October 1, 2010

Features

MSC Anaheim Preview

Oct 12, 2010 2:57 PM

Medical Design’s Medical Silicone Conference is going to Anaheim for the first time and will feature issue-oriented general sessions and informative materials/processing presentations and more than 20 market-specific exhibitors...

Neural decoding: What’s on your mind?

Oct 13, 2010 9:38 AM, Chad Bouton Senior Research Scientist Battelle Columbus, OH battelle.org

Breakthrough technology helps patients channel thoughts into actions...

Neurosurgery: Brain Access System advances safety and efficacy

Oct 14, 2010 9:38 AM, Kenneth T. Coviello CEO and Director Vycor Medical Bohemia, NY vycormedical.com

Recent surgical advancements are many, yet tools used to access surgical locations haven’t kept pace...

Polishing up orthopedic implants

Oct 15, 2010 9:53 AM, Tim Bell Vice President Business Development MicroTek Finishing LLC Hamilton, OH www.MicroTekFinishing.com

Putting medical-grade finishes on machined implants using MMP...

Editorial

Groundbreaking study focuses on 510(k) evidence

Oct 18, 2010 9:18 AM, Joe Jancsurak, Editor joe.jancsurak@penton.com

“Healthcare reform has brought the 510(k) process under increased scrutiny, transforming a decades-old process into a hot-button issue...

News Watch

CFD software addresses rare valve design problem

Oct 19, 2010 8:30 AM

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software recently helped Enfield Technologies (enfieldtech.com) Trumbull, CT, solve a flow problem in the control valve...

US/Japan ‘OSPREY’ seeks to streamline product approval process

Oct 19, 2010 8:32 AM

The Bradenton (FL) Cardiology Center is the first center in the U.S. to implant the MISAGO Peripheral Self-expanding Stent System as part of the Occlusive/Stenotic...

Industry Viewpoint

Taking a global approach to ethical interactions with HCPs

Oct 19, 2010 8:38 AM, Stephen J. Ubl President and CEO AdvaMed – Advanced Medical Technology Association Washington, DC advamed.org

If it were not for the collaboration of healthcare practitioners and medical technology manufacturers, many of the life-saving and life-extending medical...

Medical Manufacturing Technology

Primer on laser micromachining polymers

Oct 18, 2010 9:27 AM, Glenn Ogura Executive Vice President Business Development Resonetics LLC Nashua, NH resonetics.com

The technique lets you specify micron feature sizes with precise tolerances...

R&D Notebook

Pursuing evidence for regulatory science

Oct 15, 2010 10:04 AM, Martyn W. C. Howgill Executive Director Institute for Health Technology Studies (InHealth) Washington, DC InHealth.org

Evidence-based policy is at the center of the new healthcare landscape, placing even more importance on measuring the effects of medical technology...

Designing with Advanced Materials

Shaping tomorrow’s low-profile, high-performance devices

Oct 14, 2010 9:45 AM, Tim Geiser Vice President, New Product Development SAES Memry Bethel, CT memry.com

Memory alloy advancement adds stiffness to the mix...

Tech Spotlight

Resin holds up to autoclaving and chemical cleaning

Oct 13, 2010 9:47 AM

A German manufacturer of labware and medical products makes its Polysteribox sterilization and transport container with the new Ultem polyetherimide (PEI) healthcare grade resin from SABIC Innovative Plastics...