June 1, 2008
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A few strategies for marketing in China
The recent China Medical Equipment Fair (CMEF) held in Shenzhen brought home the idea that China is no longer just a place for low-cost manufacturing....
Building a better leg
Active prosthetic leg uses controller to react...
Shark skin shows how to keeps surfaces clean
A surface made of micro-scale features shaped, arranged, and spaced in a particular pattern provides a nontoxic and nonbiocidal way to control microorganism...
A better way to warm blood
The accuracy, time response, and repeatability of an IV/blood warmer varied enough from unit to unit that it caused performance and validation failures....
Natural coating promises more effective drug-eluting devices
The problem surrounding conventional drug-eluting stents (DES) is that restenosis still recurs in about 8% of patients, putting them back at square one....
Microbes apparently not bothered by buckyballs
Researchers at Purdue University have found that nano-sized particles called buckminsterfullerene or buckyballs (carbon molecules C60) have little effect...
Innovation requires flexibility and curiosity
In 2006 Brandon Medical, a medical lighting company based in Leeds in the UK approached Sagentia with a specific task: develop a breakthrough LED lighting...
Is your company ready for the 2010 Medical Device Directives?
If your company manufactures medical devices for the European Market, the clock is ticking to address the changes coming into effect within the Medical...
Phillips injects $2.6 million into MIM furnace
Phillips Plastics Corp, Menomonie, Wisc. (phillipsplastics.com) has invested $2.6 million in a new Elino Metal Injection Molding (MIM) furnace to increase...
Austrian firm invests in tiny Squiggle motor
AustriaMicroSystems, a designer and manufacturer of analog ICs for medical, industry, and automotive applications, and New Scale Technologies Inc., Victor N.Y. (newscale.com) developer and manufacturer of miniature motion systems and the Squiggle motor, have completed a Series B preferred equity transaction....
Implant-manufacturer sites meet ISO 13485
MediTech Medical Polymers, a manufacturer of polymers for orthopedic implants, says its U.S. and U.K. manufacturing operations have been certified to...
Premier receives Impact Award from Harris RF
Premier Semiconductor Services, Tempe, Ariz. (premiers2.com) won the 2007 Harris Impact Award from Harris RF, Rochester, N.Y. (harris.com). The Impact...
Advanced ceramics ready for use
Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corp., Vancouver, Wash. (americas.kyocera.com) says it will be the North American representative of Japan Medical Materials...
Considerations for surface coatings
Surface coating is a finishing operation often required for disposable medical devices that will be used for tasks such as inserting tubes or catheters...
Motion control in medical imaging systems
Demand for medical-imaging systems continues growing around the globe. As a result, imaging OEMs are turning to motion-control platforms that help control costs, streamline production on a global basis, and provide systems capable of delivering the most sophisticated 2D and 3D clinical images possible. ...
Package testing as risk management
The FDA would like device companies to think more about the risk of something going wrong from design to packaging and then work to minimize that risk....
An intro to medical ceramics
Ceramic components have a reputation for handling the heat that would melt steel, and for being relatively easy to form if precision is not critical....
Padlock keeps tubing safe
Healthcare-associated infections are a staggering cause of increased provider costs and morbidity in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) consider healthcare-associated infections in the top ten leading causes of death in the U.S....
Microprocessor includes LCD screen control
Liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) with touch-screen interfaces have penetrated the consumer electronics market in the last couple years and are now ubiquitous....
Versatile coupler makes O2 connections fast and reliable
Hospitals and clinics now use two different types of oxygen cylinders (CGA 870 and CGA 540) in their cylinder racks. Of course, not all valves can handle...
How to tell if a device is really clean
Due to increased awareness of the potential dangers of residual manufacturing materials on medical devices, the FDA often requests documentation of a thorough validation of how residual materials were cleaned from newly manufactured devices. ...
Picking the perfect pump
Designing medical devices that use pumps takes special know-how regarding vacuums, pressures, and how motors integrate into a design. In fact, there are so many variables in pump technology that most applications probably need custom-built units. ...
Engineering plastics let OEMs cater to users
Engineering plastics are a $8.4 billion industry in the U.S., and are projected to grow 3.5% annually through 2010, according to market researchers Freedonia Group, Cleveland, Ohio.Typically, the materials are chosen for their high impact resistance, high heat resistance, mechanical strength, rigidity, and chemical stability. ...
Offshoring to Central America
Not long ago Puerto Rico was the place to establish a manufacturing facility outside the U.S. to take advantage of low-cost labor and lower taxes. Then...
Power Supplies
Desktop power to 100W The MW159 series of 100-watt, external, switch-mode power supplies for medical applications is certified to IPX1 standards. Marketed...
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
HMI weighs only 2 lb. IndraControl VCH08 portable human-machine interface (HMI) makes it easier for machine operators to set up, run, and diagnose equipment,...
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