May 1, 2009
Features
What's next for hydrophilic coatings?
Hydrophilic coatings have come a long way in the medical field. They originated in other industries and now are used as advanced functional components...
The human touch: switches and encoders
When the patient is on the operating table and when highly sensitive and expensive equipment is being used, the accuracy and reliability of the rotary...
Stepper choice has digital advantage
Medical devices such as blood analyzers, diagnostic equipment, and lab-automation systems often require precise, yet low-cost motion (position, speed,...
Editorial
Exciting times, or what?
Long before he was chairman and CEO of GE, and even before he headed its Medical Systems business, I interviewed Jeff Immelt, then a vice president responsible...
Articles
Study finds hospital IT pays off
The more wired a hospital, the better off its patients; and that leads to fewer deaths and complications, and lower bills. That's the conclusion of a...
Important step taken toward lab-on-a-chip devices
Researchers have designed a lab on a chip capable of being programmed to perform a variety of jobs, a step toward more widespread use of the miniature...
Meetings
June 8-11, MD&M East will be at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York. Medical materials, electronic components, CAD and CAM software, and...
Gaming is serious for devices of the future
In today's interactive world, we text, download, and rely on GPS units for directions. And when we're not engaged in one of those activities, many of...
FDA to Speed Nanomedical Product Creation
The FDA will collaborate with the Alliance for NanoHealth to speed creation of safe nanotechnology medical products. The cooperation between the FDA and...
FDA Consolidates On Former Military Grounds
Twelve years after its military occupants left, the former Naval Surface Warfare Center in White Oak, MD, a suburb of Washington, is continuing to grow...
Former FDA Chief To Advise Drugmakers
Former FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach, who headed the agency for three years during President George W. Bush's term, has joined Greenleaf Health...
Advamed, Medtronic Respond Favorably To FDAs Device Review
The call by the FDA to supply safety and effectiveness data on 25 types of medical devices sold before 1976 is receiving industry support. The FDA will...
Trumpf Medical to expand
Trumpf Medical Systems Inc (us.trumpf-med.com), announced plans to expand its operations on a 2.5-acre site in Charleston, SC, nearby its current headquarters....
Plastics partnership advances rapid manufacturing
Laser-sintering system manufacturer EOS (eos.com), Krailling, Germany, and Advanced Laser Materials LLC (alm-llc.com), Temple, TX, a developer and manufacturer...
Microchip acquires Hi-Tech Software
Microchip Technology Inc (microchip.com), Chandler, AZ, a provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, acquired Hi-Tech Software (htsoft.com),...
RTP opens clean compounding center
Custom-engineered thermoplastic compounder RTP Co (rtpcompany.com) has established a climate-controlled, positive-pressure manufacturing center dedicated...
Applying precision stamping to endoscopic-instrument shafts
Challenging manufacturing stereotypes brings with it risks and rewards. Our company understood this in the late 1990s when we set out to develop a proprietary...
EMI shielding for medical devices
Advances in electronics technology are quickly bridging the gap from consumer products to medical devices. Medical equipment mirrors consumer goods in...
Pearls from the experts
The defining factor to success is never resources, it is resourcefulness. I wish I could take credit for that insightful message, which belongs to the...
Balloon catheters present unique design challenges
When it comes to balloon catheters pushability, trackability, and crossability are easy to define, yet challenging to design. Intravascular procedural...
Gas analyzer lets company standardize sterilization process
A sterilization company has cut manufacture-to-market time for medical products from two weeks to two days by taking extra care in monitoring operations....
Taking the trouble out of ink marking
The 781RC MicroMark ink spray system from EFD Inc., East Providence, RI, (efd-inc.com), can produce uniform round patterns and strips from 0.2 to 1.2...
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