Medical Design Briefs Podcast

Making Generative Designs Manufacturable

AI-powered and computational design tools can generate intricate geometries for surgical instruments, drug-delivery systems, robotic components, diagnostic equipment, and

Regulating AI-Created Devices

If AI contributes to device design, development, or lifecycle decision-making, who is responsible for safety? In this episode, Ravi Nabar, CEO of QuAIZen, explores how ma

Exploring Simulation-First Prototyping of Medical Devices

Virtual twins are reducing reliance on costly bench testing and early-stage prototypes. By simulating device performance across populations and environments, developers a

Clinical Trial Design in the Era of AI

Clinical trials are expensive, slow, and risky. AI promises to improve study planning, patient recruitment, endpoint selection, and evidence review, while also helping te

Rapid Diagnostics for Extreme and Low-Resource Environments

Rapid diagnostics can determine whether care moves quickly or stalls in disaster zones, military operations, rural clinics, and global health settings where conventional

Resilient Device Design for Harsh Conditions

Devices in extreme settings must withstand vibration, heat, cold, humidity, and physical shock. Drawing lessons from battlefield medicine, polar research, and humanitaria

Making Telemedicine Work in Low-Connectivity Environments

Telehealth is only as strong as its connection. In this episode, Kelly Collins, Managing Director of SureAdhere by Dimagi, discusses how healthcare teams can deliver, doc

Why the Next Medical Breakthrough May Come from Space

What if the future of vision restoration depends on manufacturing in microgravity? LambdaVision is using theInternational Space Station to produce artificial retinas made

Adaptive DBS: The Next Leap in Closed-Loop Neurostimulation

Neurostimulators are moving beyond fixed, always-on stimulation toward therapies that can sense what is happening in the nervous system and adjust in real time. In this e

How Smart Implants and AI Robotics Could Transform Neurological Surgery

Neurological implants are evolving from static hardware into intelligent platforms that can do far more than provide structural support. In this episode, we explore how N

How Tissue-Based Approaches Are Enabling Long-Term Implants

For implants designed to perform over time, it’s not always about electronics or batteries — it’s also about biology. There’s a new category of medical devices on the hor

Training the Future of AI-Powered Surgery

As AI and robotics rapidly advance surgical capabilities, a parallel transformation is reshaping how surgeons aretrained. This episode explores the convergence of artific

Making Human-Centered Robotics Work in the Real World

As robots increasingly share workspaces with people, success depends not only on interaction design but on engineering discipline, safety certification, and reliable syst

The Hidden Nervous System of Surgical Robotics: Power, Data & Sensing Behind Precision Performance

In this episode, we explore how enabling technologies — connectors, sensors, and ruggedized electronic architectures — are redefining what robotic systems can safely and

Surgical & Assistive Robotics: Redefining Human Capability

Robotics is rapidly advancing beyond the operating room into patient recovery. Devices paired with brain–computer interfaces and adaptive machine learning algorithms are

How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery

In this episode, we’re exploring how wearables are improving drug delivery. Matt Huddleston, chief commercial officer and executive vice president of Enable Injections ta

Developing Sustainable Drug-Delivery Devices

In today’s episode, we’re exploring the growing emphasis on sustainability in drug-delivery devices. Martin Alexander Sørensen, Mechanical Design Engineer, and Martin Høi

Smarter Pathways for Precision Drug Delivery in Cancer Care

In this episode, we’re exploring how targeted intra-arterial delivery platforms are redefining the treatment of solid tumors, offering a way to bathe cancer directly in t

Personalized Medicine and Drug Delivery

In this episode, we’re diving into personalized medicine and drug delivery — and how cutting-edge tools like AI, automation,and robotics are transforming cancer care. Joi

Material Science Innovations for Medical Devices

This episode delves into some of the latest advancements in materials for medical devices. Dr. Jeremy Schaffer, Head of R&D at Fort Wayne Metals, talks to us about how ne