Renée Bailey
Renée Bailey

Instructional Materials: The Basis for Safety Between Users and Medical Devices

By Renée Bailey
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Instructional materials help users grasp how to use a device safely. Renée Bailey, Certified Instructional Technologist (CIT), explains how effective instructional materials are vital for the medtech design process, and shares necessary considerations to produce instructions that are coherent, easy to understand and aligned with the human factors engineering process.

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David Goldman
David Goldman
Soapbox

Revolutionizing Healthcare: Augmented Reality’s Unprecedented Impact

By David Goldman
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Augmented reality (AR), with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), is providing healthcare professionals with the means to offer patients an unprecedented level of care and personalized treatments, and assisting MedTech and life sciences companies in product design and development. Yet, the potential of AR with AI in health care is still far from fully explored.

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Patient on ventilator
Patient on ventilator
MEDdesign

MD PnP Presents Remote Control Care Testing and Verification Method

By MedTech Intelligence Staff
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For “Systematic Testing of a Ventilator Remote Control System Towards Safe Use in Tele-Critical Care and Prolonged Care,” researchers developed a prototype system for network-based far remote-control of the NKV-550 critical care ventilator, with the goals of identifying and implementing foundational remote-control capabilities, and exploring essential performance, interoperability, and cybersecurity requirements.

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Roy Shuvo, Ph.D.
Roy Shuvo, Ph.D.

Device Development: A Hybrid Implantable Kidney

By MedTech Intelligence Staff
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Shuvo Roy, Ph.D., Professor of Bioengineering at UCSF and Technical Director of The Kidney Project, and his research partners have developed an artificial kidney constructed of semiconductor silicon wafers that remove waste and toxins from the blood and a cell therapy unit that replicates other kidney functions. Their prototype, powered entirely by blood pressure, filtered blood and created urine in a pre-clinical trial.

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Adrian Jennings
Adrian Jennings

Using RTLS To Improve Operational Efficiency

By Adrian Jennings
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In leveraging the valuable insights delivered by real-time location systems (RTLS) technology, hospitals and healthcare facilities are able to undergo the kind operational overhaul they so desperately need, boosting ROI while simultaneously allowing for better working conditions for staff as well as more focused, immediate care for patients.

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