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DARPA developing handheld device for disease detection
DIGET device promises quick disease detection.
Robot simultaneously disinfects the air, surfaces
Robot is ideal for medical and manufacturing settings.
Researchers try to lighten the load on robotic arms
Robotic arms could be used for more delicate remote applications.
Cold storage pods promise to improve vaccine distribution
The pods are designed to maintain ultra-low temps without electricity.
Brushless motor gives oxygen therapy the silent treatment
Moog offers designers and makers of medical equipment the Silencer BN series brushless DC motors for oxygen concentrators.
Inroads in biomedical engineering
These are just a few examples of recent innovations in the biomedical engineering industry.
Drug testing with a blood-brain barrier on a chip
The device can advance the study of pharmaceutical compound interaction with the blood-brain barrier without the need to rely on laboratory animal models.
Spray promises to fix damage incurred by heart attack
The exosome spray corrected damage in rats.
Transparent, non-toxic anti-viral coating in development
Coating can be applied to virtually any substrate.
New wearable calorie counter promises more accurate counts than smartwatches, smartphones
New wearable focuses on the legs, not the wrists or heart rate.
Device quickly detects VOCs
Embedded gas sensors detect VOCs.
Watch a battery-free pacemaker vanish
The wireless pacing device disappears after it is no longer needed.
Video: Device treats stabbing victims
The device could be life saving for those with knife wounds.
Video: Rapid diagnostics get faster with magnetic microbead mixing
Magnetic particle mixing can have significant implications for future diagnostic testing devices.
What is healthcare engineering?
Some examples of healthcare engineering.
NIST tests biopharmaceutical quality control method
The method detects multiple types of potential impurities in biopharmaceutical products with a single-step test.
New wound dressing features "healing" sensors
Smart dressing monitors wounds for infection.
New mask can diagnose wearers with COVID-19
The mask can be used to detect the virus or to determine if the wearer has encountered the virus.
McMaster University technology detects infections in just minutes
Handheld test detects infection in just minutes without the lab.
Watch: A sweet remedy softens rigid brain implants
Implants with a soft consistency comparable to that of the brain itself were fabricated.