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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
How Virtual, Cloud-Based Technologies Are Powering the Next Industrial Revolution
On-premises data centers give way to virtual solutions.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Marubeni Citizen-Cincom Opens New Technical Center
The facility will be used to perform customer test cutting and complete process development requirements.
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Features: Medical
Plate Handler Adds Automation in Medical Laboratories
Peak Analysis and Automation (PAA), Farnborough, UK, has designed a budget-friendly plate handler that works in a tight laboratory footprint, developing an innovative product that could be a...
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Briefs: Medical
NIST Research Sparks New Insights on Laser Welding
On its surface, the work is deceptively simple: Shoot a high-power laser beam onto a piece of metal for a fraction of a second and see what happens. But researchers say the physics of laser...
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Features: Materials
Manufacturing: Tooling Up for Success
In the medical industry, metal parts play an integral role in a vast array of diagnostic, testing, medical instruments, and equipment. Although certain complex metal parts can only be machined, thinner...
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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Collaborative Robots Fill Automation Gaps For Medical Device Manufacturers
When small and mid-sized medical device manufacturers envision a robot, many think of either huge industrial robots working in fenced-off areas in large factories or...
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
How Second Stage Speed Influences the Molding Process
Hold speed or hold velocity? How many machines today have it, and what does it do to the process?
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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Diagnostics Manufacturing: Strategies for Outsourcing
When new assays or diagnostic tests are ready for commercialization, there can be tremendous hurdles to overcome, including significant investment in the infrastructure for automated...
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Makerspace: Rapid Prototyping Facility Offers Hands-On Learning
The New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Newark College of Engineering has opened a training-focused, rapid prototyping facility that is central to both the university’s...
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Technology Leaders: Wearables
Emerging Technologies: Challenge or Opportunity for the Medical Device Industry?
Visiongain predicts the global medical devices market will reach $398 billion in 2017.1 To win share in this growing market, device companies need to stay out in...
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Features: Materials
A Recipe for Electroforming Success: Making Ultra-Precise, Ultra-Small 3D Structures
Precision electroforming is an additive process in which two and three-dimensional (3D) microstructures are formed by electrochemically depositing metal into a...
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Technology Leaders: Tubing & Extrusion
Tips for Medical Device Tubing Selection
Determining what tubing to use in a medical device involves considerable research. Designers must investigate ingredients, performance, documentation requirements, sterility, and other qualifying...
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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
As 3D Printing Grows, Compounders Become Production Partners
Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, grew from startup roots in the mid- 1980s to a $2.2 billion business by 2012, according to industry consultants Wohlers Associates,...
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Features: Medical
Medical Device Market Pushes the Limits of Tubing
Medical device manufacturers are being challenged by strong market demand for tubing that delivers increased functionality, lower profiles, and lower costs—pushing the limits of material...
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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Product Development is Key Asset for Mold Manufacturers
Development of medical devices that are molded from thermoplastics or that have plastic components should begin with collaboration between the OEM’s engineering team and the mold...
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Maintaining Sterility Assurance Level in Medical Device Design
A medical device undergoing design and classified as sterile will be confronted with various obstacles, not the least of which is how to determine and maintain its proposed Sterility Assurance Level (SAL) as it approaches its ultimate goal: delivery to market.
Briefs: Imaging
Utilizing Machine Vision Engines for Advanced Quality Control and Object Detection
Incorporating machine vision engines into an OEM system with automated handling provides a wide range of benefits to the manufacturer. Machine vision engines are self-contained vision systems that include the optics, lighting, image sensor, electronics, and software...
Applications: Medical
Bringing Hearing Aid Manufacturing Into the Digital Age
Borrowing a page from wireless phone communications, hearing aids have become firmly entrenched in the digital realm during the past decade. At GN ReSound, the manufacturing process for...
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Top Stories

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INSIDER: Medical

3D Ink Improves Comfort, Durability of ‘Smart Wearables’

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INSIDER: Imaging

Wearable Mimics CT Scans, Delivers Continuous Monitoring of Heart, Lungs

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INSIDER: Materials

Wound Dressings Made of Drug-Releasing Polymers

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Briefs: Photonics/Optics

Advanced Laser Welding Techniques for Titanium Pacemaker Housing:...

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News: Medical

Qosina Partners with Sealed Air to Offer Bioprocessing Bag Film

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INSIDER: Nanotechnology

Genetic Delivery System Targets Lungs to Treat Cancer, Cystic Fibrosis

Ask the Expert

Eric Dietsch on the Benefits of Nitinol Wire
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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

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Upcoming Webinars: Aerospace

Precision Under Pressure: The Centerless Grinding Advantage in...

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Upcoming Webinars: Medical

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Medical Devices

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On-Demand Webinars: Medical

Designing Medical Devices with Confidence: Using Servo Ultrasonic and/or Laser...

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Podcasts: Medical

AI and Machine Learning in Medical Device Cybersecurity

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Podcasts: Connectivity

The Growing Impact of Cybersecurity on Patient Safety in Medical Devices

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On-Demand Webinars: Internet of Things

Enhancing Security in Connected Medical Devices

Inside Story

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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