Siemens Embedded Solutions address the challenge of developing medical devices through an integrated suite of software that includes: Proven operating systems and middleware Quick, easy, and secure cloud connectivity Comprehensive built-in security Best-in-class security vulnerability monitoring Pre-certified software components and quality artifacts that enable safety certification ...

Jan 22, 2025 · The MedTech 100 is a financial index calculated using the BIG100 companies covered in Medical Design and Outsourcing.

May 22, 2025 · Auxilium Biotechnologies announced. successful space experiments using its 3D bioprinter and proprietary biomaterial in February 2025, simultaneously printing eight miniature implants in two hours.. The company says its Auxilium Microfabrication Platform (AMP-1) is capable of manufacturing devices with “unmatched precision and efficiency” in orbit thanks to properties of microgravity that ...

May 19, 2025 · Teplitsky declined to divulge the system’s materials for competitive reasons. In a statement shared with Medical Design & Outsourcing . after our interview, Artedrone said the microrobot’s magnetic suction cup “exhibits at the same time the appropriate magnetic properties for the magnetic actuation and the appropriate design to optimize the interaction with the clot.”

Jan 16, 2025 · Medtronic’s cardiac ablation portfolio now includes two pulsed field ablation. (PFA) systems approved by the FDA for minimally invasive pulmonary vein isolation to treat atrial fibrillation (AFib), with another PFA catheter on the way.. Related: How Medtronic designed the PulseSelect pulsed field ablation system for AFib PFA is “a $9 billion segment growing [in the] mid-teens, with a ...

Apr 18, 2025 · Nitinol is commonly used in replacement heart valve frames, but that’s not how the new Edwards Lifesciences Sapien M3 transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system uses nitinol’s shape memory properties.. Like the Sapien 3 heart valve it’s based on, the minimally invasive Sapien M3 heart valve has a cobalt-chromium alloy frame that expands with a balloon after catheter delivery ...

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May 14, 2025 · Axoft. announced today that it made its Fleuron ultra-soft brain implant material available for purchase for R&D applications.. Cambridge, Massachusetts–based Axoft designed its novel Fleuron material for use in implantable brain-computer interfaces (iBCIs). Fleuron, which is 10,000 times softer than the polyimide material used in existing iBCIs, the company says, offering superior ...

Feb 26, 2025 · Boston Scientific recently announced the first-in-human procedures using its next-generation Faraflex pulsed field ablation. (PFA) and mapping catheter.. The investigational catheter was built specifically for PFA and mapping, said Dr. Brad Sutton, the chief medical officer of Boston Scientific’s Atrial Solutions Business, which includes PFA systems for treating atrial fibrillation (AFib).

Mar 25, 2025 · Medtronic‘s study of Linq implantable cardiac monitor (ICM) devices in atrial fibrillation patients offers important lessons for other device developers, says the cardiac electrophysiologist who chaired the Define AFib clinical study steering committee.. Dr. Jonathan Piccini, a professor of medicine and population health at Duke University Hospital and the Duke Clinical Research Institute ...