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What's new in the field of medical devices and their manufacture? With the news we always keep you up to date!

Image: A scientist in a white lab coat works with laboratory equipment; Copyright: Empa

07.11.2025

3D printing gives hope for corneal repair

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Image: The image shows multiple MRI brain scans

04.11.2025

MRI reveals early signs of frontotemporal dementia

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Image: The image shows a DNA double helix; Copyright: Makusu Tsutsui

05.09.2025

Nanocoil device for portable DNA sequencing

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Image: The image shows a white 3D-printed hand exoskeleton placed on a wooden surface; Copyright: Fraunhofer IWU

05.09.2025

Hand exoskeletons aid stroke and injury recovery

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Image: The image shows a microscopic view of star-shaped 3D-printed particles; Copyright: Communications Materials, Kiel University

01.09.2025

3D printing advances inhaler drug delivery

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Image: Two researchers in lab coats smiling in a laboratory with scientific equipment; Copyright: KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

08.08.2025

KAIST creates 3D brain research platform

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Image: The picture shows a small blue-emitting micro-LED being tested on a laboratory setup; Copyright: FBH/P. Immerz

06.08.2025

Far-UVC LEDs fight resistant hospital germs

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Image: Two researchers in lab coats operate a 3D lung model inside a test chamber; Copyright: Kathy F. Atkinson / University of Delaware

18.07.2025

3D lung model supports aerosol delivery

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Image: Close-up of screen-printing a silver conductive paste onto textile fabric; Copyright: DITF

07.07.2025

Elastic inks for durable medical smart textiles

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Image: Schematic of the QIScope optical setup and comparison of live-cell imaging results; Copyright: Ruyu Ma - Helmholtz Munich

10.06.2025

QIScope reveals cell activity in low light

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Image: Microscopic image of a bio-ink with embedded electrospun fibres; Copyright: NMI

08.05.2025

Bioink with fibers boosts nutrient flow in bioprinting

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Image: A researcher in a lab works on a computer, analyzing data on the screen; Copyright: Mikael Nyberg

07.04.2025

Method for developing precise sensors

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Image: A gloved hand in a blue lab glove holds a small, cube-shaped soft actuator; Copyright: Empa

04.04.2025

Soft muscles from the printer

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Image: Two researchers in a laboratory wearing white lab coats and purple gloves work with pipettes and petri dishes; copyright: Daniel Nilsson

10.03.2025

Ultra-sensitive detection method for bacterial spores

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Image: A 3D printer applies a black printing ink to a white plate; Copyright: Shengduo Xu / ISTA

07.03.2025

Thermoelectric materials from the 3D printer

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Image: A researcher wearing protective gear works closely with precision equipment in a laboratory setting; Copyright: Thor BalkhedRestriction

07.02.2025

Connection between individual cells and organic electrodes

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Image: A cube of cartilage construct on a petri dish held by a gloved hand in a laboratory setting; Copyright: Ozbolat Lab at Penn State / Penn State

13.01.2025

Bioprinting: speed up in functional tissue fabrication

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Image: A modern bioreactor under blue and red light, equipped with pumps, tubes, and sensors on a plate; copyright: Fraunhofer ISC

09.01.2025

Bioreactor enhances long-term culturing of human stem cells

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Image: A pair of hands holding a flexible, colorful strip made of jelly-like segments in red, blue, and green, representing the jelly batteries; Copyright: University of Cambridge

16.12.2024

Bioelectronics: Soft and stretchable jelly batteries

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Image: A chemist holds a sample that is analyzed for biomarkers using the developed graphene-based sensor; Copyright: Jens Meyer/Uni Jena

12.12.2024

New advances: graphene-based sensor for medical diagnostics

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Image: Semiconductor hydrogel placed into a vessel with tweezers hold in gloved hands; Copyright: UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering / John Zich

27.11.2024

Hydrogel semiconductor bridges bioelectronics and living tissue

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Illustration of the place in the knee where the implant is inserted; Copyright: Fraunhofer IAP / Jadwiga Galties

02.10.2024

3D bioprinting: Personalized implants for cartilage therapy

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Image: The surface of a circuit board is processed by a micro precision device; Copyright: INP

06.05.2024

Plasma printing technology enables surface modification

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Image: Products from the 3D printer on a black background; Copyright: Empa

24.04.2024

Cellulose aerogel combines sustainability with high-tech

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Image: This graphic visualizes the PA sensing instrument´s theoretical procedure; Copyright: Khan et al., doi 10.1117/1.JBO.29.1.017002.

15.02.2024

Photoacoustic sensing instrument for tissue diagniostics

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Image: A couple of batteries are in the foreground with a blurred background.

08.02.2024

Advancements in all-solid-state batteries

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Image: A doctor looks at a brain scan on a monitor. You can see her profile and part of her shoulder; Copyright: envato

31.01.2024

New technology for brain cancer visualization

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Image: Attenuation measurement for a waveguide spiral; Copyright: Fraunhofer IZM / Volker Mai

21.12.2023

Automatedly measuring optical in-glass waveguides

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Image: A woman with gray hair and sunglasses goes for a walk with a cane. She wears a navigation belt; Copyright: feelSpace

13.12.2023

Production of e-textiles: Vibrations lead the way

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Image: A man and a woman stand in front of a terminal on a large machine and work on it; Copyright: eakkachaih

01.11.2023

Human focus: knowledge and assistance in production

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Image: Researcher takes thin films with tweezers; Copyright: imagesourcecurated

25.10.2023

Manufacturing tailor-made semiconductor thin films

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Image: A prosthetic hand and a human hand almost touch. Based on Michelangelo's

18.10.2023

The new Center for Bionic Intelligence Tübingen Stuttgart

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Image: Roll-to-roll vacuum coating system RC300; Copyright: Fraunhofer FEP

05.10.2023

Roll-to-roll: system traverse for 2D inline process monitoring

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Image: Photo of a car interior. A man sits behind the wheel and operates a screen; Copyright: Fraunhofer IDMT/Anika Bödecker

04.10.2023

Vital data: the whole body on the radar

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Image: The transverse link with imprinted force sensor measures the stresses acting in the application at any time; Copyright: Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen.

28.09.2023

Integrated sensor tech: next stage in additive manufacturing

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Image: A blue 3D printed bandage on a hand; Copyright: Faraz Faruqi and Stefanie Mueller

19.09.2023

AI-driven tool to personalize 3D-printable models

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Image: Symbolic image of the use of artificial intelligence (brain in front of rusting metal) in corrosion research; Copyright: Max-Planck-Institut

31.08.2023

Artificial intelligence designs advanced materials

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Image: Close-up of a laser performing metal laser material processing toned in blue; Copyright: Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen

30.08.2023

What can AI do in laser materials processing?

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Image: A patient is wheeled into a CT scanner. The patient smiles; Copyright: AZ-BLT

03.08.2023

New imaging technology for a quick look inside a human being

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Image: A person works on a machine; Copyright: ThisisEngineering RAEng / Unsplash

01.08.2023

Sensors: when the ­machine reports its status

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Image: A man working with a 3D printer; Copyright: Patrick Mansell/Penn State

26.07.2023

Grant to facilitate high-speed bioprinting

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Image: Doctoral candidate Lukas Hiendlmeier working on the self-folding electrodes; Copyright: Andreas Heddergott / TUM

18.07.2023

Electrodes: 4D printing for nerve stimulation

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Image: Image showing the preparation of hydrogels that enhance the viability of NK cells; Copyright: KIMM

13.07.2023

3D bioprinting technology to be used for removing cancer cells

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Image: Six artificial fingerprint patterns with different properties to visualise individual fluorescence and topography; Copyright: Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces / Dr Felix Loeffler

15.06.2023

Product safety: anti-counterfeiting through laser printing

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Image: The developed mini scanner and a two Euro coin for size comparison; Copyright: Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen

30.05.2023

Compact laser scanner with 90 percent less construction volume
Image: Close-up of a WFIRM gyroid-shaped construct on a blue-gloved hand; Copyright: WFIRM

17.05.2023

Bioprinting research makes history when it soars to the ISS
Image: Barnika Chakraborty, Professor Rainer Adelung and Dr Leonard Siebert; Copyright: Julia Siekmann, Uni Kiel

16.05.2023

New sensors for healthier indoor air
Image: Researchers taking a picture of a sample on the transmission electron microscope; Copyright: TU Bergakademie Freiberg / D. Müller

04.05.2023

Iron oxide nanoparticles for medical applications
Image: New cleanroom for microchip production; Copyright: DTU/ERIK Arkitekter/Tegnestuen Kontekst

02.05.2023

DTU builds new cleanroom for microchip production
Image: Demonstrator for the counterfeit-proof Smart ID barcode system is tested on a smartphone; Copyright: Fraunhofer IAP

27.04.2023

SmartID – Detect product piracy quickly
Image: Close up: Multisensory stamp and forming parts on a white background; Copyright: Fraunhofer IST

13.04.2023

Multisensory tools for digital process monitoring
Image: A smart bandage rests on a gloved finger; Copyright: Caltech

05.04.2023

'Smart' bandages monitor wounds and provide targeted treatment
Image: Four people pose next to a technical apparatus,Dr. Philip Wollmann, Dr. Wulf Grählert, Oliver Throl and Livia Szathmáry (from left); Copyright: Amac Garbe/Fraunhofer IWS

23.03.2023

Sharp hyperspectral eye for chip production
Image: nerve cell on a blue background; Copyright: claudioventrella

07.03.2023

Nanoparticle-based deep brain stimulation can treat Parkinson's disease
Image: Two men assemble parts in a clean room; Copyright: FBH/P. Immerz

01.03.2023

Speeding up diagnostics! Entangled photon pairs to help fighting cancer
Image: Shape of a bird in the center of several concentric shells; Copyright: Kai Melde, MPI for Medical Research

15.02.2023

Creating 3D objects with sound
Image: Graphic of a nanoparticle with attached blood proteins on their way into a cell; Copyright: MPI-P.

25.01.2023

In the core of the cell: New insights into the utilization of nanotechnology-based drugs
Image: Macro image of a human green eye; Copyright: Kohanova

24.01.2023

Better manufacturing and storage of retinal implants
Image: Screen-printed electrodes held by a gloved hand; Copyright: Washington State University

17.01.2023

Screen-printing method can make wearable electronics less expensive
Image: Raytracing simulation of the LPBF process; Copyright: Fraunhofer IWM

03.01.2023

Additive manufacturing – simulated from start to finish
Image: micro needle patch for the wearable; Copyright: UC San Diego

26.05.2022

Multi-tasking wearable continuously monitors glucose, alcohol, and lactate
Image: Dilip Chalissery develops the process technology for 4D printing at Fraunhofer IAP; Copyright: sevens+maltry photographers

02.11.2021

4D printing: heat shrinks printed objects
Image: 3D printing of Fraunhofer ILT lettering; Copyright: Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen, Germany

28.10.2021

Conquering the third dimension
Image: Virus infection tests; Copyright: Fraunhofer IGB

20.10.2021

Indoor Air: How to Eliminate Viruses Effectively
Image: Smart displays that show information through fabric; Copyright: University of Waterloo

14.10.2021

Smart displays that show information through fabric may be the next wave of wearable tech
Image:a man in a white coat makes adjustments to a system; Copyright: Jürgen Jeibmann/Fraunhofer IWS

13.10.2021

Clean air at all times
Image: Ion track nanotechnology from GSI Materials Research creates a highly sensitive nanopore; Copyright: GSI/FAIR

12.10.2021

New sensor for SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses based on GSI nanotechnology
Image: Textile electronics at your fingertips: At the opening of the Textile Prototyping Lab, the new devices could be tested live; Copyright: Fraunhofer IZM

06.10.2021

E-textiles: So hot right now!
Image: Several nested squares grabbed by one hand; Copyright: Courtesy of Stefanie Mueller, Jun Gong, Olivia Seow, Cedric Honnet, et. al

15.09.2021

3D-printed objects that sense how a user is interacting with them
Image: a woman breathing into a white machine; Copyright:Nynke Wijbenga

07.09.2021

Electronic nose can sniff out when a lung transplant is failing
Image: Demonstration model of customized sensor at different production stages; Copyright: Fraunhofer IPA

27.08.2021

3D-printed sensors
Image: Two men standing next to a D-printer bending over an artificial denture; Copyright: ronaldbonss.com

26.08.2021

When the hip joint comes out of the printer
Image: diagram of the artificial neurons; Copyright: Paul Robin, ENS Laboratoire de Physique

18.08.2021

An artificial ionic neuron for tomorrow's electronic memories
Image: tiny batteries on a glass surface; Copyright: Nanyang Technological University

17.08.2021

Stretchable sweat-powered battery for wearable tech
Image: a hand with a plaster; Copyright: Adapted from ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 16951?16957

06.07.2021

Octopus-inspired wearable sensor
Image: two silver components on white background; Copyright: Incus GmbH

10.06.2021

Fraunhofer IFAM: new system for additive manufacturing of metallic components with LMM
Image: A hand holding the device; Copyright: Adapted from ACS Sensors 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.1c00139

06.05.2021

Personalized sweat sensor reliably monitors blood glucose
Image: A man holding the device; Copyright: Peng Bai Lab

04.05.2021

Bai lab develops stable, efficient, anode-free sodium battery
Image: an arm with the skin patch; Copyright: Wang lab/UC San Diego

16.02.2021

New skin patch: hope for wearable and all-in-one health monitor
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