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From the Editor: Regulations/Standards
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According to the late, great David Bowie, “the stars look very different today”. After two years of collecting the 2.3% Medical Device Excise Tax, the tax has now been suspended for all of 2016 and 2017 when President Obama signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016. The tax was expected to raise almost $30 billion over...
Products: Medical
Triad Magnetics, Perris, CA, introduces the VPM Series of medical-grade toroidal isolation transformers offering both 4KV of dielectric isolation and low-voltage stepdown. The UL recognized VPM Series’ single-...
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R&D: Medical
A team of researchers from Stony Brook University and Oxford University uses light to control the electrical waves that regulate the rhythm of the heartbeat. The optogenetics-based method could be used...
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R&D: Medical
Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a method that reduces by half the time needed to make flexible, easy-to-remove medical sensors. The "printing press"...
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R&D: Medical
Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have built implantable wireless devices that trigger — and may block —...
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R&D: Medical
A new "tricorder" technology developed at Stanford University use microwaves and ultrasound to detect early cancer stages and potentially "hear" growing tumors. Moreover, the researchers believe that their...
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R&D: Medical
About a million implanted medical devices are infected each year with MRSA and other bacterial species. University of Michigan researchers found that a coating of zinc oxide nanopyramids disrupts...
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R&D: Medical
As complex robots replace hand-held scalpels, an increasing number of today's surgeries are being performed from behind a computer console. Researchers at Harvard University's John A. Paulson School of...
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Features: Medical
Giving attention to regulatory considerations at the earliest stages of product design and development can create a smoother and more successful pathway...
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Features: Medical
Crowdfunding has without a doubt been a positive disruptor across a wide array of industries: from entertainment and retail, to technology, to non-profits. It is a funding...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
AVX Corporation, Fountain Inn, SC, has released a new series of thin film chip capacitors specifically designed to meet performance specifications for implantable medical devices....
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Amada Miyachi America, Inc., Monrovia, CA, announces its updated Sigma Laser Tube Cutter, which can be used with both microsecond fiber and femtosecond disk lasers. With 3 and 4 axes motion options, and the...
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Products: Medical
Milacron Holdings Corp., Cincinnati, OH, announces that its new Adaptive Process System (APS) for its Mold-Masters melt delivery control technologies will now be used in Milacron’s entire core...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Sussex Wire, Inc., Easton, PA, has added micro-miniature Swiss Machining services to complement the company’s custom cold forming and roll forming capabilities. CNC Swiss Machining is ideal for manufacturing...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
NewAge Industries, Southampton, PA, introduces Silbrade® Platinum braid-reinforced silicone hose. Using a platinum-cured silicone thermoset material for the highest degree of purity and the fewest extractables, the...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
BEI Kimco, Vista, CA, has added new functionality into its popular VCA Developer's Kit. Enhancements to the kit include an upgraded controller with I/O Board and straightforward connections that eliminate soldering. Both...
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Products: Medical
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, North Kingstown, RI, has released TubeShaper software for the portable ROMER Absolute Arm tube inspection solution. TubeShaper is a completely new product designed specifically to apply...
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Products: Medical
Intersil Corporation, Milpitas, CA, announces five new highly integrated synchronous buck regulators that step-down 5V rails to pointof- load (POL) inputs as low as 0.6V for FPGAs, DSPs, and...
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Products: Medical
Mill-Max Mfg. Corp., Oyster Bay, NY, announces that three additional SMT spring-loaded connectors are now available packaged on tape and reel. The 855 series, from 4 to 40 positions, are double row and on a .050"...
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Products: Medical
Crouzet Motors, Vista, CA, introduces the availability of CANopen® technology for its Brushless DC Motors. This new communications protocol allows design engineers to connect multiple Crouzet brushless motors to...
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Products: Test & Measurement
Advanced Orientation Systems, Inc., Linden, NJ, has released the wireless EZ-LEVEL-PRO dual axis inclinometer suitable for laboratory, QC, or high-resolution production applications and allows users to perform...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Calex Mfg. Co., Inc., Concord, CA, announces the DPX Series of DC/DC converters. The DPX Series offers up to 3 watts of fully regulated output power with an industry standard DIP footprint. DPX offers a 4:1 input...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Dymax Corporation, Torrington, CT, now offers 215-CTH-UR-SC, an LED-optimized catheter adhesive for rapid bonding of a variety of substrates including Nylon 12 and PEBA. Formulated with new Encompass™...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Power Partners, Inc., Hudson, MA, announces the 310 Watt desktop power supply. The unit packs performance inside a compact, sealed, fanless case measuring 7.8" × 4" × 2", weighing only 3 lbs. The series is...
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Products: Medical
Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL, expands its line of Premo-Flex™ Cable Jumpers with the addition of Round Flat Cable and Hot Bar Soldering Cable versions, providing distributors, original equipment manufacturers, and contract...
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Products: Medical
Linear Technology Corp., Milpitas, CA, introduces the LTC2380-24, a no latency 24- bit 2Msps successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter. The unit features an integrated digital filter...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
SCHURTER Inc., Santa Rosa, CA, expands the rated current range of its popular UMT-H Universal Modular fuse, to 12.5 A and 16 A. With its square, compact design of 5.3mm x 16mm, the UMT-H is well suited for automated...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
ComScan, Batavia, IL, introduces a new 3D scanning technology for gauge reproducibility and repeatability (R&R) testing. The new system combines optical, 3D scanning measurement technology with traditional gauge R&R...
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Products: Medical
C&K Components, Newton, MA, offers its popular D Series miniature snap-in power rocker switches with gold contacts. Designed for low voltage, low current applications in a variety of circuits, the...
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John Chandler on Achieving Quality Motion Control
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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.

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