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A team of engineers led by Tufts University have created smart medical thread using embedded sensors to monitor, collect, and wirelessly transmit patient data in real time. This new development in thread-based diagnostic devices (TDDs) will serve to continuously monitor of patients' health status, diagnose, and treat diseases.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues final guidance for medical device electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). The final guidance document details a number of primary components that are needed from U.S. manufacturers in order to obtain premarket clearance or approval for supporting claims of medical device EMC.

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has released IEC TR 60601-4-2:2016. This technical report covers "Medical electrical equipment - Part 4-2: Guidance and interpretation - Electromagnetic immunity: performance of medical electrical equipment and medical electrical systems."

Researchers have taken a big step toward developing an implantable chip that can detect DNA mutations in real-time and transmit them wirelessly to a smartphone or computer. A team of bioengineers and the University of California, San Diego designed an electrical graphene chip that can detect a common mutation in DNA.

An electrical engineer at the University of Queensland has developed a prototype for a terahertz laser imaging system that can identify tumors in their early stages.

Several medical electrical equipment standards are approaching their effective dates for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Union (EU)’s DOCOPOCOSS (Date of Cessation of Presumption of Conformity of the Superseded Standard).

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now accepting comments and suggestions on a new draft guidance for medical device manufacturers working with additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing.

Researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de València in Spain developed new synthetic models that simulate the electromagnetic properties of human tissues and organs. They will be used for developing and testing medical devices that use human tissue as a transmission medium for communication.

The results of a breakthrough clinical trial for a wearable artificial kidney device have...

Researchers at the University of Missouri (MU) are developing technology that can help elderly people remain in their homes longer by providing long-term medical monitoring. Radars and sensors placed throughout the home can identify subtle physical and behavioral changes that can alert patients and caregivers to early signs of illness.