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Antibiotic-Infused Implants Support Facial Reconstruction Recovery

A gel created by Rice University researchers delivers time-released antibiotics to ward off infection while a patient heals from facial reconstruction procedures. Porous...

Dry EEG Sensors Monitor Brain Activity

Bioengineers and cognitive scientists at the University of California, San Diego, have built a portable, 64-channel wearable brain activity monitoring system. The technology features dry EEG sensors that...

Two-Stage Power System Boosts Energy-Harvesting Efficiency

A two-stage power management and storage system from Georgia Institute of Technology improves the efficiency of triboelectric generators to harvest energy from irregular human motion,...

9 Tips for Addressing the Documentation Burden of the FDA’s Design Control Regulation

Some of the biggest stumbling blocks encountered by medical device firms on the way to clearance or approval of their devices by the U.S. Food and Drug...

Can Nitrogen Mitigate Failures in Medical Device Manufacturing?

Manufacturers of medical devices must seek every way possible to eliminate failures of those devices. Many major failures result from a weakness in the solder joint that connects...

Product of the Month

Ultra-thin, Single-Element Miniature Force Sensors Pressure Profile Systems, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, unveiled the SingleTact, a high-performance miniature capacitive force sensor that delivers superior sensitivity and...

UV Specialty Hybrid Adhesives

Epoxy Technology, Inc., Billerica, MA, introduces its new line of UV Hybrid adhesives branded with an “HYB” prefix. The new UV Hybrid products are based on the company’s widely used EPO-TEK 353ND and 301...

PCF Metering System

Graco, North Canton, OH, announces its Precision Continuous Flow (PCF) metering dispense system for critical applications of single-component sealant and adhesive materials. Engineered for automated applications, the system...

Luer Testing Services

Medical Murray, North Barrington, IL, a leading device development and contract manufacturing company with ISO 13485 certification and FDA registration, now provides comprehensive testing services for Luers including ISO...

High-Powered, Fiber-Coupled, Acousto-Optic Modules

Brimrose Corporation of America, Sparks, MD, introduces a new line of high-powered, fiber-coupled, acousto-optic modules (AOMs) that can withstand up to 5W of continuous wave optical power for...

Metal Line Switches with Multicolor Illumination

SCHURTER Inc., Santa Rosa, CA, is expanding its metal switch range to include new illumination possibilities using RGB color technology. It is now possible for piezo switch series, PSE, and...

SIMSOLID Simulation Product

SIMSOLID Corporation, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, announces SIMSOLID, the first structural simulation product with new technology created specifically for the design engineer. SIMSOLID contains methods that...

TruMark 1110 and TruMark Station 3000

TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, CT, introduces the TruMark 1110 diode-pumped vanadate laser, part of a line of entry-level marking lasers in the new TruMark Station 3000, a compact marking station offering a high...

Miniature Displacement and Position Sensors

Hoffmann + Krippner, Inc., Frisco, TX, provides extremely slim, inductive displacement Inelta IZAL series sensors. Utilizing differential sensing technology, these sensors ensure precise path length...

10 Watt DC/DC Converter

ConTech, a Division of Calex, Concord, CA, announces the DMT Series of DC/DC converters, which provides up to 10 Watts of fully regulated output power with an industry standard DIP footprint. The series offers a 4:1...

ODU MEDI-SNAP Miniature Connectors

ODU-USA, Camarillo, CA, announces 48-hour availability of ODU MEDI-SNAP® miniature connector solutions in the US. ODU MEDI-SNAP is a plastic circular connector with miniature push-pull locking designed for...

LIM Pump Segments

Raumedic, Inc., Mills River, NC, introduces Liquid Injection Molding (LIM) pump segments commonly used in enteral nutrition or pain management, and these tubing and molded parts must fulfill tightest tolerances. Connectors,...

5.0-mm-Diameter MEMS Mirrors

Mirrorcle Technologies, Inc., Richmond, CA, introduces larger diameter 5.0mm MEMS mirrors that offer a 14-bit repeatability (precision) when driven with designated MEMS drivers, so 16,384 discrete angular positions...

ML6 Photoelectric Sensor Family

Pepperl+Fuchs, Twinsburg, OH, announces that its popular ML6 series subminiature photoelectric sensors come with dual sensor redundant detection and independent outputs. They are also available in long-range...

Collaboration to Improve Medical Tubing Systems

Davis-Standard LLC, Pawcatuck, CT, announces its collaboration with Conair to support global customers with medical tubing systems equipped with Davis- Standard extruders and controls and Conair...

Expanded Range of Laminations

Technipaq, Inc., Crystal Lake, IL, a provider of flexible and sterilizable packaging design for the medical device industries, has expanded its manufacturing capabilities and capacities for customers. The company...

Integrated StepSERVO™ Motors

Electromate, Greenville, DE, introduces Applied Motion Products’ Integrated Step Motors that fuse a step motor plus drive and control components into a single device. Integrated steppers offer a space-saving...

LiveLink for SOLIDWORKS

COMSOL, Inc., Burlington, MA, announces support for app development in the latest version of LiveLink™ for SOLIDWORKS®. Part of COMSOL Multiphysics® software, LiveLink for SOLIDWORKS connects COMSOL software...

OmniCure AC9 UV LED Curing Systems

Excelitas Technologies Corp., Waltham, MA, introduces OmniCure® AC9 UV LED Curing Systems for the curing of inks, adhesives, and coatings. The AC9 UV LED systems’ design features a high-performing, small-...

QuadFLOW Multi-Sectional Fansinks

Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc. (ATS), Norwood, MA, announces the QuadFLOW™ fansink, which uses directed airflow in multiple fin fields to cool electronic components up to 30% more effectively than the...

Intelligent Tubing for Bioresorbable Scaffolds

Bioresorbable stent scaffolds are balloon-expandable and have been used to replace metallic stents to treat the narrowing of arteries and airway passages. Like traditional metallic scaffolds,...

Plasticizer-Induced Stress Cracking of Rigid PVC and Polycarbonate

Flexible polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is the most common material used to manufacture clear flexible tubing for medical applications. Flexible PVC medical tubing contains...

2015 Products of the Year Named and Your Turn to Create the Future

In December, we asked Medical Design Briefs readers to select one product from our 12 Products of the Month that they thought was the most significant new introduction to the...

Self-Healing Sensor for ‘Electronic Skin’

The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel www.ats.org Flexible sensors have been developed for use in consumer electronics, robotics, health care, and spaceflight. One problem with...