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A cold chain reaction
When we think about medical products, we’re much more likely to imagine patients in hospital beds and doctors in…
The perfect (thermo)form
The production of packaging for medical devices is a demanding task due to the strict demands for sterility and…
A silver bullet
Colloquially speaking, a ‘silver bullet’ is a simple solution to a difficult problem. To cite the best-known example –…
Striking a cord
Regenerative medicine has come on leaps and bounds in recent years. A diverse and fast-evolving field, it runs the…
Making sense of grapheme
Rumour has it that, in the 1860s, Napoleon III reserved a special set of aluminium cutlery for his most…
A matter of choice
Medical devices like scalpels have been around for thousands of years, but it is only with the advancement of…
Setting the standard
In recent years, there have been extensive discussions between market players that have resulted in cooperation in developing material…
A new class of ink
Conductive ink sounds like a misnomer. Ink is used in our pens and printers, not as a vehicle for…
Cybernetic medicine
Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) or brain-machine interfaces (BMI) enable direct information transfer between the brain and a technical circuit. By…
Ocular innovation
Photonics entered the medical market as a collection of technologies with a lot of advantages for the development of…