Designers and engineers have often looked to the environment and how Mother Nature has accomplished phenomenal design solutions for inspiration over the ages. Perhaps all that is new about this ...

The world is changing. Oil prices have surpassed $140 per barrel and phrases such as climate change, carbon footprint, and going green have become fixtures in the daily vernacular. Environmentally ...

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Successful new medical devices hinge on the designer’s understanding of the specific requirements of the procedures they support, including factors like usage frequency and duration. This is ...

Medtech design engineers these days are challenged to make medical and dental devices that are smaller and portable yet do much more than ever before—process data, connect to the cloud, and utilize AI ...

These definitions as written out by AAMI (The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation) offer clarity, helping designers recognize and address these risks effectively in product ...

Advance your career with Purdue University’s online Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering. Designed for professionals, this flexible program explores medical device design, tissue engineering, ...

In this article, we review the value of human factors research and user-centered design from a business perspective. After briefly clarifying these concepts, the discussion turns to the primary ...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC) program today released a new framework that provides U.S. medical device companies a systematic approach for ...

Destiny Pinto's rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis led her to rethink how assistive devices like compression gloves could look.

It’s been over 15 years, but the advent of Apple’s iPhone still represents one of the biggest paradigm shifts in the world of consumer technology. It fused style with substance; form with ...

Secure by design didn’t just pop up in the medical device industry with the update to the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) guidance on cybersecurity recommendations. However, its inclusion in this ...