Abbott's Freestyle Libre 2 and 3 are the first CGMs to receive FDA clearance for use during imaging tests like X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs.

Spurred by advances in energy-harvesting materials, a new generation of advanced implantable biomedical devices is emerging ...

The classical understanding of personal autonomy, which still influences medical guidelines, is based on an individualistic framework and is inadequate for ethical mental health care. The goal of ...

Imricor’s work over past 18 years developing the world’s only MRI-compatible devices for cardiac ablation procedures is ...

Because they use strong magnets, breast MRIs may also need to be avoided with certain implanted metal devices, such as pacemakers. Breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an imaging technique used ...

Abstract: The temperature rise effect caused by a time-varying magnetic field in an MRI scanner on active implantable medical devices (AIMDs) is related to the safety of patients. A reasonable ...

The University of Chicago researchers state that this hydrogel-based semiconductor could be used in various bioelectronics, from implantable medical devices like pacemakers and biosensors to ...

A lithium-ion battery made from three droplets of hydrogel is the smallest soft battery of its kind – and it could be used in biocompatible and biodegradable implants ...

"In this work, we have proposed a millimeter-scale soft robot, which can be actuated by alternating magnetic fields to dispense four types of drugs with reprogrammable drug-dispensing sequence and ...

A team of scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed grain-sized soft robots that can be controlled using magnetic ... This is a medical breakthrough ...

A Minnesota-based company has opened its commercial pilot plant to ramp up rare earth-free permanent magnet production. Niron Magnets’ facility in Minneapolis will produce sustainable ...

As a cardiology fellow at Montefiore Medical Center, here are some tips for living with a pacemaker. Avoid strong electromagnetic fields: Some electronic devices, like certain security systems or ...