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Qualcomm and Enfucell have developed a SoftBattery-powered wireless golf sensor patch. 

After two years of research and development (R&D), medical apparel supplier Medelita has launched a new collection of men’s and women’s laboratory coats with a “dual-effect” technology.

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc, a leading developer of advanced spider silk based fibres, has announced that it, with the University of Notre Dame, has filed two additional patents to strengthen i

Medline Industries of Knutsford, Cheshire, UK, has announced that Exuderm Satin hydrocolloid dressing has been listed on the National Health Service (NHS) Drug Tariff for England and Wales, which i

Researchers at Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology are claiming a world first in three-dimensionally (3D) printing a series of small objects from plant-based material with a special bio-prin

There have been 41 301 patents published on wearable electronics from 2010 through to May 2015, and filings are growing by 40% each year. 

Medical laser treatments specialist Biolitec has introduced its new Fusion technology, which provides physicians with safe medical fibres used in high-tech laser treatments. 

Peratech Holdco, the Yorkshire, UK-based developer of quantum tunnelling composites (QTCs) – a technology originally aimed at the wearable technologies market – has completed a new £1-million inves

The Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering at ETH Zurich in Switzerland has developed a method for obtaining high-quality fibres from gelatine.

Baby food and baby products manufacturer Gerber has introduced the All-in-One Reusable Cloth Diaper. 

The new Spring–Summer 2015 Reebok CrossFit sportswear collection will incorporate Kevlar and feature its trademarks, following a multi-year license deal with DuPont.

A method for improving mesh implant biocompatibility has been developed by Baxter International of Deerfield, Illinois, USA. 

Arsenal Medical has entered into two strategic relationships with major pharmaceutical partners to develop its nanofibre technology platform for controlled drug delivery.

A wound dressing that can control the micro-environment within and around a wound site adaptively has been developed by inventors from Los Gatos, California, USA.

Since it launched its potentially revolutionary fabric sensor technology at the end of 2014, BeBop Sensors, based in Berkeley, California, USA, has designed 14 separate products for original equipm

Moticon is to co-operate with the University of Tübingen in a €265 000 German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) project.

A biaxially stretchable outer cover for absorbent articles, such as conventional taped diapers, pull-on diapers, training pants and incontinence briefs, has been developed by Procter & Gamble.

FibroSelect is a three-dimensional (3D) nanofibre-based technology being developed by Puridify, a spin-out from University College London (UCL) based in Stevenage, UK.

Facilities for the test production and evaluation of high-strength lightweight structural materials, and the design and evaluation of smart wearables, are being installed at Teijin’s new Technology

A system, method and apparatus for dressing and treating a wound with topical negative-pressure (TNP) therapy are disclosed in US Patent 9 061 095 by Smith & Nephew.