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Products: Medical
Throughout the year, the editors of Medical Design Briefs choose a Product of the Month that has exceptional technical merit and practical value for MDB’s design engineering readers.
Now that these have been...
White Papers: Medical
Reusable Advices For Reusable Medical Devices eBook
Ensuring that reusable medical devices can be properly cleaned, disinfected, and/or sterilized is imperative to ensure patient safety and to minimize healthcare-acquired infections, corrective...Inside Story: Medical
To find out more about selecting and implementing automation solutions, MDB recently spoke with Dave McMorrow, Technical Director, MMT Automation and Michael Wall, Technical Director, Somex Automation, an MMT company.
INSIDER: Medical
Baxter has received 510(k) clearance of its new Novum IQ syringe infusion pump (SYR) with Dose IQ Safety Software, representing the company’s latest developments for infusion therapy. The...
R&D: Medical
The garments will contain sealed, airtight regions that can inflate, making them temporarily rigid and providing the force for movement.
INSIDER: Medical
As part of its free education program, MD&M Minneapolis will feature two “Coffee Talk” sessions. The sessions are open to all attendees. Both will be held in Room 103C in the convention...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Medtech moves fast … especially in a healthcare hub like Minnesota. Keep the pace with the latest innovations and immerse yourself in a community of visionaries and industry leaders....
Briefs: Medical
The medical packaging market has quickly embraced the use of automation for the thermoforming process. Automation has enabled adherence to stringent quality requirements and has...
Applications: Robotics, Automation & Control
As the cost of shrink tubing used in the production of catheters has increased, and supply chain issues caused delivery delays, FEP shrink tubing, for example, has become a very expensive...
Briefs: Medical
Automation removes the possibility of human error in high-precision or repetitive processes.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
See how immersive mixed reality has helped medtech manufacturers maintain factory output despite the challenges posed by COVID-19.
Ask the Expert: Medical
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.
News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The Weiss-Aug Group, a manufacturing partner for precision metal stamping, injection molding, and integrated component assembly, and Boulder, CO–based Lupine...
Technology Leaders: Robotics, Automation & Control
Biologics and personalized medicine are increasingly becoming more popular — causing the biomanufacturing industry to change. Instead of sticking to large-scale production...
Features: Medical
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...
Features: Medical
Manufacturers in the medical industry face unique challenges in terms of product mix, throughput requirements, quality standards, and regulatory guidelines. Whether a company is developing imaging...
Blog: Medical
A reader asks: "With medical robots, what's in it for surgeons?"
Supplements: Medical
See who leads the pack in testing, additive manufacturing, electronics, and more.
Supplements: Medical
Your guide to today's medical contract manufacturers.
News: Medical
KMC Global, a group of wholly owned, autonomous companies that manufacture equipment designed to enhance how industries process material, has announced the expansion of its Controls &...
Products: Medical
Motors and Gear Motors
Allied Motion Technologies, Amherst, NY, has released a line of fractional horsepower PMDC motors and gear motors. These Globe motors are available off-the-shelf or on short lead time through the company's...
Technology Leaders: Medical
Medical technology continues to evolve toward diagnosis and treatment devices that are closer to the patient, or even in the patient's home. Compression therapy, wound therapy, dialysis,...
R&D: Robotics, Automation & Control
A system lets robots inspect random objects and visually understand them enough to accomplish specific tasks without ever having seen them before. The system, called Dense Object...
Products: Motion Control
Extrusion Crosshead
Guill Tool & Engineering, West Warwick, RI, has introduced a crosshead with mechanically assisted gum space (MAGS) adjustment.
Products: Medical
Lifting Column
LINAK, Louisville, KY, has launched a new actuator for healthcare equipment. The LA40 HP handles heavy loads by delivering a push of 8,000 N at full stroke and adheres to the strict safety standards and...
News: Electronics & Computers
IMPLANTABLE SENSOR TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM FOR ADVANCED PROSTHETIC CONTROL
The Implantable Myoelectric Sensor (IMES) system transmits localized myoelectric signals simultaneously from...
Products: Medical
Round and Flat Wire
Ulbrich, Westminster, SC, offers a fine wire stocking program for medical device developers who need round and flat wire quickly. Materials available include 304V, nitinol, tunga, L6050,...
Features: Packaging & Sterilization
Ensuring patient safety and quality of care has become an increasingly technology-reliant process for most healthcare providers. With 4,000 reported “retained surgery items” cases per...
Top Stories
INSIDER: Medical
Implantable Device Prevents Death from Opioid Overdose
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
How Printed Electronics Are Transforming Healthcare
INSIDER: Medical
Miniature Robots Can Navigate Through 3D Matrix
Podcasts: Design
An Inside Look at Designing Drug-Delivery Pumps
Podcasts: Medical
Pens and Autoinjectors as Drug-Delivery Options
Quiz: Medical
Ask the Expert
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
Upcoming Webinars: Electronics & Computers
A Guide to Selecting Power Supplies for Medical Equipment
On-Demand Webinars: Medical
Benefits of Streamlining Fluid Connections in Medical Applications
On-Demand Webinars: Medical
The Power of the Wear Study in Medical Device Development
Podcasts: Motion Control
An Inside Look at Designing Drug-Delivery Pumps
On-Demand Webinars: Medical
Addressing Connectivity and Performance in Connected Care IoT Devices
Podcasts: Medical
Inside Story
Inside Story: Establishing Safe EO Residual Levels for Medical Devices
To find out more about the expertise required to establish safe EO Residual levels for medical devices, Medical Design Briefs recently spoke with Leonard Harris, Manager, Chemistry and Container Testing for Eurofins Medical Device Testing (Lancaster, PA).
