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From Medical Design & Outsourcing

• 5 innovative medical devices designed by students
  The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) just released its list of the 2017 IDEA award-winning designed products. The winners in the medical device category included several interesting devices. But what really caught our eye was the Student Designs category, which featured several noteworthy medical innovations. These devices were interesting because of their focus on […]
• GI Dynamics taps Proven Process as EndoBarrier manufacturer
  GI Dynamics (ASX:GID) said today it inked a contract manufacturing partnership deal with Proven Process Medical Devices. Through the deal, Proven Process will manufacture Boston-based GI Dynamic’s EndoBarrier device at its Mansfield, Mass.-based facilities. The EndoBarrier is a plastic gut sleeve designed to prevent the absorption of nutrients from food as it exits the stomach and enters the […]
• How a built-in refrigerator ice dispenser can dispense medication
  An Arizona State University student recently designed an automatic medicine dispenser that could replace water and ice dispensers on refrigerators, according to a case study from Model Solution (Milpitas, Calif.). The device can dispense pills for two different users and gives audio and visual signals for the times that the users have to take their […]
• Chinese regulators identify first round of medical device clinical trial inspections
  By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group Following its recent announcement of a new inspection program for medical device clinical trial sites, the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has identified the first round of sites that will undergo such inspections. Get the full story here at the Emergo Group’s blog. The opinions expressed in this blog […]
• Qosina buys Alpha Industries
  Qosina announced that it has acquired Alpha Industries (Clearwater, Fla.). The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Alpha Industries’ adds its plastic forceps, clamps and bowls as an extension to Qosina’s current OEM components offerings. “With this acquisition, Qosina continues to expand its product line, which reinforces its position as a global leader […]
• Avalign Technologies acquires Thortex and Millennium Surgical
  Avalign Technologies announced that is has acquired Thortex and Millennium Surgical. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Thortex provides precision manufacturing, porous coatings and metal injection solutions to the medical device market. It has porous coating solutions for titanium and cobalt-chrome orthopedic implants and manufacturing and engineering technologies for medical device OEMs. […]
• FDA unveils new policy for accepting medical device consensus standards
  By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group US medical device regulators at the Food and Drug Administration have disclosed a new process for evaluating and accepting voluntary consensus standards. Get the full story here at the Emergo Group’s blog. The opinions expressed in this blog post are the author’s only and do not necessarily reflect those of […]
• Could this algorithm be better at diagnosing arrhythmia than cardiologists?
  A new algorithm that can go through hours of heart data to detect arrhythmia performs better than trained cardiologists, according to new research from Stanford University. The algorithm gathers data from wearable monitors to find life-threatening irregular heartbeats and allows for data to be sorted through in remote areas where there is a scarcity of […]
• How a single drop of blood can detect sepsis
  Sepsis can be identified by a single drop of blood, thanks to a lab-on-a-chip device from the University of Illinois. Researchers at the University of Illinois and the Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Ill., recently completed a clinical study of the device that provides a fast, point-of-care measurement of the body’s immune system response without […]
• Wearable device gives real-time posture feedback to Parkinson’s patients
  University of Houston researchers have developed a smartphone-based biofeedback rehabilitation system – a wearable device designed to help people with Parkinson’s disease. The research team developed the Smarter Balance System (SBS) to help guide patients through balance exercises while using wearable technology. It is designed to help people regain stable balance and confidence in doing […]
• How the IDSA Patient Safety Task Force wants to tackle U.S. medical errors
  The IDSA Patient Safety Task Force has given itself a critical mission to solve the “medical error crisis” in the United States. The task force proposes to engage in strategic problem solving through creative system design, UX and the visual communication skills of industrial designers. Sean Hägen – who chairs the task force and IDSA’s Medical Special Interest […]