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Medical Design Briefs: 2022 Technology Leaders
Learn about the medical manufacturers and cutting-edge applications that stood out in 2022.

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Get the Inside Story on EO Residuals
Many factors impact Ethylene Oxide (EO) Residual levels following sterilization, making it difficult to determine when a medical device is safe for public use. In our latest Inside Story, Leonard Harris,...

Application Briefs Test & Measurement
Compact MEMS-Based NIR Spectroscopy for Mobile Applications
This measurement technique is particularly useful for, but not limited to, samples containing organic compounds.

White Papers Medical
Get the Inside Story on EO Sterilization
Ethylene Oxide (EO) Sterilization for many medical devices, may be the only method that effectively sterilizes and does not damage the device during the sterilization process. In our latest Inside...

Supplements Test & Measurement
Winter 2022 Resource Guide
In our summer edition of the MDB Resource Guide, learn about new cleaning requirements and find the right company to match your medical-design needs.

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Proposed Standards and Methods for Leak Testing Lithium-Ion Battery Packs
Battery packs, whether made of prismatic, cylindrical, or pouch cells, are cooled by common automotive thermal management systems.

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Enhancing Design Efficiency in Linear Motion Automation
The integrated measuring system (IMS) has demonstrated notable cost savings and improved design efficiencies in linear motion automation applications.

Application Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Compiler Selection for Functional Safety in Robots
A developer needs confidence that the compiler will not introduce errors into the design.

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Products of Tomorrow
This column presents technologies that have applications in commercial areas, possibly creating the products of tomorrow.

Application Briefs Photonics/Optics
Measuring Blood Glucose Levels with Lasers
DiaMonTech used the Ophir Pyrocam to measure and characterize all their laser developments.

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Leading Experts Suggest Guidelines for Assessing Emerging Transistor Performance
To continue making smartphones, laptops, and other devices more powerful, yet energy efficient, industry is intensely focused on identifying promising...

INSIDER Materials
Strain-Sensing Smart Skin Ready to Deploy
A strain-sensing smart skin developed at Rice University uses very small carbon nanotube structures to monitor and detect damage in large structures. The “strain paint” uses the fluorescent...

Features Test & Measurement
Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Chemical Resistance of Thermoplastics for Non-Disposable Medical Devices – A Voice from Industry Collaboration Through the COVID-19 Pandemic
Disinfectant formulations tend to be comprised of an active ingredient, a solvent or aqueous carrier solution, and additional constituents that enhance the formulation’s properties.

Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Optical Strain for Precision Measurements and Certification
Optical strain is material independent and measures the response of the integrated system, so designers can get a measure of the true response and strength of their designs.

Articles Test & Measurement
The Distributed Extreme Environment Drive System (DEEDS)
DEEDS is made up of a highly capable avionic motion control system that is integrated with a modular mechanical drive system.

Briefs AR/AI
AI-Enabled Optical Fiber Sensor Device Monitors Brain Injury
The results from tests on animal brain tissues suggest it could help clinicians to better monitor both disease progression and patients’ response to treatment than is currently possible.

Briefs Aerospace
Laboratory Test Requirements for Marine Shock Isolation Seats
This research provides preliminary guidance for laboratory testing of marine shock isolation seats.

Blog Sensors/Data Acquisition
Scientists Stick Hydrogen Where the Sun Doesn’t Shine
One method for keeping removed carbon out of the atmosphere long-term involves injecting CO2 into rock formations deep underground.

INSIDER Test & Measurement
NIST is Calibrating Gear Artifacts
Gears are sophisticated parts that play a vital role in cars, airplanes, construction and mining equipment, food processing, clock making, and more. And, companies are still trying to make them better...

INSIDER Manned Systems
Flight-Testing of New Airbus A321XLR Gathers Momentum
Following the maiden flight of A321XLR development aircraft MSN11000, two more prototypes, currently in advanced stages of manufacture, will join the certification flight-test...

INSIDER Manned Systems
Air Force Conducts Aircrew Chemical Weapon Protection Test
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing and the 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron recently executed an in-flight vapor purge test in a F-15E Strike...

INSIDER Materials
Oscillating Heat Pipes Tested for Use in Space
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has released the results from its Advanced Structurally Embedded Thermal Spreader Two (ASETS-II). The AFRL experiment was 100% effective in testing...

Briefs Energy
New Approach to Reducing EV Battery Testing Time
A new optimization framework created by researchers at University of Michigan could drastically reduce the cost of assessing how battery configurations will perform over the long haul.

INSIDER Test & Measurement
Tiny Limbs and Long Bodies: Coordinating Lizard Locomotion
Using biological experiments, robot models, and a geometric theory of locomotion, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology investigated how and why intermediate lizard...

Briefs Green Design & Manufacturing
Pulsed Exposure Toxicity Testing: Method Development and Initial Evaluation for Stormwater Compliance
Preliminary research into modifying whole effluent toxicity testing protocols designed for continuous flow discharges as applied to episodic and/or ephemeral discharges such as those associated with storm water runoff.

Briefs Test & Measurement
Evaluation and Test Requirements for Liquid Rocket Engines
This Standard establishes test and evaluation requirements related to the development, qualification (or certification), and acceptance (flight production unit) of liquid propellant rocket engines and associated propulsion systems.

INSIDER Robotics, Automation & Control
Virtual Flight-Test Campaign Paving Way for A321XLR’s First Flight
The construction and equipment installation phases for the three A321XLR flight-test aircraft are rapidly nearing completion in the FAL in Hamburg before the first of...

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