Although medical device engineers have been utilizingtextile structures for decades, their complexity is increasing as biomaterialand fabric-forming options become more abundant. Some well-known ...

Medical technology innovations achieved by integrating science and medicine have improved the quality of life for patients. Especially noteworthy is the emergence of electronic devices implanted in ...

McGill researchers are exploring a new technique that uses 3D printing and hydrogels. It has the potential not only to improve biomedical implants but could also be useful in the development of ...

Implantable biomedical devices - like pacemakers, insulin pumps and neurostimulators - are becoming smaller and utilizing wireless technology, but hurdles remain for powering the next-generation ...

Ultrasound-based wireless power transfer is becoming a more attractive option to power implanted biomedical devices because it could overcome many of the limitations and challenges facing other ...

One of the first brain-computer interface clinics in the country has opened in Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Health opened its clinic to patients with severe motor and speech impairments on ...

Engineers designed an implantable device that carries hundreds of thousands of islet cells along with its own on-board oxygen factory to keep the cells healthy. Such a device could help Type 1 ...

(Nanowerk News) Engineers from UNSW Sydney have discovered a way to create flexible electronic systems on ultra-thin skin-like materials. The development allows entire stretchable 3D structures to ...

Advanced coating techniques like magnetron sputtering and plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) are becoming crucial for medical devices. These techniques offer many benefits, such as ...