No transient electronic medical devices have made the leap from lab animals to human clinical trials yet, but researchers say that they’re primed to do it soon. Credit: Science.

Rather than removing electronic medical devices through surgery, what if they could simply disappear? This is the concept behind “transient electronics” – newly developed electronic devices ...

Electronic devices power everyday life, from smartphones to medical sensors. Yet, as these gadgets grow in number, so does ...

A Senate bill would charge an “Electronic Medical Device Governance Board” with reviewing agencies’ policies regarding the use of digital healthcare instruments in highly-classified facilities.

The concept involves having simple electronic devices such as sensors, drug delivery systems or tissue-stimulating tools powered by the batteries, and made from a biodegradable shape-memory polymer.

Most electronic medical devices are still found in hospitals. Many are of the common variety, with IV pumps, physiologic monitors, and vital signs monitors making up 85% of the total ...

The FDA recalled Baxter International’s Colleague single- and triple-channel infusion pumps in 2009. More electronics are being employed in medical devices to improve functionality and reduce ...

An underappreciated consequence of all of these electronic device therapies, however, has been the manpower and expertise required to manage these implanted electronic medical devices long-term.

Medical technology can make patient care better and more precise. But the gadgets and computers can cause trouble, too. One big problem is that most of the devices often can't talk with one another.

These medical subnets are, in effect, a system of medical devices within one larger medical device—the network itself. Figure 2-11 Example of a Medical Device Gateway network topology Device ...

For electronic medical device developers, here’s what you need to know about IEC 60601 standard The IEC 60601 standard is one part of putting together a technical file or a 510(k) submission.

Unruly Entrepreneur Pioneered Electronic Medical Devices Michael J. Cudahy, who has died at age 97, came up with a better way to record and analyze EKG tests By ...