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- Making Generative Designs Manufacturable 4 September, 2026AI-powered and computational design tools can generate intricate geometries for surgical instruments, drug-delivery systems, robotic components, diagnostic equipment, and other medical technologies. But a design optimized in software must still be translated into a reliable physical part. In this episode, Eric Utley, Applications Engineering Leader at Protolabs, explores how engineers take complex, algorithm-generated concepts from […]
- Regulating AI-Created Devices 3 September, 2026If AI contributes to device design, development, or lifecycle decision-making, who is responsible for safety? In this episode, Ravi Nabar, CEO of QuAIZen, explores how manufacturers can govern AI-assisted innovation through validation, documentation, quality-system controls, post-market monitoring, and evolving regulatory expectations.
- Vaccines 26 August, 2026August is National Immunization Awareness Month. What needle-free medical device uses a high-pressure stream of liquid to penetrate the skin and deliver a vaccine without a hypodermic needle?
- New Study Advances mRNA Vaccine Patch Design 21 August, 2026New research could help make future mRNA vaccines easier to store and distribute.
- Exploring Simulation-First Prototyping of Medical Devices 12 August, 2026Virtual twins are reducing reliance on costly bench testing and early-stage prototypes. By simulating device performance across populations and environments, developers are shortening cycles and improving safety before physical builds. In this episode, Dr. Amanda Randles, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University, looks at how simulation is changing medical device development.
- Clinical Trial Design in the Era of AI 7 August, 2026Clinical trials are expensive, slow, and risky. AI promises to improve study planning, patient recruitment, endpoint selection, and evidence review, while also helping teams extract and summarize complex clinical data. But in regulated healthcare environments, reliability is critical. In this episode, Ome Ogbru, CEO of AINGENS, examines how AI can support clinical trial workflows, why […]
- Stretchable AI Patch Computes on Your Body, No Server Required 6 August, 2026A skin-like computing patch can analyze health data using artificial intelligence in an unprecedented way. Unlike today’s wearable devices, it carries out its AI computations directly on the body, in mere milliseconds, without relying on a wireless connection.
- Teleflex Medical OEM Acquired, Launches as INGENYX 6 August, 2026INGENYX, formerly Teleflex Medical OEM, has launched as an independent company following the completion of its acquisition by private equity firm Montagu and Kohlberg and carve-out from Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE: TFX). The transaction was first announced on December 9, 2025.
- Two Teleoperated Humanoid Robots Complete Live Surgery 5 August, 2026For the first time, two teleoperated humanoid robots have been used to complete two surgeries during a preclinical trial, researchers recently reported in the journal Nature. The work is the result of a collaboration between a team of engineers and a team of surgeons at the University of California San Diego.
- Technology 29 July, 2026As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday this month, which implantable medical device is often credited as one of the first commercially successful products to combine advanced electronics, long-life batteries, and hermetic packaging into a life-sustaining system?
- Medtech M&A’s Flight to Quality: Why Buyers Are Making Fewer, Bigger Bets 28 July, 2026Medical Design Briefs: PMCF's report shows medtech M&A volume fell to 83 announced transactions in Q1 2026, down from 118 a year earlier, yet deal value remained concentrated in a few major strategic acquisitions. What does that tell you about buyer behavior in today's medtech market? Bryan Hughes: It tells us buyers have become far […]
- Functionalizing PCBs for Medical Devices Using Sputtered Ti Layer Resistors 27 July, 2026The functionalization of printed circuit boards (PCBs) through the integration of alternative metallic materials is gaining increasing importance in medical device electronics as manufacturers seek to enhance device performance, support miniaturization, and meet application-specific requirements. In the medical device sector, where electronic systems must meet demanding requirements for reliability, miniaturization, biocompatibility, and long-term performance, advanced […]
- Edge AI Is Bringing Medical Devices Closer to the Patient 24 July, 2026At a recent industry panel, engineers from Ambient Scientific, Arduino, and SiMa.ai made the case that real-time medical intelligence has to live on the device — not in the cloud.
- Custom-Fit AI Prosthetic Hand Learns Each User’s Muscle Patterns 22 July, 2026Researchers have developed a personalized prosthetic-control system that combines 3D-printed wearable technology, flexible magnetic sensors, and artificial intelligence (AI) to interpret an individual user’s intended hand and wrist movements in real time.
- Ultra-Low-Power Processor Brings Real-Time AI to Wearable Medical Devices 20 July, 2026Ambient Scientific has developed an artificial intelligence processor designed to run advanced health-monitoring algorithms directly on wearable and other battery-powered medical devices, potentially allowing the devices to detect dangerous conditions without waiting for data to be transmitted to a smartphone or cloud server.
- Rapid Diagnostics for Extreme and Low-Resource Environments 14 July, 2026Rapid diagnostics can determine whether care moves quickly or stalls in disaster zones, military operations, rural clinics, and global health settings where conventional laboratory infrastructure is unavailable. In this episode, Dr. Paul Yager of the University of Washington discusses the engineering behind low-cost point-of-care diagnostics, including microfluidics, paper-based systems, smartphone-enabled readouts, and lab-on-a-chip platforms designed […]
- Resilient Device Design for Harsh Conditions 14 July, 2026Devices in extreme settings must withstand vibration, heat, cold, humidity, and physical shock. Drawing lessons from battlefield medicine, polar research, and humanitarian crises, Emily Shaffer, Market Manager for Healthcare at Covestro, and Dr. David Duncan, president at MonuMedical, highlight design approaches that create more durable and universally reliable technologies. Subscribe to the Medical Design Briefs podcast […]
- AI-Designed Shape-Shifting Microneedles Aid Diabetic Wound Healing 8 July, 2026An artificial intelligence (AI)-guided microneedle patch actively changes shape at physiological temperature (37 °C) to help close wounds while delivering regenerative therapy and antibacterial protection.
- Design for Miniaturization: Meeting the Demand for Smaller, Smarter, and More Integrated Devices 1 July, 2026The push for more compact, high-performance medical devices is transforming design and manufacturing strategies. This 60-minute webinar from the editors of Medical Design Briefs will explore the engineering and reliability challenges of creating ultra-compact systems — from minimally invasive surgical tools powered by precision micro motors to next-generation wearable sensors. Experts will examine advances in […]
- How Industrial Artificial Intelligence and the Digital Twin Accelerate Innovation in Life Sciences 25 June, 2026Pharmaceutical and life sciences manufacturers are under growing pressure to compress development timelines, from discovery to commercialization, as demographic, technological and geopolitical trends increase the pace of innovation and disruption. In the face of these challenges, many pharmaceutical manufacturers are finding their traditional processes, which are often built on fragmented data and highly manual workflows, […]
