Qmed Staff

As medical devices get smaller, valves are evolving to suit OEMs' needs.Frank VinluanThis Koganei PVR media isolation valve has less than 35 mLof dead space, which is important for ensuring accuracy andrepeatability...

Here are three ways to help make it happen in medtech.Tom KraMer, Kablooe DesignThe stigma has been around for a long time. Engineers hate it when designers come up with concepts that can't function or be manufactured...

Bluetooth could be a surprising answer for innovation in healthcare settings. Here's why.Steve Hegenderfer, BluetoothHospitals are fast-paced and hectic, providing vital services to hundreds of thousands of Americans...

Top cardio doctors weigh in on what structural heart innovations they believe will have the biggest impact on their field.Qmed StaffStructural heart is one of the hottest sectors in medtech right now, with new and...

More than 40 million Class II units were recalled in the second quarter of 2016, up from less than 10 million in Q1.Qmed StaffAfter falling in the first quarter of 2016, medical device recalls surged 38% in the second...

Olympic athletes are always seeking to live up to the competition's motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius," Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger." Some of the medical technologies they use are head-scratchers, though. Qmed...

Apple would still like a slice of the trillions of dollars spent on healthcare each year. Qmed StaffPerhaps Apple will never again have a device as successful, frankly as ubiquitous, as the smartphone. But the high...

"Cybersecurity is IT's problem." That approach is no longer valid.David Reich and Steven McAleer, FoliageMedical devices are becoming ever more connected--with health system networks and the Internet, with data...