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The medical end market refers to the application of engineering to medicine and biology in order to improve healthcare treatment such as diagnosis, monitoring, and therapy. Includes, but is not limited to, prostheses, robotics, implants, devices, and genetic engineering. A major part of this category is research and development.
IR device could help to improve diagnosis of ear infections
A new device developed by researchers at MIT and a physician at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center could greatly…
Bio-active smart implants actively fight post-operative infection
Funding has been provided by Innovate UK supporting the next stage in development of a bio-active implant, Smart…
DNA programmed to store complex histories
A way to record complex histories in the DNA of human cells, allowing them to retrieve "memories” of past events,…
Rapid blood-testing technology reduces time between sample and analysis
Lancaster academics are developing blood-testing technology that promises to improve healthcare treatments for…
Can wearable sleep tech lower risk of military-related PTSD?
There have been strong links between sleep disturbance and PTSD and the symptom poses one of the most challenging…
Surgical software installed in London’s largest teaching hospital
It has been announced by Renishaw that a neuromate stereotactic robot system and neuroinspire surgical planning…
Nanorobots are tackling cancerous tumors
Researchers from Polytechnique Montréal, Université de Montréal and McGill University have just achieved a…
5 ways 3D printing will be used in bioengineering
3D-printing technology is being used in a variety of applications, ranging from food, to houses, to prosthetic…
These self-destructing batteries could be used for top secret military ops
There's a new subject matter being studied in the tech world called transient electronics, which involve devices…
New “skin” for soldiers paves the way for protective futuristic…
A team of scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has developed a material that is highly breathable…