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Electron-beam sterilization more versatile than you think

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Ray Calhoun President and CEO Tom Stephan VP of Business Development Susie Perlman Director of Custo

Sterilization by electron beam is rightly perceived as cost effective and fast for processing lightweight polymer-based medical devices in large numbers....

Wanted: Women

Dec 2, 2008 5:19 PM, by Joe Jancsurak, Senior Editor

19% of engineering undergraduate degrees went to women, according to the American Society of Engineering Education (asee.org). Why is that significant? Because it is the lowest it’s been in 10 years....

Dear President-Elect Obama

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Joe Jancsurak Senior Editor joe.jancsurak@penton.com

As you prepare to take office in a few short weeks and as Americans long for a recession-free U.S. economy in 2009, I am writing to respectfully ask you...

DHHS to Open FDA Offices In China, India, Europe, And Latin America

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM

The Department of Health and Human Services will send the first FDA staffs to China, India, Europe, and Latin America before the end of 2008, according...

Cleveland Clinic ranks the top 10 medical developments

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM

The Cleveland Clinic has released its third annual list of the 10 most significant medical developments of the last year. Management consultants Alix-Partners...

Phillips Plastics and Pro-Tek Medical form Ireland-based CerBo

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Phillips Plastics Corp., Prescott, Wis. (phillipsplastics.com) and Pro-Tek Medical Ltd., Sligo, Ireland (protek.ie) have launched the CerBo Limited joint venture, a design and manufacturing operation in Sligo, Ireland....

Modular OR first in U.S.

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Joe Jancsurak

Costly OR renovations and their downtime may soon be unnecessary if hospitals follow the lead of Spartanburg (S.C.) Regional Medical Center (SRMC). What...

Bioresearch enterprise involves multiple participants

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Five institutions and a national foundation have launched the BioInnovation Institute in Akron, Ohio, home to each of the participating companies and...

Techniques for amplifying super-small signals

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Paul Nickelsberg President and Senior Engineer Orchid Technology Engineering and Consulting Maynard,

Imaging equipment such as X-ray machines, florescence-reaction detectors, and nuclear-medicine sensors generate extremely low current output signals,...

A little guidance for improving reviews of combination products

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Paul Dvorak Editor

Combination products are the confluence mostly of the device and pharmaceutical industries. Examples include drug-eluting stents and implantable chips...

CM completes $1.9 million expansion

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Contract manufacturer Norman Noble Inc., Highland Heights, Ohio, (normannobel.net) announced completion of a $1.9 million expansion of its metal finishing...

Quick connect fitting for tubing

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM

The XQC Series of quick connect tubing fittings from Value Plastics Inc., Fort Collins, Col., (valueplastic.com) fit and -in. tubing. The tubing can be...

Prototypes for tools and for patients

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, EDITED BY LESLIE GORDON

Rapid prototyping in the form of both additive and subtractive technologies is being put to good use in operating rooms as well as design labs. For example,...

Women engineers and execs speak out

Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Joe Jancsurak Senior Editor

Women engineers remain the exception rather than the norm, not only in the medical-device industry, but throughout the entire industrial sector. The National...