Electronic skin could allow robots, prosthetic devices to perceive touch
Researchers developed an innovative architecture enabling tunable sensitivity and reliable contact and proximity detection.
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How to turn an idea into a successful medtech innovation
Learn practical frameworks for developing viable products in our upcoming webinar.
Regulatory roundup – August 2026
Recent FDA-cleared technology includes spinal fusion systems, diagnostic and monitoring devices, and an innovative dialysis technology.
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Signia introduces multi-dimensional AI hearing aid platform
Signia MaX leverages four task-specific deep neural networks to simultaneously understand speech, noise, environment, and the wearer's own voice.
IMTS 2026 Conference: The Automation Impact: Short-term Wins to Long-term Transformations
Learn how manufacturers of all sizes can achieve gains by adopting automation.
Cybersecurity incident affects Boston Scientific’s operations
The company is currently working to investigate and contain the threat.
Smith+Nephew, Imperial College London launch surgical robotics innovation center
The five-year partnership aims to accelerate the translation of academic breakthroughs in fields such as computer vision and sensing into advanced techniques in robotic surgery.
IMTS 2026 Conference: The First AI Machinist - Automating CNC, CMM, and DFM End-to-End
Learn about the AI Machinist as a path to fully autonomous manufacturing.
Enercon brings design expertise, electronics capabilities to MEDevice Boston
The company will showcase its end-to-end electronics capabilities for FDA-regulated medical devices and discuss the importance of early design decisions.
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Supply chain expert highlights hyperscale manufacturing approach
LMA Consulting Group President Lisa Anderson points to the emerging operating model as key to the future of the manufacturing industry.
IMTS 2026 Conference: Sinter Based Additive Manufacturing - Current Status & Challenges
Learn about Binder Jet Metal Printing Technology (BJT).
Metalworking machinery orders set mid-year record at $3.44 billion as of June 2026
Orders totaled $672.7 million for the month of June itself, more than double June 2025’s total.
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First fully autonomous robotic blood draw device receives FDA authorization
Vitestro’s Aletta device combines multimodal imaging, advanced robotics, and artificial intelligence to autonomously perform diagnostic blood collection.
Navigating the Front End of Innovation
Learn to manage the critical early stages of medtech development with confidence.
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Medical device components supplier Qosina expands into regulatory services
Qosina Regulatory Services will support medical device developers from early pathway planning through submissions and ongoing compliance.
What CMMC certification actually looks like
Hear firsthand experiences of what CMMC looks like in the real world.
FDA seeks public feedback on regulating generative AI medical devices
The FDA plans to develop a regulatory approach that advances innovation while protecting patients and consumers.
IMTS 2026 Conference: Add a Shift Without Hiring One: Automating Machine Tending for More Throughput
Learn about a zero-capital, fully supported automation model that removes traditional barriers and makes scalable growth accessible to manufacturers of any size.
UC San Diego engineers to develop soft, autonomous robot for blood clot removal
The research team was awarded ARPA-H funding to develop a flexible robot that autonomously navigates the brain’s blood vessels during thrombectomies.
IMTS 2026 Conference: Automating High-Mix, Low-Volume Tool Production: A Contradiction Solved
Learn how modern tool grinding technology is overcoming the traditional trade-off between flexibility and automation.
Knowles Corp. to manufacture Elucent Medical’s smart surgical guidance device
Knowles leverages its micro molding capabilities and design-for-manufacturability optimization approach to produce the advanced medical device.
IMTS 2026 Conference: Automated, Multi-Job Metal Additive Manufacturing at Scale
Learn about the next generation of metal additive manufacturing.
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IMTS 2026 Conference: Industrial Intelligence Unlocked: Putting Trusted ERP Data in the Hands of Frontline Workers with AI
Practical AI adoption and building a capable workforce.
Protolabs supports MIT Industrial Performance Center’s efforts to accelerate US manufacturing
Research fellows at the Center are studying leading U.S. manufacturing innovators to identify how to scale the nation’s most advanced technologies with a focus on medical and aerospace manufacturing.
IMTS 2026 Conference: High accuracy, five-axis laser micromachining with femto-second laser technology in manufacturing
Learn about the current state of high accuracy, high reliability, laser micro-machining.
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TRUMPF announces two strategic partnerships, acquisitions
The company will acquire cutting and forming solutions provider Mate Precision Technologies and laser machine manufacturer Cutlite.