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January/February 2026

Features

Borrowed Minds, Better Medicine: Exploring Medical Device R&D

R&D partnerships help focus internal teams on core innovation while ensuring high-quality, compliant product development.

SPONSOR

The Value of a CDMO with a Patient-Centric Focus—A Medtech Makers Q&A

Accelerating investment in technology and automation, SK Capital’s Precera Medical, formerly the Lisi Medical division, is driving a new standard of how CDMOs improve patient outcomes.

Features

Finding a Power Source for Medical Electronics Manufacturing

Cost pressures, geopolitical upheaval, and rising demand are driving OEMs to partner with electronics manufacturing services providers that offer end-to-end solutions.

Features

Enhancing Subtraction with Addition in Machining & Laser Processing

Additive manufacturing, along with hybrid systems, sophisticated programming, CAD/CAM solutions, and other innovative technologies, is advancing machining and laser processing.

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Offering Services to Address Concept to Care—A Medtech Makers Q&A

Anchored by a company name change, a CDMO provides insights on the importance of ensuring an organization’s offerings align with the needs of the industry.

Features

A Flash of Light: Laser Micromachining in Medtech

A look at the essential role of femtosecond laser micromachining in the production of life-saving medical devices.

Features

Hearing Heart Concerns: The Ear as a Cardiovascular ‘Canary’

Monitoring the biometric links between hearing and heart health through wearable devices represents an important advance in proactive health management.

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Collaboration Between OEMs, CDMOs, and Coating Partners—A Medtech Makers Q&A

Early-stage collaboration—the key to device innovation—helps prevent design roadblocks in coating application and testing.

Editor's Letter

Identifying Focus Areas for Medtech in 2026

Topics in medtech this year that members of industry should have on their own, business-centric New Year’s resolution list.

Design Viewpoint

DHF by Design: How Synchronous Capture Delivers Better Results

The Design History File (DHF) is intended to be a clear, orderly record of how a product moved from concept to commercialization.

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An Exploration of a Costa Rican Free Zone—A Medtech Makers Q&A

Evolution Free Zone was developed as a smart community with a focus on providing facilities and space for medical device manufacturing.

Cybersecurity

Selecting a Medical Device Cybersecurity Consultant

A cybersecurity consultant can provide a massive advantage in speed, cost, quality, and ease of premarket submission approval.

Talent Matters

Three Levers to Help Navigate Medtech Uncertainty

OEMs are in a race to close the skills gap during an age of AI-fueled growth, adapt to greater regulatory shifts, and strengthen workforce agility.

C-Suite Reflections

What 2026 Will Demand from Medtech Leadership in M&A

Passivity will not be rewarded in 2026—strategic acquirers have returned to the market in force.

From the Bench

The Hidden Cost of Unplanned Biocompatibility Testing

There is a common misconception in the industry that biocompatibility begins with testing.

Emerging Markets

25 Years in Costa Rica: Medtech Manufacturing Lessons Learned

If I had to summarize Costa Rica manufacturing in one sentence, it would be this: "The opportunity is real, but it is not a shortcut."

Datawatch

Interventional Urology in 2025: Technology, Market Dynamics, and Innovation Opportunities

Expect broader adoption of AI and procedure analytics in parallel with the technological maturation of disposable devices and robotics.

Industry Voices

Building Trust in Surgical AI: Protecting Data Security in the OR

Concerns with integrating AI into the operating room and the measures being taken to ensure data is safe and secure.

Medtech Musings

Rewiring Brain Treatment with Microscopic ‘Circulatronics’

Imagine that clinicians could insert tiny electronic chips into the brain that electrically stimulate a precise area with only an injection in the arm.

Featured Resources

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