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Features: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Technology Leaders: Materials
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Great quality assurance is what turns great software into great product. Testing is a crucial part of any software development process, whether to ensure safety in a medical device, to minimize risk...
Features: Medical
Companies regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug administration (FDA) need to establish current good manufacturing practices (CGMPs) as part of Title 21 CFR part 820 requirements. This...
Features: Regulations/Standards
When validating the steam sterilization instructions for a reusable medical device,...
Features: Medical
For patients, high-quality orthopedic components mean that implants can be kept for as long as possible, reducing or even eliminating the need for further procedures down the road. In...
Features: Medical
Electric servo motors are rapidly replacing mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic actuation systems in plastic injection molds, particularly those used in medical...
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Precision electroforming is an additive process in which two and three-dimensional (3D) microstructures are formed by electrochemically depositing metal...
Global Innovations: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Anyone who has flown in...
Features: Tubing & Extrusion
This article discusses ways to set up new projects for success and covers ideas for material selection, dimension and tolerance, and critical feature selection. Designing a silicone...
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Substantial legal requirements result in complex functional specifications for implant manufacturers. From the design, including materials, through production, the complete process chain must be...
Applications: Medical
The medical device industry is a highly competitive arena, and earning market recognition depends on the ability to keep innovating. To remain competitive, medical device...
Applications: Medical
A young engineer recently recounted that his Senior Design professor would frequently repeat this mantra: “A good engineer designs to spec, to budget, and to deadline.”
Therefore,...
Briefs: Medical
In this era of ever more stringent FDA oversight and regulations, the responsibility for vigilance falls on medical manufacturers and their manufacturing...
Features: Medical
The use of low-level lasers for the therapeutic treatment of disease is growing. Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) covers a number of techniques, including biostimulation, cold...
Applications: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Ultra-fine shaped wire, frequently one-tenth the thickness of a typical human hair, is the basis of critical components in many medical instruments. Minute defects in such wire can lead to...
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INSIDER: Medical

Self-Powered Ingestible Sensor Opens New Avenues for Gut Research
Briefs: Medical

Designing Feature-Rich Wearable Health and Fitness Devices
Briefs: Tubing & Extrusion

Extrusion Process Enables Synthetic Material Growth
Features: Medical

Enabling a Diabetic to Run the World Marathon Challenge
INSIDER: Medical

COVID-19 Smart Patch Vaccine Measures Effectiveness
INSIDER: Medical

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Ralph Bright on the Power of Power Cords

Understanding power system components and how to connect them correctly is critical to meeting regulatory requirements and designing successful electrical products for worldwide markets. Interpower’s Ralph Bright defines these requirements and explains how to know which cord to select for your application.
Webcasts
On-Demand Webinars: Medical

Developing the Ultimate Medical Sensor Technology
Webinars: Medical

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

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

Medical Device Biofilms: Slimy, Sticky, Stubborn, and Serious
On-Demand Webinars: AR/AI

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Making Medical Devices Smarter
On-Demand Webinars: Wearables

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.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Self-Powered Ingestible Sensor Opens New Avenues for Gut Research
Features: Regulations/Standards

Implementing IEC 62304 for Safe and Effective Medical Device Software — PART 1
Features: Medical

Implementing IEC 62304 for Safe and Effective Medical Device Software, PART 2
Technology Leaders: Medical

Plasticizer-Induced Stress Cracking of Rigid PVC and Polycarbonate
Technology Leaders: Design

Polyolefin Heat Shrink Tubing for Tight-Tolerance Medical Applications:...