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Products: Medical
Keystone Electronics Corp., Astoria, NY, announces that its new assortment of colored, instrumentation pointer knobs feature “Soft-Touch” gripping surfaces and individually colored pointer/center hubs,...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Lee Spring, Brooklyn, NY, has expanded its Lite Pressure™ stock spring series of compression springs that offer responsive action under light load conditions. There’s more choice of springs with larger outside...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Protek Power North America, Hudson, MA, launches the new PMP92 Series of AC-DC desktop medical power supplies with 90 watts of continuous output power. The units are enclosed in a 5.51" x 2.79" x 0.87"...
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Products: Medical
Mill-Max Manufacturing Corp., Oyster Bay, NY, introduces new .050" pitch spring-loaded right angle and horizontal SMT connectors to its standard product lineup. These connectors are ideal for mating boards in a...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Goodfellow, Coraopolis, PA, now offers a custom alloy service to researchers and design engineers seeking performance characteristics not available from standard alloys. Custom alloys have been produced with...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
SPIROL International Corporation, Danielson, CT, recently released its new Precision Metal Shims catalog. SPIROL specializes in quick turnaround delivery of precision engineered shims ranging from simple OD/ID shapes to...
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Products: Medical
Triad Magnetics, Perris, CA, introduces the MD Series of rugged, portable medical-grade power sources. The units, complete with power cord and receptacles, provide a simple and reliable means for safely isolating...
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Products: Medical
Pasternack, Irvine, CA, released an improved version of its online tool called The Cable Creator, which allows engineers to quickly and easily create customized RF cable assemblies to meet their specifications. Designers...
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Industry News: Medical
April 2016 Month-End Industry News
Here is the latest batch of news from the medical products community. Please click the link for more.
INSIDER: Medical
A flexible additive manufacturing method from the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems allows researchers to produce bone implants, dentures, surgical tools, or...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Ada Poon, an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, is pioneering research to develop electronic therapies to heal the body from within, working to add...
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INSIDER: Materials
Controlling Bacterial Growth on Catheter Surface
A team of researchers from the University of New Mexico, Duke University, and the University of Florida say that they have uncovered a new technique to trap, kill, and release bacteria from a surface, such as bacterial growth on a urinary catheter. They explained that they used cationic polymers and...
Industry News: Medical
April 2016 Mid-Month Industry News
Here is the latest batch of news from the medical products community. Please click the link for more.
Industry News: Medical
April 2016 Mid-Month Industry News (2)
Here is the latest batch of news from the medical products community. Please click the link for more.
INSIDER Product: Medical
BEI Kimco, Vista, CA, announces its new family of linear unhoused medical-grade Voice Coil Actuators (VCAs) with aperture sizes of 15mm, 20mm, and 24.9mm. Available in three standard models, the throughhole design...
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INSIDER: Medical
Australian researchers have used a handheld 3D printing pen to "draw" human stem cells in freeform patterns. The instrument delivers a cell survival rate in excess of 97%.
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INSIDER: Medical
A University of Texas at Arlington research team has developed an alternative treatment for opioid addiction. Electrical stimulation of a deep, middle brain structure blocks...
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R&D: Medical
Wearable Sweat Sensor Tracks User's Health
A two-part system created by researchers at Stanford University and the University of California-Berkeley detects and analyzes a profile of chemicals in sweat. The flexible sensors and flexible circuit board stick to the skin and provide a health-monitoring device that continuously tracks a user's health...
R&D: Materials
Worm-Inspired Adhesive Performs in Wet Conditions
An interdisciplinary group of researchers at UC Santa Barbara has developed an underwater adhesive that can be used in tissue repair applications. The technology replicates the adhesion strategy of the Sandcastle worm (Phragmatopoma californica), a segmented marine invertebrate commonly found along...
R&D: Medical
Handheld Microscope Spots Cancerous Cells
Mechanical engineers from the University of Wisconsin are building a handheld microscope to help doctors and dentists distinguish between healthy and cancerous cells. The tool captures details up to a half millimeter beneath the tissue surface, where some types of cancerous cells originate.
R&D: Medical
​Simple Origami Fold Supports 'Pop-Up' Surgical Stents
A team at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has characterized a fundamental origami fold, or tessellation, that could be used as a building block for medical devices. The folding pattern, known as the Miura-ori, can be packed into a flat, compact...
R&D: Medical
New Vitamin-A Material Reduces Scarring
To prevent scar formation within blood vessels, a team from Northwestern University has created a biodegradable material with built-in vitamin A. The soft elastic material can be used to treat injured vessels or make medical devices, such as stents and prosthetic vascular grafts.
From the Editor: Manufacturing & Prototyping
By the time you read this, Robert M. Califf, MD, a recognized global leader in cardiology, clinical research, and medical economics, will have been installed as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s...
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Features: Regulations/Standards
Manufacturers producing medical devices that involve patient contact are typically required to perform biological safety evaluations, including biocompatibility tests...
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Features: Medical
Whether creating a wearable device for in-home use, or an advanced surgical tool for the operating room, good design starts with user insights. Through user insights, design firms...
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Technology Leaders: Materials
TECHNOLOGY LEADERS: Materials/Coatings/Adhesives According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social...
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Technology Leaders: Medical
TECHNOLOGY LEADERS: Materials/Coatings/Adhesives Environmental sustainability is a growing concern among consumers and businesses. Like other industries, the healthcare sector is engaged in...
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Features: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The medical industry continues to develop new devices that are smaller in size and more sophisticated in functionality. From in vitro diagnostics and...
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John Chandler on Achieving Quality Motion Control
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FAULHABER MICROMO brings together the highest quality motion technologies and value-added services, together with global engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing, to deliver top quality micro motion solutions. With 34 years’ experience, John Chandler injects a key engineering perspective into all new projects and enjoys working closely with OEM customers to bring exciting new technologies to market.

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Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
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Eurofins Medical Device Testing (MDT) provides a full scope of testing services. In this interview, Eurofins’ experts, Sunny Modi, PhD, Director of Package Testing; and Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology; answer common questions on medical device packaging and sterilization.

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