Media partners: www.eucomed.org 2019 Vol. 1 www.medicaldevice-developments.com £31.00 €49.00 $65.00 Skeleton key How glass opens the door for new implantable devices Light touch Creating new possibilities with flexible photonics Go digital The FDA regulation changing the future of the industry From the editor On reflection here is a famous scene in the 1967 film The Graduate, where a family friend takes aside Benjamin Braddock, played by Dustin Hoffman, and On the web... T whispers to him, “Plastics… There’s a great future in plastics.” This seems Find the latest features, market odd today, particularly in light of increasing concerns about sustainability, but analysis and supplier information at at the time this material was new and exciting. www.medicaldevice-developments.com If film-makers had been able to see into the future, they would have Medical Device Developments inevitably made a reference to the digital age in which we find ourselves today. Vol. 1 2019 An age where new technologies are transforming a number of industries, not Editorial least medical devices, where there is an ever-increasing number of possibilities Editor Emma Green to improve efficiencies in manufacturing, create more advanced devices and
[email protected] Chief sub-editor Thom Atkinson address unmet health needs, all of which we explore in this issue. Sub-editor Todd Palmer We investigate the use of new materials, such as using glass for implantables, Senior feature writer Greg Noone Feature writers Tim Gunn, Will Moffi tt which we dive into with Professor Julian Jones from Imperial College London Production manager Dave Stanford Group art director Henrik Williams on page 102.