MSC Minneapolis steers plans for MSC West in Anaheim this November. Call for Abstracts announced.
A post-show survey of exhibitors and attendees who contributed to the success of the first-ever Medical Silicone Conference, held in Minneapolis, April 6-7, shows an overwhelming response in favor of repeating the event.
Twenty exhibitors were asked: "Did you make valuable new contacts at the event?"and "Would you be interested in participating next spring in Minneapolis again?" Both questions drew a unanimous yes. Other exhibitor comments included: "I thought the conference was very well run, I can't think of any way to improve it at this time" and "We got quite a few good leads and will be working on these for the next several weeks and months."
Comments from some of the 150 attendees included: "I thought it was a very good conference and I made some good contacts there. Thank You"; "For being the first show, this was a great turnout and I look forward to it next year"; "Superb. Let's do it again!"
A partial list of the OEM attendee companies includes the following:
Philips Healthcare
Uromedica
Medtronic
Barosense
Johnson & Johnson
Greatbatch
Boston Scientific
Trudell Medical International
Anulex
St. Jude Medical
Envoy medical
American Medical Systems,
While Minneapolis is a strong regional pocket for the medical device industry, survey responses and conversations with MSC Minneapolis exhibitors and attendees indicate a need for an MSC West event in Southern California. Dates are November 3-4, 2010 in Anaheim.
Medical Design is now seeking abstracts for MSC West on the following topics:
- Achieving 510(k) clearance
- Silicones for non-implantables and short-term implantables
- Silicones for long-term implantables
- Antimicrobial silicones
- Micromolding
- Inspection techniques/equipment
- Testing & Quality
- Topical drug delivery
- Rapid prototyping
- Tooling challenges
- Surface modification
- Two-shot molding/Adhesion Bonding/Overmolding
- Emerging Trends & Developments
Send your 250-word abstracts to bill.rodman@penton.com on or before July 1. Abstracts will be evaluated according to content, clarity, and uniqueness. Those only promoting specific companies and their products will be disqualified.
