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BMP Medical plans expansion for Massachusetts facility
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Researchers use microelectronics to develop remote control for ‘biobots’
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How the Philips recall is raising scrutiny of at-home medical devices
January 2023 Issue: The Leadership In Medical Technology Issue
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BMP Medical plans expansion for Massachusetts facility
BMP Medical announced that it plans to expand within its Sterling, Massachusetts-based facility. The company plans to provide additional warehouse space through a 25,000 square foot expansion. It provides customers more space for growing inventory needs to accelerate their time to market. A tenant previously occupied the space. BMP Medical said this comes as part…
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3D-printed nasal swab wins Patents for Humanity award
The University of South Florida received the Patents for Humanity award for its patent of a 3D-printed nasopharyngeal swab. Developers created the swab in the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic to solve production disruptions during a time of critical need for COVID-19 testing. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) awarded USF with the…
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Researchers use microelectronics to develop remote control for ‘biobots’
Researchers at collaborating universities in Illinois developed miniature biological robots with remote control capabilities. The hybrid “eBiobots” combine soft materials, living muscle and microelectronics. Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern University and collaborating institutions developed them. In a post on the University of Illinois website, they described them as centimeter-scale biological machines. They…
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ResMed’s new factory brings it closer to meeting CPAP demand after Philips recall
The opening of a new plant — billed as the biggest of its kind on Earth — brings ResMed closer to catching up with skyrocketing CPAP demand. That was one of the big takeaways from ResMed CEO Mick Farrell’s talk at the annual J.P Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco yesterday. The San Diego–based company has found…
