Rican exports. J&J MedTech — Johnson & Johnson’s medical device business, which by itself is… […]
• The secret behind Intuitive’s surgical robotics success
  Intuitive Surgical has pioneered robotic surgery since the 1990s, continuously driving innovation and collaboration through data to advance patient care. Teamwork between surgeons and engineers has been a crucial factor behind Intuitive developing effective surgical platforms that solve real-world problems that surgeons face. Multibillion-dollar companies including Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson — and smaller up-and-comers… […]
• 3D-printed ventricles made from fiber-infused gel ink mimic heartbeats
  Researchers have found a way to use fiber-infused ink to 3D-print a functional heart ventricle that mimics the beating of a human heart. The team included researchers from Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. They reported on their new… […]
• Synchron’s plan to beat Neuralink in the neuroprosthetic BCI race
  Competing brain-computer interface (BCI) developers Synchron and Neuralink both announced big news this month as they move their dueling neuroimplant technologies forward. The device developers each have FDA investigational device exemption (IDE) for their experimental BCIs. They’ve also got billionaires backing their R&D and regulatory efforts, with Neuralink owned by Elon Musk and Synchron funded… […]
• How LimFlow’s foot-saving system prevents amputations in patients with no other options
  LimFlow’s breakthrough system for treating chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) is the first of its kind approved by the FDA for this severe form of peripheral artery disease (PAD). For CLTI patients who have lost blood flow below their knee and have no other suitable endovascular or surgical treatment options available, the LimFlow System for Transcatheter… […]
• Device strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections
  Device design, sterilization before use and proper cleaning of reusable equipment can prevent infections and save lives. By Ted Eveleth, AvantGuard Nosocomial infections, also commonly known as healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), are a multibillion-dollar problem and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality around the world. On any given day, about 1 in 31 hospital patients… […]
• MGS breaks ground on innovation and tech center
  MGS has started construction of its new innovation center at its headquarters campus in Germantown, Wisconsin. The medtech contract manufacturer said the 120,000 ft² facility is scheduled to open by the end of 2024. The MGS expansion will have collaborative workspaces dedicated to ideation and product development, tooling development, automation, and part and process validation,… […]