Tag: biomedical engineering
Self-healing reverse filter opens the door for many novel applications
A self-healing membrane that acts as a reverse filter, blocking small particles and letting large ones through, is the "straight out of science fiction"...
Shape-shifting material can morph, reverse itself using heat, light
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A new material developed by CU Boulder engineers can transform into complex, pre-programmed shapes via light and temperature stimuli, allowing a literal square peg...
LG Innotek Introduces ‘Visible Disinfection Lighting’ Solution
LG Innotek today announced ‘Visible Disinfection Lighting’, which is a functional light source that gives the effect of sterilization by sunlight with the indoor...
Solvay’s Radel® PPSU selected for large-format surgical instrument tray
Solvay's Radel® PPSU resin helped Legacy Medical Solutions optimize a large-format sterilization tray for surgical instruments. Radel® polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) resin’s strength-to-weight ratio and ability...
Biosensor allows real-time oxygen monitoring for ‘organs-on-a-chip’
A new biosensor allows researchers to track oxygen levels in real time in “organ-on-a-chip” systems, making it possible to ensure that such systems more...
Solvay to present on metal-to-plastic conversion at MD&M West 2019
Solvay will present at MD&M West 2019 on the use of metal-to-plastic conversion to drive new medical device designs. Solvay’s Global Market Manager for...
MIT’s new 3-D printed shape-shifting soft robots crawl, jump, grab
MIT engineers have created soft, 3-D-printed structures whose movements can be controlled with a wave of a magnet, much like marionettes without the strings.
The...
3D Printing Problem Solving at Small Medical Startup Firm
Alex Berry and his team at Sutrue Ltd. (Colchester, England) exploited the benefits of 3D printing prototypes when developing two new automated suturing devices....
New Arburg Freeformer 300-3X system for industrial additive manufacturing
Groundbreaking world premieres and records at Formnext 2018 Three Freeformer exhibits were on show at Arburg‘s Formnext 2018 booth, along with more examples of...
Drexel develops ‘crystalsome’ polymer for improved intravenous drug delivery
Abstract
In water, amphiphilic block copolymers (BCPs) can self-assemble into various micelle structures depicting curved liquid/liquid interface. Crystallization, which is incommensurate with this curved space,...




















