Medical product or medical device?

November 17th, 2025

In a presentation at the Emerging Technologies Conference at the Advanced Textiles Association’s Expo 2025, Alexander Laubach, a chemist with the Hohenstein Institute, took his audience behind the scenes to help clarify the differences between medical products and medical devices, and to outline the process that must be followed for approval. Identifying a medical device […]

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Biodegradable patch could help heal broken bones

July 26th, 2021

UW–Madison professor Xuedong Wang holds a fracture electrostimulation device he and his lab designed. When placed over a fracture, the device generates electricity from movement, accelerating bone healing. Photo: UW–Madison/Jason Daley. Scientists have studied the use of electricity in healing wounds, including bone fractures, but as that requires surgically implanting and removing electrodes powered by an […]

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