Changing safety and environmental standards must be factored into an already long list of criteria when device designers select power supplies. More on the topic is in the March 2009 issue of Medical Design magazine. Other topics in this month’s issue:
• Flex circuit materials for tough environments
• Motion-control advancements keep pace with medical-equipment demands
• Design-method innovation for medical-device gears
• What universities aren’t teaching engineering students
• Piezoelectric motors go rotary

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