Software (CAD/CAM)
CAD validation and repair tool
NXdoctor by Elysium Inc, Southfield, MI, is a product data quality (PDQ) validation/repair tool for Siemens NX users
Global Trace and Genealogy (G-TAG) added for medical device manufacturers
Apriso, a provider of manufacturing software solutions, today added a new extension to its Global Trace and Genealogy (G-TAG) software and services. The new tag is tailored to meet the specific industry requirements of medical device manufacturers. The tag enables greater operational flexibility by delivering timely, contextual manufacturing intelligence and product genealogy data. It helps to accelerate compliance initiatives and improve both in-house and supplier quality performance throughout the life cycle of a product, ultimately helping to reduce the total cost of quality....
Customizable mobile ID solutions
Mobile RFID handhelds by Balluff, equipped with Template Software and the BISPortal Software Solutions, allow access to RFID data from anywhere. Both software packages use the same Windows-based PC configuration software, which allows the user to configure the data descriptions and data format displayed on the handheld with a simple “template” format developed on the PC and uploaded to the handheld. These templates are universal and can be used with both handheld’s software solutions. ...
Cost-estimating software
Created to help businesses grow despite the current economic environment, a cost-estimating software system is suited for use in manufacturing, fabrication, and mechanical assembly sectors. Costimator from MTI Systems Inc, West Springfield, MA, enables manufacturers to more accurately estimate cycle times that are consistently closer to actual cycle times for more reliable quotes and improved business efficiency....
Industry Viewpoint: Device makers can take COTS, but only with clear SOUP
Manufacturers in many industries reduce development times by using COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) software and hardware in their products, but medical device manufacturers may be reluctant to follow suit due to concerns that COTS implies SOUP (software of uncertain provenance) and thus may compromise device safety and premarket approval by the FDA and other regulatory agencies....
R&D Notebook: The growing importance of software verification and validation in medical device design
The third edition of IEC 60601-1 takes on a new role, bringing risk management into the very first stages of the product development process....
Software framework simplifies embedded development
A software framework is designed to offer developers more options with an integrated hardware and software infrastructure. Eurotech has launched release 1.4 of its Everyware Software Framework. ESF 1.4 provides a new Web GUI configuration application that manages the networking interfaces such as cellular or Wi-Fi. ...
Secure integrated Wi-Fi
Green Hills Software, maker of embedded safety- and security-certified software solutions, and Silex Technology America Inc, which designs wired and wireless networking products, have announced that Silex’s latest Qualcomm Atheros Wi-Fi radio modules and security supplicant software offerings are now integrated and available for Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY® real-time operating system, the foundation for its Platform for Secure Wireless Devices....
Tech Spotlight: Software
Software for designers of medical devices...
Software validation in the medical device industry
A review of Medical Device Software: Verification, Validation, and Compliance by David A. Vogel, 2011, ArArtech House, 424 pp, DVD included....
Did you hear? System is totally implantable!
Middle ear totally implantable hearing system (TIHS) incorporates biomedical engineering approaches based on 3D computational and FE model and coupled FE analysis of acoustics, mechanics and electronics...
