Contract/Manufacturing
FDA announces Medical Device Home use Initiative
Recognizing that more patients of all ages are being discharged from hospitals to continue their medical treatment at home, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced an initiative to ensure that caregivers and patients safely use complex medical devices in the home...
Send ‘diamonds’ with caution
“Documents are like diamonds. They are very precious. And they (like hard-drive content) last forever...
Is continuous motion right for your product?
When it comes to packaging challenges, medical devices pose unique challenges...
Lean landslide
Last month’s Medical Design online poll asked readers if their companies are applying lean manufacturing tools and methods...
Parkinson’s research advances device and drug therapies
Though the causes of Parkinson’s remain unknown, treatments are advancing greatly in three categories: delivery, electronic, and medicinal...
Next up, reimbursement revamp?
When it comes to the $20 billion medical-device industry tax contained in the healthcare reform legislation, we could, however incongruous it would be, quote a 1970s cigarette ad campaign...
EDM for medical manufacturing
Medicine, dentistry, and optometry encompass a broad spectrum of applications involving the direct electrical discharge machining (EDM) of medical and dental parts, tools, and implants, as well as the indirect use of EDM to produce tools, dies, and molds...
Sustainable syringe concept unveiled
The Syreen pre-filled syringe concept by Cambridge Consultants is a “green” design intended to cut material waste associated with traditional syringe development and manufacturing...
Next up, reimbursement revamp?
When it comes to the $20 billion medical-device industry tax contained in the healthcare reform legislation, we could, however incongruous it would be...
Sustainable syringe concept unveiled
The Syreen pre-filled syringe concept by Cambridge Consultants is a “green” design intended to cut material waste associated with traditional syringe development and manufacturing...
