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manufacturing is transforming tissue engineering and personalised implants.
Lasers & photonics
61 Micromachining matters Laser micromachining is driving the next generation of minimally invasive medical devices. Liam Critchley speaks to Dr Nazeer Basha of GE Healthcare about how ultrafast lasers are enabling smaller, more precise implants, stents, catheters and diagnostic platforms, and how this technology is shaping the future of surgical innovation and bio- integrated devices.
Electronics
66 Powering up wearables Thanks to the evolution of wearable medical devices, we can now monitor an unprecedented amount of health metrics continuously and in real time. But to work as they’re meant to, these devices need access to an adequate and constant source of energy. There are various ways to harvest, convert and supply power to wearables, and researchers are currently looking into approaches that are increasingly practical and effective. Liam Critchley explores how the field is advancing.
71 Changing the paradigm: Wearables become the future of medicine Microchip Technology
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Filtration & fluid control 77 Go with the flow
As medical device manufacturers develop smaller, more accurate diagnostic tools, understanding the capabilities of micropumps has become essential, explains Associate Professor Xiaoyun Ding from the University of Colorado Boulder to Natalie Healey.
83 Redefining performance Introtek
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75 It’s what’s on the inside that counts Keystone Electronics
Materials
84 Tracking carbon, tracing change To track and verify embodied emissions through every stage of the supply chain, leading OEMs are piloting blockchain-anchored digital product passports (DPPs). Ellie Philpotts talks to Chris Taylor, sustainability lead for Philips Healthcare, UK and Ireland, and Professor Sabu Thomas of Mahatma Gandhi University, to find out how these immutable records trace material origin, processing emissions, assembly data and end-of-life recycling steps – providing regulators, purchasers and end users with transparent proof of progress towards net-zero targets.
88 Precision at the core: The thermocouple wires transforming medtech Alleima
90 Shape-shifting futures From self-healing polymers and shape-memory alloys to stimuli- responsive hydrogels, a new generation of materials is redefining what medical devices can achieve. Yet as Sarah Harris explores – with an outlook from Professor Ipsita Roy, deputy director of research and innovation at the University of Sheffield’s School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
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