Are you or someone from your firm an expert on one or more of the following topics?

• Achieving 510(k) clearance
• Silicones for non-implantables and short-term implantables
• Silicones for long-term implantables
• Antimicrobial silicones
• Micromolding
• Inspection techniques/equipment
• Testing & quality
• Topical drug delivery
• Rapid prototyping
• Tooling challenges
• Surface modification
• Two-shot molding/adhesion bonding/overmolding
• Emerging trends & developments

If you answered yes, then the Medical Design staff wants to hear from you or your colleagues. Following the success of the first-ever Medical Silicone Conference and an overwhelming response by attendees and exhibitors alike for a second event on the West Coast (see survey comments below), Medical Design will sponsor MSC Anaheim at the Sheraton Park Hotel at the Anaheim Resort, November 3 - 4, 2010.

Like MSC Minneapolis, MSC West is expected to be a valuable experience for silicone-solution-oriented exhibitors and for device solution-seeking OEMs. A partial list of OEMs that attended MSC Minneapolis includes: Philips Healthcare, Uromedica, Medtronic, Barosense, Johnson & Johnson, Greatbatch, Boston Scientific, Trudell Medical International, Anulex, St. Jude Medical, Envoy Medical, and American Medical Systems. Post-show survey comments from some of the 150 attendees included: “I thought it was a very good conference and I made some good contacts there. Thank You.”; “For being the first show, this was a great turnout and I look forward to it next year.”; “Superb. Let’s do it again!”

Twenty exhibitors were asked: “Did you make valuable new contacts at the event?” and “Would you be interested in participating next spring in Minneapolis again?” Both questions drew a unanimous yes from all who responded. Other exhibitor comments included: “I thought the conference was very well run, I can’t think of any way to improve it at this time.” and “We got quite a few good leads and will be working on these for the next several weeks and months.”

Medical Design Publisher Bill Rodman observed: “While Minneapolis is a strong regional pocket for the medical device industry, survey responses and conversations with MSC Minneapolis exhibitors and attendees clearly indicate a need for an MSC Anaheim.”

The success of MSC Anaheim will depend a great deal on the quality of its presentations. So if you believe you have what it takes to be a presenter—important information on any of the topics mentioned above—or any other pertinent topics you’d like to suggest—let us know in the form of a 250-word abstract. Send yours to bill.rodman@medicaldesign.com on or before July 1. Abstracts will be evaluated according to content, clarity, and uniqueness. Those only promoting specific companies and their products will be disqualified.

And for more information on MSC Anaheim, visit www.medicalsiliconeconference.com. See you in Anaheim.