Medical Design Testing
Measurement versatility
The Roundtest RA-220 compact measuring machine from Mitutoyo America Corp, Aurora, IL, provides these analysis options
Luer testing
Testing firm uses the MediLuer ISO 594 test assembly apparatus for ISO 594-1 and ISO 594-2...
Sensors supplier spurs R&D
To spur research and development efforts, Sensor Products Inc, Madison, NJ, is offering a 10% discount on its Pressurex pressure-indication sensor film to accredited institutions through Nov 30...
Roche and IBM collaborate to develop DNA sequencing technology
Roche and IBM announced a partnership to develop a nanopore-based sequencer that will directly read and decode human DNA...
Filters for pipette tips
Fiber-based filters for pipette tips are said to better-protect liquid samples and users from aerosol contamination in microbiological-sample analysis than do plastic-based tips...
SiC abrasive papers increase remove rate by up to 20%
Testing and QA/QC facilities with bottlenecks or a need to increase productivity may benefit from CarbiMet2 silicon carbide grinding paper by Buehler, Lake Bluff, IL...
Measurement versatility
The Roundtest RA-220 compact measuring machine from Mitutoyo America Corp, Aurora, IL, provides these analysis options...
IBM reinvents medical diagnostic testing
IBM's one-step point-of-care-diagnostic test is based on a silicon chip that can test for many diseases, including cardiovascular. Following a heart attack,...
Ceramics update mass spectrometers
As mass spectroscopy becomes ever more important to drug discovery and development and pharmaceutical quality assurance, companies making spectrometers...
Medical-material cutters
The Delta AbrasiMatic 300 series of abrasive cutters are for cutting medical materials or devices...
‘Driving’ nerve-cell research
State-of-the-art miniature motors are playing a pivotal role in the micro-world of nerve cells when it comes to research to develop new therapies for Parkinson’s disease and other nervous disorders. Data are also being used to improve the use of control interfaces for artificial limbs, writes Jim Lostetter in the August issue of Medical Design. Lostetter is Manager–Faulhaber DC Motors, MicroMo Electronics (micromo.com), Clearwater, FL. ...
