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Products: Medical
Johnson Electric Group, Hong Kong, introduces a miniature dosing subsystem for highly viscous medication fluids. The Johnson Medtech subsystem delivers dosing forces up to 100N. The dosing precision is...
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Products: Medical
InterTest, Inc., Columbia, NJ, presents the iShot® QN43H 7mm Diameter Color Micro Camera. The QN43H micro camera offers high quality viewing solutions for inspecting or observing hard-to-reach areas....
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Products: Medical
Dakota Instruments, Inc., Orangeburg, NY, introduces 6A02 acrylic flow meters with interchangeable direct reading scales for Water, Argon, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen, and Helium. Scales are mounted...
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Products: Medical
VadaTech, Inc., Henderson, NV, has released a full suite of Field Program mable Gate Array (FPGA) Mezzanine Carriers based on Xilinx® All Programmable FPGAs. The broad offering allows engineers...
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Products: Medical
Saint-Gobain Seals Group, Willich, Germany, announces that its Marathon® diaphragms were recently certified as USP Class VI compliant, in which the plastic resin material passed Class VI certification for use in medical...
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Products: Medical
RTP Company, Winona, MN, introduces APWA Plus™ compounds, the latest advancement in its family of wear and friction acetal compounds. APWA Plus compounds utilize a proprietary polymeric alloy to improve wear and...
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Products: Medical
Tech-Etch, Inc., Plymouth, MA, developed a process to photochemically etch polyester sheet up to .010" thick. All of the advantages of photo etching, clean burr-free edges, the ability to create...
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Products: Medical
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, introduces the easy-to-operate DXRxi Raman imaging microscope designed to deliver rapid, research-grade imagery of molecular structures. It will allow users to analyze...
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Products: Medical
Qosina, Edgewood, NY, offers the SRC small bore connector from Colder Products Company that eliminates the potential for misconnection with luer fittings. Simple to operate, featuring an audible “click” for a...
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Products: Medical
NB Corporation of America, Hanover Park, IL, announces that its rotary ball spline has a nut that rolls on the ball spline shaft making it capable of both linear and rotary motion with sub-millimeter accuracy. It...
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Products: Motion Control
Portescap, West Chester, PA, introduces the 22NT Athlonix Brush DC Miniature motor, which offers excellent power-to-weight ratio, and ensures high battery life while providing high power up to 12.7W. This enables...
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Products: Medical
Sono-Tek Corporation, Milton, NY, announces a new, next generation ultrasonic generator, the ECHO, designed for the highest degree of accuracy and control of ultrasonic spray processes. ECHO...
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Products: Medical
Molex Inc., Lisle, IL, introduces MediSpec™ silicone overmolded cable and interconnect assemblies. Creating a moisture-proof bond between the cable jacket, connector, and flex relief, silicone...
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Products: Medical
Teleflex Medical OEM, Gurnee, IL, announces the addition of a continuously-wound, variable-pitch, coil-reinforced shaft technology with a HDPE liner to reduce friction to its portfolio of...
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Products: Medical
Ensinger Inc., Washington, PA, a pioneer in developing engineering plastic stock shapes for the medical market, began successful extrusion trials with a new healthcare grade of resin from Sabic Innovative...
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Products: Medical
Evonik Cyro, Parsippany, NJ, introduces CYROLITE® Protect 2, an acrylic-based multi polymer compound developed for medical devices with antimicrobial agents. It offers lipid and alcohol resistance in...
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Products: Medical
Bayer MaterialScience LLC, Pittsburgh, PA, announces a polyurethane-based adhesive based on its Baymedix® A raw material is now available. Targeted for skin adherence in wound care and biosensor...
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Products: Medical
EOS of North America, Novi, MI, a leader in additive manufacturing solutions, expands its metal materials portfolio with EOS Titanium Ti64ELI and EOS StainlessSteel 316L. Ti64ELI is...
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Products: Medical
Nordson EFD, East Providence, RI, introduces the new ValveMate™ 9000, state-of-the-art precision valve controller. The intricate microprocessor circuitry ensures the dispensing...
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Mission Accomplished: Medical
According to the American Chronic Pain Association, more than 50 million Americans suffer from some form of chronic pain. The most common types of pain include arthritis, lower back pain,...
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Global Innovations: Medical
The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid), Montréal, Canada, awarded the 2013-2014 World Design Impact Prize to A Behavior Changing (ABC) Syringe, designed and led...
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From the Editor: Electronics & Computers
Transcending Disabilities to Walk and to Dance
Move over Iron Man! There’s a new engineering superhero who’s part bionic, able to change his height, and scale vertical rock and ice walls with a simple change of leg prosthetics that he designed himself. Not only that, but he designs bionic limbs for others, too.
R&D: Medical
A specialized 3D printing extruder developed by a sophomore and collaborator at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) could lower the costs of printing cellular structures for use in drug...
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R&D: Medical
Materials scientists at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany, have examined implants made of nickel-titanium alloy in a long-term study and have determined that the release of nickel from...
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R&D: Medical
A team of researchers and engineers at the Swiss Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Center for Neuroprosthetics and SSSA (Italy) have developed a revolutionary sensory feedback...
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R&D: Electronics & Computers
Researchers at Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has invented an electrode designed like a pomegranate with silicon nanoparticles clustered like seeds...
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R&D: Medical
University of Washington, Seattle, scientists and engineers are developing a low-cost device that could help pathologists diagnose pancreatic cancer earlier and faster. The prototype can...
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R&D: Electronics & Computers
Miniaturization in microelectronics is beginning to reach its physical limits, say researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, who...
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Features: Design
Advances in medical instrumentation, implantation, imaging, and telemetric technologies combined with the need to integrate medical devices into user’s activities of daily living is...
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Dan Sanchez on How to Improve Extruded Components
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Improving extruded components requires careful attention to a number of factors, including dimensional tolerance, material selection, and processing. Trelleborg’s Dan Sanchez provides detailed insights into each of these considerations to help you advance your device innovations while reducing costs and speeding time to market.

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Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
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Eurofins Medical Device Testing (MDT) provides a full scope of testing services. In this interview, Eurofins’ experts, Sunny Modi, PhD, Director of Package Testing; and Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology; answer common questions on medical device packaging and sterilization.

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