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AI+AR Equals Altoida’s Alzheimer’s Detection Solution

The Houston, TX-based company has raised $6.3 million in a series A round to help with the development of the technology.

2017 Medical Design Excellence Awards Finalists

Testing and Diagnostic Products and Systems

Industry Shifts Toward LED in Illumination and Curing

LED is gaining ground in medical illumination and spot curing. Here’s what’s possible with the light source and what device makers need to keep in mind as they transition to LED.

Automation, Zero-Defects Philosophy Behind New Drug-Delivery Components Plant

Datwyler Sealing Solutions's Middletown, DE, facility will produce vial and syringe components when it opens next year. Datwyler Sealing Solutions has broken ground on a new facility for producing specialty coated rubber components for drug-delivery devices. The Middletown, DE, facility...

Why Reshoring Matters for Medtech

A lot of U.S.-based manufacturers are bringing production operations back home after offshoring them in the 1990s and 2000s to save cash. After years of looking to low-cost destinations like China, many firms are finding the cost benefits of offshoring are evaporating. Businessweek proclaimed...

How Dispensing Systems Can Improve Quality in Catheter Assembly

Fluid dispensing systems can provide greater consistency, reliability, and traceability compared with manual catheter bonding operations.

Smart Manufacturing: Another Industrial Revolution in the Making

Connected assembly lines, smart components and integrated production management systems might launch a new era of medtech manufacturing.

Telepresence Robot Gives Patients Access to Remote Physicians

A robot seems like a pretty big-ticket item. But if a patient can get a health problem taken care of sooner with a specialist because of a remote-presence telemedicine robot, it could prevent many serious and costly health problems down the road. Manufactured by InTouch Health Inc. (Santa Barbara,...

Da Vinci Xi: Intuitive's Next-Gen Surgical Robot Released

Intuitive Surgical has released the da Vinci Xi in the U.S. But will it overcome the usability and legal issues of its predecessors?

Why Perform Tolerance Stackups in Medical Device Assemblies?

Accurate tolerance stackups have become a key element in complex, multicomponent medical device assemblies.

WirelessHART in Medical Device Manufacturing

The first open communications standard specifically designed for process measurement and control applications presents benefits and challenges when implemented in medical device manufacturing facilities.

5 Principles of Systems Thinking for a Changing Healthcare Ecosystem

Adopting a systems thinking approach to product development can help medical device manufacturers embrace new opportunities in a rapidly changing marketplace.