September 1, 2008
Features
Higher performance materials for a dynamic spine market
After cancer and heart disease, back pain is the third most costly medical disorder in the U.S. The spinal-surgery segment of the orthopedic industry...
What medical designers should know about rapid injection molding
A manufacturing technique called rapid injection molding lets companies quickly get low-cost and dimensionally accurate prototypes as well as low-volume...
Creative engineering updates traditional fabrications
A fabrication shop's functions can overlap a bit with those of machine shops, but fabricators usually focus on building structures and devices from steel...
Departments
Forget the FDA. Now Congress has it in for you
In June, the U.S. Supreme court ruled on the case of Reigel v. Medtronic and decided (8 to 1) that because-Medtronic designed a pacemaker that met rigorous...
Camera processor leads to shirt-pocket microscope
The same chip found in digital cameras can produce high-resolution images of cells, thereby turning it into a microscope a without a large conventional...
Nanotubes and a little voltage help regrow cartilage
Creating a surface that attracts cartilage-forming cells with electrical pulses is one way to regenerate cartilage, says Brown University nanotechnology...
Tactile feedback to guide surgeons during knee implants
Invasive knee-implant surgery may no longer be necessary in early-to-mid-stage osteoarthritic knee disease. A new machine called the Mako Tactile Guidance...
Smooth action on the back brings traction up to date
Most people will eventually deal with back pain from pressure on nerves in the spinal chord. Mechanical decompression is one treatment. Equipment that...
An Imax in the OR?
A 3D vision system for microsurgeries let's surgeons see procedures on a high-definition screen instead of having to hunch over and peer into microscopes....
Stem-cell market set to grow
A market-research report, Stem Cell Technology: Current Application and Future Directions from BCC Research, Wellesley, Mass., (bccresearch.com) says...
Robotic suit helps some walk
A strap-on skeleton of composite braces, powered by dc motors at joints, and fitted with an array of sensors helps people who could not ordinarily stand...
Fantastic voyage may be closer than you think
Take a look around and you can't help but see the new and ever-changing trend of electronic gadgets in your daily life. A short list of them would likely...
FDA Looking for Help Monitoring Implants
The FDA has proposed a program that would ask public and private databases to help study the efficacy of orthopedic implants, such as total hip and knee,...
Sentinel Will Not Burden Industry
An agency director says the FDA's launch of Sentinel, an initiative intended to transform the agency's post-market surveillance system of devices through...
Big Changes in Canadian Drug Laws Coming
The Canadian Federal government has introduced important changes to Canada's food and drugs laws in Bill C-51 to the Canadian House of Commons. The Act...
MDMA Testifies on Globalization Act
President of Dynatronics Corp. and Medical Device Manufacturers Association Board Member Kelvyn Cullimore has testified on the FDA Globalization Act....
Norman Noble expands orthopedic manufacture
Medical device contract manufacturer Norman Noble Inc., Highland Heights, Ohio (normannobel.com) announced the expansion of its orthopedic implant manufacturing...
PolyOne opens Japanese branch
A developer of specialized polymers and services, PolyOne Corp., Avon Lake, Ohio (polyone.com), has formed PolyOne Japan Ltd. The new company, based in...
Faro measures in Mexico
Manufacturer of portable measuring equipment Faro Technoogies Inc., Lake Mary, Fla. (faro.com) will expand operations to Mexico. The country represents...
Electric molding improves part quality and cost
Urethane Processing Corp. of America, Peabody, Mass., (upcoa.com) has purchased its first all-electric injection molding machine from Engel GMBH to expand...
How to off-shore to China
Smart Sourcing Inc., Long Island, N.Y. (smartsourcing.com) has added a division that will let companies in the U.S. outsource medical-device manufacturing...
New dryers let Mack Molding work faster
Plastic processor Mack Molding Co., Arlington, Vermont, (mack.com) reports that the speed and versatility of Maguire LPD vacuum-resin dryers have helped...
Think hot runners for injection molding tricky medical parts
Injection molding of moderate to high quantities of parts is best done with a multi-cavity mold and hot runner. A hot runner is a mold component that...
Need a small motor? Think piezo for medical applications
You don't have to look far to find piezo applications. They are in houses, offices, and hobbies. Many handheld electronic devices including mobile phones...
How material suppliers help package designers
The ISO 11607:2006 standard regulates sterile barrier and packaging systems. It is intended for the medical industry, healthcare facilities, and wherever...
Designing with a water soluble material
A recently developed starch based, water-soluble, and injection-moldable material shows promise in several medical areas. Design goals for the material...
A model for device development
Researchers at the Stanford University Program in Biodesign have completed a one-year study that examined how medical technology is brought to market,...
Composites and liquid-crystal polymers work where others cannot
Most medical tubing is made of clear and sometimes colored-plastic lines used on IV sets and other hospital fluid-management chores. But what if an application...
The time is now to go lead-free
Medical electronics products have been exempt from the European Union's (EU) Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive since it went into effect...
Dispensing cartridge mixes adhesives and other compounds
Dentists must sometimes mix two-part adhesives in precise ratios well before it's necessary to place the material. A new dispenser from TAH Indutries,...
Tubing
Color addition lets tubing A manufacturer of medical and surgical products, Applied Medical Technology (AM), Brecksville, Ohio, (appliedmedical.net),...
Products & Services
Controllers for touch screens The MicroTouch EX II 7000 series USB controllers, when mated with MicroTouch ClearTek II and ToughTouch II capacitive-touch...
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