Stories
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Applications: Energy
Technological advancements are making medical devices increasingly feature-rich and miniaturized: two performance characteristics that are inherently...
Mission Accomplished: Medical
Half a century ago, a scientist at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory discovered that an alloy containing 60 percent nickel and 40 percent titanium could provide exceptional performance for rocket...
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Precision electroforming is an additive process in which two and three-dimensional (3D) microstructures are formed by electrochemically depositing metal...
Features: Tubing & Extrusion
In the US, many high-volume tubing suppliers have moved production facilities overseas to low-cost producers like China or Mexico. Minimum buys are now the rule, leaving many US...
Briefs: Medical
Current methods of detecting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other deadly infectious diseases quickly can help prevent their rapid spread and allow for more effective treatments. But, most...
R&D: Medical
Materials scientists at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany, have examined implants made of nickel-titanium alloy in a long-term study and have determined that the release of nickel...
Briefs: Materials
Over the past fifty years, thin wall small diameter precision metal tubing has undergone quite a transformation. From its use in the mid-1960s as pointers for analog...
Top Stories
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Sensor Detects Early Alzheimer's Disease
Features: Medical

Consider Phase Zero: The Importance of DFX to Meet Deadlines, Deliverables
INSIDER: Materials

Polymer-Based Prefillable Syringes Drive Down Costs
INSIDER: Medical

Microneedle Bandage Stops Blood Loss from Wounds
INSIDER: Medical

Nano Drug-Delivery Breakthrough Targets Specific Cells
Features: Medical

2023 Tech Trends: Why Digital Health Will Lead to Improved Patient Care
Ask the Expert
Eric Dietsch on the Benefits of Nitinol Wire

In collaboration with the Fort Wayne Metals Engineering team, Eric Dietsch focuses on supporting customers with material recommendations, product development, and education. Eric is available to help you and your company with any Nitinol-related questions or needs that you may have.
Webcasts
Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping

How to Maximize the Benefits of Medical Device Onshoring
On-Demand Webinars: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Developing the Ultimate Medical Sensor Technology
On-Demand Webinars: Power

Precision Pulsed High Voltage: Electroporation Enabling Medical and Life...
On-Demand Webinars: Medical

Product Development Lifecycle Management: Optimizing Quality, Cost, and Speed...
Webinars: Materials

Medical Device Biofilms: Slimy, Sticky, Stubborn, and Serious
Webinars: Medical

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Making Medical Devices Smarter
Inside Story
Rapid Precision Prototyping Program Speeds Medtech Product Development
Rapid prototyping technologies play an important role in supporting new product development (NPD) by companies that are working to bring novel and innovative products to market. But in advanced industries where products often make use of multiple technologies, and where meeting a part’s exacting tolerances is essential, speed without precision is rarely enough. In such advanced manufacturing—including the medical device and surgical robotics industries — the ability to produce high-precision prototypes early in the development cycle can be critical for meeting design expectations and bringing finished products to market efficiently.