 |
by Joe Jancsurak, Senior Editor
Last week’s “Wanted: Women” editorial prompted several thought-provoking responses from Medical Edge readers. One, in particular, was . . . well . . . amusing.
Full Article
|
The recent online posting of the business ties of doctors at the Cleveland Clinic is believed to be the first such comprehensive public disclosure.
While patients can now see if their doctors are getting money from pharmaceutical companies and medical device firms, Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove says it’s important to understand that the work physicians do with such companies is necessary in response to limited government spending on the medical research needed to develop new treatments. "We need to interact with companies because we need their products, and we need them to continually improve," says Cosgrove.
Full Article
|
Sixty-eight percent of technology companies faced at least one new lawsuit this past year, with 30% having faced six or more. And 29% of the technology companies surveyed reported facing at least one $20 million action. This, according to the "U.S. Litigation Trends" survey by the law firm Fulbright & Jaworski LLP.
Full Article
|
|
FREE FRICTION CD FROM GENERAL MAGNAPLATE
 Increase the life of metal components with a FREE CD-ROM from General Magnaplate. The easy-to-use CD assists design engineers in selecting permanent coatings that prevent wear, friction, corrosion, sticking, galling, and chemical attack on ferrous and nonferrous metals. The CD resource compares the static and kinetic coefficient of friction (COF) of numerous metals with 20 Magnaplate-applied 'synergistic' coatings.
General Magnaplate's surface enhancements become an integral part of the metal providing permanent, superior performance.
|
|
Implanting a medical IC just under the skin would let it measure blood chemicals and release drugs based on what it senses. Such a chip has potential to become an artificial pancreas and a treatment for Type I diabetes. Microchips Inc. Bedford, Mass., will perform clinical trials in 2009 on the glucose-detecting microchip, a device that has shown positive results in animal studies.
Full Article
|
Acrylite MD acrylic polymers by Evonik Cyro LLC, Parsippany, N.J., deliver 87.7% ultra-violet transmittance at 340 nm. High light transmittance is critical in medical diagnostics because it helps ensure consistent measurement response. The polymers also provide optical clarity for visible inspections, maximum-flow characteristics, and high dimensional stability. The materials are for diagnostic applications, including cuvettes, test packs and rotors, and crystallography trays.
Full Article
|
Copper-aluminum pin fin heat sinks by Cool Innovations Inc., Toronto, are an array of forged
aluminum pin fin heat sinks that are reflowed onto a copper plate.
Full Article
|
The CoroCut XS tool by precision turns components with diameters as small as 1 mm. XS Inserts are precision ground to contain extremely sharp edges, ensuring tight tolerances in external machining operations, such as grooving, threading, parting, and turning.
Full Article
|
Boker's 2008 Washer Catalog
Boker's, Inc.'s FREE 2008 Washer Catalog has over 22,000 non-standard sizes
available with no tooling charges. A wide range of ODs, IDs and thicknesses,
plus 2,000 material variations provide millions of possibilities.
www.bokers.com
Need High volume Swiss machined Medical components?
Needles, trauma devices machined from metal with bending, assembly or with plastic overmolding are a specialty of Marshall's.
See examples and get a FAST RFQ today: www.marshallmfg.com
|
|
|
Thank you for reading the Medical Edge newsletter from Medical Design.
This email was sent to #email#. You've received this e-newsletter for one of two reasons:
1) You signed up for it on one of our web sites.
2) You are a reader of Medical Design magazine.
Manage Your Subscription
To quickly unsubscribe from this newsletter, click here Unsubscribe
To subscribe to this newsletter, visit our subscription page.
To CHANGE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, visit our subscription page,
login with your old email address, then change your address.
Contact Information
Editorial questions: Joe Jancsurak
216-931-9822
Advertising/sponsorship opportunities: Virginia Goulding 216-931-9893
Medical Design
1300 E. 9th St.
Cleveland, OH 44114
©2008 Penton Media, Inc. All rights reserved.
|
|
