Engineering Minute

Hologic, Inc., a women’s health leader, recently acquired Bolder surgical for $160 million. Bolder surgical is a privately held medical device company producing advanced energy vessel sealing surgical devices. The acquisition expands Hologic’s surgical portfolio to

A recent article put out by Bloomberg predicts an increase in medical device sales and innovation in 2021, after the 2020 lull. With multiple Covid-19 vaccines currently being dispersed, companies are gearing up to make big

A Connecticut medical device manufacturer will produce ventilators for the state. Governor Ned Lamont has contracted with the company for the work. This comes as the Trump administration has turned down the state’s request for

From people in their homes to small businesses to major manufacturers, there’s a huge effort to make masks to protect against the coronavirus. Our Olivia Lyons shows you how one newly designed mask is being

Researchers at Yale New Haven Health System have devised a way to sterilize N95 respirator masks, which are currently in short supply due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of getting thrown away, the masks that

A doctor at the University of Connecticut is utilizing 3D printing technology to make life saving medical makes, similar to N-95 masks, for hospitals that are in short supply of necessary PPE due to the

Researchers at ETH Zurich, in Switzerland, have developed the world’s smallest stent using 4D printing. The stent is 40 times smaller than the current stents available. The hope is that the stents could be used

A  group of students at Stevens Institute of Technology has developed a smart pediatric tracheostomy device. The device is designed to alert doctors and caregivers if the patient is at risk for respiratory distress due

Engineers at the University of Leeds, in England, have redesigned the traditional endoscope to be more affordable for use in countries where the cost of cancer screening equipment makes the tests cost-prohibitive. Their design is

A team of students at Rice University is developing a small, foldable epinephrine delivery device that can be worn on the wrist, like a watch, or other parts of a person’s body. Unlike similar epinephrine