March 2010
Features
Eliminating electronic failures is about the little things
Field failures in medical electronics systems often originate in structural anomalies in the plastic-encapsulated microcircuit, or PEM...
Lithium-ion has powerful advantages
The medical world is matching the trend toward greater mobility via increasing lifesaving and monitoring abilities in the field, as well as in fixed-base health facilities...
Motion control in medical equipment
CANopen lets devices easily communicate...
High-torque motors enable one-time multiple biopsies
Automated biopsy system includes three DC micromotors...
Medical Silicone Conference Preview
The first–ever Medical Silicone Conference (MSC) sponsored by Medical Design is set for April 6-7 in Minneapolis...
Editorial
See you in Minneapolis!
To say silicone elastomers for medical devices represent a dynamic business with its own suppliers, compounders, processors, and materialspecific challenges, is hardly a stretch...
Publisher’s Page
Got Game?
The headline isn’t about your hardcourt skills. Instead, it’s intended for all you design engineers out there who think you’re pretty darn smart...
News Watch
Device enhancement for ‘foot drop’ sufferers
Innovative Neurotronics, Inc, Austin, the development and commercialization subsidiary of Hanger Orthopedic Group, Bethesda, MD, launched its Bi-Flex Cuff enhancement to its neuromuscular stimulation device...
SME recognizes young leaders
Winners of the 2010 Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Richard E. Morley (inventor of the programmable controller) Outstanding Young Manufacturing Award have been announced...
Announced at MD&M West
Several medical-device suppliers chose MD&M West to make news...
Former Microsoft Xbox exec to keynote Rapid/3D Imaging
Ed Fries, a former Microsoft vice president who led development of both Word and Excel before creating Microsoft’s Xbox video game group...
Meetings & Shows
April 6 to 7, Medical Silicone Conference - Learn from the experts at this Medical Design-sponsored conference at the Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis. Speakers...
Industry aids Haiti
Many medical device OEMs and suppliers have provided aid to the Haiti earthquake relief efforts...
Industry Viewpoint
Connectivity needed now
When it comes to banking, we can easily transfer funds and make payments between institutions...
Medical Manufacturing Technology
Think liquid silicone rubber for medical device molding
In a competitive medical-molding market, companies that bring integrated solutions using costeffective techniques stand a better chance of success...
R&D Notebook
Reform to impact R&D; Get engaged now
Pericles (496 – 429 BC), the legendary Athenian leader said, “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you"...
Designing with Advanced Materials
Composite is alternative to microsurgical repair of nerves
A flexible biodegradable composite for treating damaged areas of the body requiring peripheral nerve repair due to trauma or disease is providing a simpler alternative to sophisticated microsurgical procedures and equipment...
Tech Spotlight
Tech Spotlight: Sensors
The PresencePLUS P4 Sealed OMN vision sensor has a compact, yet durable nickel-plated aluminum housing that lets the sensor withstand demanding washdown conditions...
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