November 1, 2010

Features

Visualizing eye surgery

Nov 8, 2010 12:00 PM, Chris Hardee, Contributor

FEA brings prosthetic lens insertion into focus...

Coating lets surgeons keep cutting

Nov 9, 2010 9:32 AM, Bruce Nesbitt, Technical Director, Surface Solutions Group, LLC, Chicago, IL, surfacesolutionsgroup.com

Unlike previous non-stick coatings, new offering eliminates eschar buildup...

Texturing medical devices

Nov 10, 2010 9:25 AM, Gisbert Ledvon, Business Development Manager, AgieCharmilles, Lincolnshire, IL, agiecharmilles.com

Laser ablation imparts textures and patterns onto metal parts...

Preemptive breakthrough for CT scans

Nov 4, 2010 11:39 AM, Reade Harpham Manager, Human Centric Design Battelle Columbus, OH Battelle.org

Technology makes possible early detection of IV fluid leakage...

Editorial

OUS strategy disturbs, or should

Nov 11, 2010 10:01 AM, Joe Jancsurak, Editor
joe.jancsurak@penton.com

American expat and newly named (July 2010) CEO of Swiss-based (Morges) Biosensors International, Jeffrey Jump, oversees a company with advanced drug-eluting stents used throughout the developed world, with one notable exception: the United States...

News Watch

FDA and innovations are front and center at AdvaMed 2010

Nov 4, 2010 11:26 AM

Cautious optimism about the medtech business and goings-on at FDA peppered panel discussions at AdvaMed 2010 in Washington...

IBM helps detect brain complications

Nov 4, 2010 11:32 AM

IBM announced a project in which researchers at Columbia University Medical Center will utilize IBM’s streaming analytics technology to potentially detect severe complications in brain injured patients up to 48 hours earlier than traditional methods...

Company kudos

Nov 12, 2010 10:14 AM

Command Medical Products, Inc, Ormond Beach, FL, was recognized by Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, as a Top 10 supplier with a “Medtronic Supplier Excellence Award"...

DSM, DuPont team up

Nov 12, 2010 10:16 AM

joint venture for the development of advanced surgical biomedical materials in volves Wilmington, DE-based DuPont and Netherlands-based DSM...

Report shows medtech weathering economic downturn, but…

Nov 12, 2010 10:17 AM

While the medtech industry has fared better than many industries during the current economic downturn...

Meetings & Shows

Nov 12, 2010 10:18 AM

Feb 7 to 10, Medical Design and Manufacturing West...

Designing for Electronics

Next-generation IPGs integrate connector system components

Nov 12, 2010 9:57 AM, Sean Madanipour, Medical Design Engineer, Bal Seal Engineering, Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA, balseal.com

‘Systemization’ reduces time to market...

Industry Viewpoint

Combating cash flow woes with trade terms

Nov 12, 2010 10:05 AM, Marcy Shinder, Vice President of Brand Strategy and Marketing, American Express OPEN, New York, NY, openforum.com

If you’re with a startup or mid-sized device company looking to take control of its cash flow situation, you should begin by making sure...

Medical Manufacturing Technology

Spotlighting laser cutting

Nov 11, 2010 10:06 AM, Geoff Shannon, Application Engineer, Miyachi Unitek Corp., Monrovia, CA, muc.miyachi.com

Fine laser-cutting provides the surgical precision needed to cut medical tools...

R&D Notebook

Stuck for good: basics of medical device adhesives

Nov 10, 2010 9:36 AM, Ted Kucklick, President and CTO, Cannuflow, Inc, San Jose, CA, cannuflow.com

Adhesive advancements are allowing simple and consistent joining of materials, used in the production of catheters and disposable medical devices, and once thought impossible to glue...