Empa
3D printing gives hope for corneal repair
07.11.2025
Empa researchers design a biocompatible 3D-printed corneal implant that could restore sight without donor tissue.
FAQ: Micromanufacturing in MedTech
16.09.2025
Micromanufacturing helps medical technology achieve maximum effects with maximum precision in the smallest of spaces.
Implants: Successful 3D bioprinting in space
03.07.2025
A bioprinter printed nerve implants on the ISS for the first time - also for better healing on Earth.
Titanium makes the difference
08.04.2025
Titanium has established itself as indispensable due to its unique properties.
Additive manufacturing trends
10.02.2025
Additive manufacturing enables the precise production of highly complex and customized products and offers valuable advantages.
Biocompatible materials
20.01.2025
The use of biocompatible materials prevents problems wherever the surface of devices comes into contact with the body.
Ozbolat Lab at Penn State / Penn State
Bioprinting: speed up in functional tissue fabrication
13.01.2025
Penn State researchers have unveiled a bioprinting method that accelerates tissue production 10 times faster.
University of Cambridge
Bioelectronics: Soft and stretchable jelly batteries
16.12.2024
Research discovery in materials science: soft, stretchable "jelly batteries", flexible batteries inspired by electric eels.
University of Nottingham
Materials for personalized regenerative implants
11.12.2024
Researchers have developed a new blood-derived material capable of repairing bones, the "biocooperative" material.
UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering / John Zich
Hydrogel semiconductor bridges bioelectronics and living tissue
27.11.2024
Researchers have developed a unique hydrogel semiconductor with properties ideal for medical applications.
Medical technology meets good design
13.11.2024
Comate Engineering & Design demonstrates how pioneering medical technology and sustainable design go hand in hand.
The next generation of visual implants
30.10.2024
With the miniaturization of technology and improved data transmission and evaluation, visual implants are coming into focus.
Fraunhofer IPMS, Sebastian Lassak
OLED-on-CMOS technology: New approach for light sources
04.10.2024
Researchers are developing OLED-on-CMOS-based optical stimulators for future cochlear implants as part of the “NeurOpto” project.
Fraunhofer IAP / Jadwiga Galties
3D bioprinting: Personalized implants for cartilage therapy
02.10.2024
Researchers are developing 3D printing inks with the body's own cartilage cells for personalized cartilage implants.
COMPAMED
Implants: out-of-body communication
09.09.2024
A new Bluetooth technology makes it possible for implants in the abdomen to connect to smartphones.
Karin Kaiser/MHH
Latest generation of self-dissolving stents conquers hearts
11.06.2024
Dissolving stent offers new hope for narrowed arteries - 2nd-ever implant at Hannover Medical School, ideal for younger patients.
Envato/YouraPechkin
Sensors – hidden heroes?
10.06.2024
They monitor, transmit and control – sensors in medical technology. Hardly any device can do without them.
ninelutsk / Envato
Biomimetic adhesive for tissue and bone
02.04.2024
The printable dopamine-based tissue adhesive can even be printed on curved, uneven surfaces.
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
New hydrogel for seawater desalination
18.03.2024
UPC develops thermosensitive hydrogel for solar-powered desalination and smart biomedical adhesives in diagnostics and semi-invasive therapy.
Advancements in microchip manufacturing
29.02.2024
Plasma scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have made advancements in microchip manufacturing.
ninelutsk / Envato
Small technology for powerful hearing
14.12.2023
The smallest components are needed for hearing aids. We take a look at the microtechnology in devices.
ionadidishvili
Artificial intelligence makes gripping more intuitive
14.12.2023
128 sensors and AI help decode forearm muscle patterns, enabling more natural and intuitive control of artificial limbs.
Fraunhofer CMI
Inspired by mussels: printable adhesives for tissues and bones
07.12.2023
Fraunhofer teams develop tissue adhesive to prevent early prosthesis replacement, enhancing long-term implant stability.
Tomáš Belloň / IOCB Prague
Computer model of the ear may help to improve cochlear implants
28.11.2023
Prof. Jungwirth’s team and MED-EL create full computer model of the ear- simulating mammalian hearing from outer ear to auditory nerve.
Patrick Mansell/Penn State
Grant to facilitate high-speed bioprinting
26.07.2023
Penn State researchers lead a project to develop tech for scalable bioprinting of native human tissues like bones, tracheas and organs.
Empa
Sensor patch for abdominal surgery
22.06.2023
Researchers from Empa and ETH Zurich have developed a plaster with a sensor function to ensure that wounds in the abdomen remain tightly closed after an operation.
Fotogenia - Renate Trummer
Tissue Engineering: TU Graz revolutionises production of biocompatible microfibres
01.06.2023
Using a newly developed method for the efficient and cost-effective production of biocompatible microfibres, the production of autologous skin and organs can be significantly accelerated.
Jens Meyer/Uni Jena
Specially coated titanium reduces risk of clots on prostheses
25.05.2023
An international research team led by the german University of Jena has now developed a promising approach to significantly reducing blood clotting on the heart valve material titanium.
WFIRM
Bioprinting research makes history when it soars to the ISS
17.05.2023
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) will make history this month when the first bioprinted solid tissue constructs soar to the International Space Station (ISS) on board the next all private astronaut mission by commercial space leader Axiom Space.
UBT / Chr. Wißler.
Regenerative medicine: cell-specific properties of novel spider silk materials
11.05.2023
Materials made of spider silk can be specifically modified or processed in such a way that living cells of a certain type adhere to them, grow and proliferate. This has been discovered by researchers at the University of Bayreuth under the direction of Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheibel.
ONWARD Medical NV
Kick-off: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network "ReWIRE"
06.04.2023
Through ReWIRE, next-generation scientists will be trained to develop translational breakthrough therapeutic solutions for patients with paralysis caused by traumatic spinal cord injuries.
claudioventrella
Nanoparticle-based deep brain stimulation can treat Parkinson's disease
07.03.2023
With the onset of an aging population, the annual incidence of neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson's disease is escalating rapidly. One of the various therapeutic approaches for such diseases is deep brain stimulation. Recently, a research team at POSTECH developed a new technique for administering electrical stimulation to the brain without the need for implanted electrodes.
envato/ Satura_
ERC Proof of Concept Grant for Tobias Moser
28.02.2023
Auditory neuroscientist of the University Medical Center Göttingen receives additional funding by the European Research Council. His project "OptoWave" concentrates on optimizing the optical cochlear implant for the application in hearing impaired people.
Sato et al
Navigating complex biological systems with smart fibers
09.02.2023
Instrumenting integrative actuators and sensors within a single active device at the microscale is constrained by current manufacturing technologies. Now, a team of researchers has developed a flexible polymer-based actuatable fiber which is capable of being integrated with smart materials and biosensing composite materials.
WILDDESIGN GmbH, Gelsenkirchen
A new generation of microimplants
07.02.2023
They are barely the size of a thumbnail, able to communicate with each other and respond to each other, and designed to make life easier for people with functional limitations. We are talking about a new generation of interactive microimplants developed by the innovation cluster INTAKT.