R&D: Design
Researchers are bringing together multiple areas of technical expertise to improve LVAD performance and outcomes. Read on to learn what this means.
Briefs: Medical
What if drug delivery could be targeted at exactly the right spot? This would allow the total dose to be dramatically lower, thus minimizing side effects. Now, U.S. scientists have found a way to perfect a promising, emerging method that does just that. Read on to learn more.
Briefs: Materials
The PCE process efficiently manufactures precise metal parts for thermal management in micro electronic devices, ensuring high accuracy without stress or deformation. It handles diverse metals, creating tailored thermal solutions like heat sinks and TIMs for everything from smartphones to powerful computers.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
In the coming years, companies will continue to evolve ultrasonic metal welding technologies to answer the needs of an ever-changing field of medical devices and the batteries that power them. Developing new assembly technologies will maximize the performance and precision of ultrasonic metal welding to satisfy the new design, size, and power requirements of advanced-performance medical devices.
Features: Robotics, Automation & Control
By embracing advanced robotic machine-tending automation, SpiTrex unlocked new levels of precision, capacity, utilization, and profitability. The successful deployment of robot-driven manufacturing with autonomous process control using Flexxbotics marks a transformative milestone for SpiTrex Orthopedics’ smart factory operations.
Features: Medical
Technology in the medical field is constantly evolving and often requires an extensive array of medical-grade tubing in a variety of materials and thicknesses. Custom extrusion tooling can enable manufacturers to produce an unparalleled range of the highest quality medical tubing in the industry and address considerations such as improving the manufacturing process, product performance, or meeting specific customer requirements.
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The process of manufacturing high-quality and reliable balloon catheters is critical to a number of advanced medical treatments for patients including balloon angioplasty, stent and drug delivery, transcatheter aortic valve implantation, atherectomy, renal denervation, and laser balloon angioplasty.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Optical parametric oscillator (OPO) lasers test optical fibers and components to characterize the spectral response of optical components. Now, these tunable pulsed lasers are being used to facilitate a range of tests at different wavelengths to qualify and quantify the performance of optical components such as fiber optic strands, filters, lenses, and coated mirrors.
Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
As the demand for smaller, less intrusive — sometimes even wearable — products grow, engineers must meet these expectations without compromising on pump system performance.
Features: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Selecting suitable bearings for medical devices is crucial in ensuring their reliability and performance. Factors such as material choice, lubrication, precision and noise levels, and protection from contamination should be carefully considered to meet the demanding requirements of the healthcare industry.
Briefs: Materials
As the medical device manufacturing industry continues to innovate in the form of improved tolerance requirements and an increased usage of advanced materials, manufacturers should consider the merits of a nonconventional material removal process like PECM.
Features: Medical
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for approximately 20 percent of the nation’s deaths. Amid this global health crisis, emergent technology is helping healthcare professionals detect cardiovascular disease.
R&D: Materials
An injectable biomaterial with significantly improved adhesive strength, stretchability, and toughness could enable improved surgical sealing. This chemically modified,...
Features: Electronics & Computers
Patient safety, cost, and efficiency will always be the top drivers shaping the evolution of healthcare.
Features: Medical
While many wearable technologies began as a way to help people improve fitness, they have evolved to take on much greater diagnostic and other medical uses.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Heart failure is a progressive clinical syndrome characterized by a structural abnormality of the heart, in which the heart is unable to pump sufficient blood to meet the body’s requirements.
Features: Materials
For medical device manufacturers that work with different kinds of plastics, utilizing plasma treatments can create competitive advantages.
Briefs: Design
For the medical device industry, the cutting edge of parts machining goes far beyond having the latest CNC equipment and accessories.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Using the device, assorted functional imaging was demonstrated to satisfy clinical needs.
Briefs: Medical
Surface mount technology (SMT) is widely accepted as the ideal process for electronic products that are compact, lightweight, and high speed. Both...
Technology Leaders: Medical
Biologic drugs change the way the human immune system responds to numerous diseases and conditions. These drugs have revolutionized disease treatments and offer hope to many...
Features: Regulations/Standards
Although the pandemic has delayed the MDR’s validation date, it has not diminished the importance of this new regulation.
R&D: Nanotechnology
The research offers potential inspiration for microfluidic pumps that allow the controlled flow of liquids.
Briefs: Materials
The polymer gear material reduces noise and absorbs shock and vibration.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Users can download the design files to 3D print and assemble a customizable peristaltic pump.
Features: Medical
Cleaning is a critical aspect of medical device design that is often overlooked during initial planning.
Features: Materials
Learn some of the essential areas of plasma treatment in the medical device industry.
Technology Leaders: Materials
Medical OEMs are increasingly turning to integrated rupture disk assemblies with all components combined by the manufacturer.
R&D: Medical
Researchers have demonstrated the ability to create microfluidic lab-on-a-chip devices with channels and valves smaller than ever before.