Danny English
Danny English, Associate Editor Manufacturing Group
Recent Articles
Navigation system improves knee replacement surgery
OMNINAV Surgical Navigation System uses innovative technology to ensure operation precision.
Wrist-mounted device augments the human hand
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a robot that enhances the grasping motion of the human hand.
Device aims to save lives, reduce costs in the ICU
A blood-purification device uses highly porous polymer beads to extract toxic, inflammatory materials from blood.
Manufacturing a non-invasive, glucose-monitoring device
Uniquely combining ultrasonic, electromagnetic, and thermal technologies, Israel-based Integrity Applications is bringing its pain-free glucose measuring device to market.
Re-shaping medical devices
University of Texas at Dallas researchers create implantable transistors that wrap around tissues while maintaining electronic properties.
The relationship that led to the first angioplasty surgery
It’s been 50 years since Dr. Charles Dotter performed the very first angioplasty surgery in January 1964. Credited as the Father of Interventional Radiology, Dotter was an eccentric visionary who foresaw and developed medical innovations at a tremendous pace. His relationship with then little-known entrepreneur, Bill Cook, jump-started some of the industry’s most revolutionary inventions that continue to transform the medical world today.
Big results from tiny tooling
Extremely demanding accuracy is crucial in the life sciences industry.
Wound-care dressing built on water
Alliqua is using its hydrogel platform to expand its business and provide more options in the wound-care industry.
Advances in thick-gauge thermoplastic parts
Technology is the star in medical devices from MRI and blood analysis machines to CT and PET scan equipment, but they could not function without the custom covers, panels, housings, and enclosures that provide sensitive electronic components structure, protection, and aesthetics.