The seamless integration of optical systems into medical devices presents both unique challenges and significant opportunities.

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 ...

A collaboration of researchers in Austria and China has built a universal inverse-design magnonic device that can efficiently ...

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 ...

Powerful groups of mostly men are making major decisions about biology and bodies they know little about. Embryos in deep freeze that may never be used are just the latest example. As a professor of ...

Medical devices—whether compact, in-home tools like blood pressure monitors or large, sophisticated diagnostic systems used in hospitals and laboratories—are increasingly designed for global markets.

Members can download this article in PDF format. For market growth to occur at desired levels, suppliers must meet consumer demand for compact electronic devices that integrate multiple functions. To ...

Medical device design and development has evolved over the years, notably influenced by market demands and regulatory requirements. Traditional design practices, beginning with a reliance on generic ...

We all know how easily a device can get destroyed. I have personal experience. I dropped an iPhone on my garage floor. That was the last time I carried a phone that didn’t have a case. I picked up a ...

Nevada Sanchez, co-founder of Butterfly Network, talks to Machine Design about the organization making life-saving technology available to frontline healthcare workers in the developing world. In ...