November 2022 Published by SAE Media Group n COLUMN 2 From the Editor n FEATURES 6 Create the Future 2022 Medical Winner: Less-Invasive Implant Improves Options for Glaucoma Patients 14 Inside the OEM: Stryker 19 Innovative Motors Improve Productivity for Clinical Diagnostic and Fluid Handling Laboratories 24 Power Supplies: Speeding Time to Market for Medical Equipment n TECH BRIEFS 29 Tubing Coated with Light-Powered Catalysts Aids Drug Manufacturing 30 Integrated Rupture Disk Assemblies for Cryogenic Equipment and Storage Systems 32 Tough Gel Adhesives for Wound Healing 34 Medical Lasers: When the Laser Application Requires Utmost Safety 36 Novel Radiation Therapy Delays Brain Cancer Regrowth 37 Medical Device Machining: Precise and Reliable Parts for Critical Applications n DEPARTMENTS 27 R&D Roundup 38 New Products & Services 41 Advertisers Index 42 Global Innovations n ON THE COVER Glaucoma is the second-leading cause of blindness, affecting 80 million patients globally, including 3 million patients in the United States. Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is an important risk factor in the pathogenesis and progression of glaucoma. Due to the complexity of the procedures, complications, and invasiveness of the bulky GDDs, only 40 percent of glaucoma patients undergo surgical interventions. Now patients have another option with the 2022 winning medical entry in the Create the Future contest. A less-invasive SGS implant would make early surgical intervention an option to wider sections of the glaucoma population with presumably better outcomes, thus preventing blindness. Read more about the winning device on page 6. (Credit: Karanjit S. Kooner, et al.) Medical Design Briefs, November 2022 MDB SeaLevel Ad 1122.indd 1 www.medicaldesignbriefs.com 1 10/3/22 11:26 AMhttp://info.hotims.com/82327-745 http://www.medicaldesignbriefs.com