Combining advanced magnetic navigation technology with ultra-flexible robotic instruments, Swiss medical technology company Nanoflex Robotics is building a next-generation telerobotics interventional platform to enhance access to life-saving endovascular procedures. Spun out of ETH Zurich in 2021, the company has emerged as a pioneer in magnetically […]
Having spent decades designing and manufacturing position encoders utilizing magnetic, inductive, and optical technologies, the founders of FLUX GmbH realized that a better technology was required for rotary and linear motion measurement. In 2017, the […]
Medical device engineers have been learning more lately about Mirmex Motor, a boutique motor company in Belgium that specializes in tailoring micromotors for implantable medical devices. Using advanced flex PCB winding technology, the small motors […]
Continued advancements in electromagnetic motion tracking, now firmly established as a valued surgical tool, are bringing new capabilities to a wide range of applications particularly in medicine, defense and research. At the heart of the evolving technology are tiny, powerful magnetic sensors that the systems focus upon, coupled with advanced electronics and software that track them. This article highlights some of the companies and their products that are driving the progress in medicine, notably Northern Digital, Polhemus, Radwave and TT Technologies – and, at the OEM level, Stereotaxis who with its robotically navigated surgical systems could be considered a champion adopter of the technology, devising new levels of increased magnetic functionality. […]
TT Electronics has partnered with Radwave Technologies to bring a highly accurate electromagnetic tracking platform to the medical market. Employing surgical navigation sensors from TT, the technology offers solutions for medical device innovators who are seeking to add new or improved electromagnetic capabilities to their devices. The […]
Dexter Magnetic Technologies is planning to move to new, expanded headquarters in Elk Grove, Illinois. The new site is about 2.5 miles north from its present location northwest of Chicago. According to an article in the Chicago […]
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has given clearance to a new, smaller magnetic resonance imaging scanner from Siemens Healthineers that employs the company’s technology to greatly reduce the amount of helium needed for cooling the magnet […]
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