Gasket design for EMI shielded honeycomb vents
A continuous-integrated gasket by Tech-Etch (www.tech-etch.com), Plymouth, MI, for shielding honeycomb vents offer reduced cost and faster production time...
Optimizing Cable & Harness Design
Cables and harnesses are often the last components to be designed into medical equipment. Yet, in order to properly address functionality, quality, and...
Cable, wiring, tubing solution
Alpha Wire, Elizabeth, NJ, has created a cable, wire, and tubing solution set for the medical device market...
High-density lead frames for complex applications
Photochemically-etched surface-mount and insert-mount lead frames for integrated circuit manufacturing are used in medical applications such as hearing aids as well as semiconductors, glass-to-metal seals, and relays...
Needle makes injections safer
Hundreds of people are injured each year when hypodermic needles go too far under their skin during medical treatment. A new device developed at the Massachusetts...
Windows for clear viewing of centrifuge contents
UV centrifuge cell windows from Meller Optics, Providence, RI, have a wedged, planoconvex design that lets users view cell contents in a centrifuge...
Connecting smaller footprints with high performance
HyperGrip miniature circular connectors by Hypertronics Corp, Hudson, MA, let designers downsize medical equipment such as monitors, therapeutic devices, imaging, and invasive probes...
Graphics hardware helps spine surgery
In a procedure intended to reduce back pain, surgeons remove the disc between affected vertebrae and stabilize the spine using bone grafts or metal plates and screws. Although the operation works, it tends to accelerate arthritis in the rest of the spine...
Cut and fuse tissue with the same tool
The Impact, a laproscopic surgical tool from Covidien, Boulder, Colo. (www.coviden.com) lets doctors cut and fuse tissues using the same instrument. It...
Cord sets for medical equipment
Two widely used, high quality external power cords by L-com Global Connectivity, are for hospital and medical use...
