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Features: Test & Measurement
The analytical techniques currently available to monitor chemical and biochemical production processes are difficult to apply in real time. Recent advances in solid-state...
Features: Materials
Since the 1950s and John Charnley’s introduction of the low friction hip prosthesis, metal-on-polyethylene bearings have remained the gold standard in terms of the long-term...
Features: Photonics/Optics
The application of femtosecond laser systems for eye surgeries has been a tremendous success story, not only driven by developments in new...
Products: Electronics & Computers
A range of ultra-high integrity hermetic seals and feedthroughs from Douglas Electrical Components (Randolph, NJ) provides solutions for passing signals into and out of sealed X-ray tube enclosures. These products are...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Teleflex Medical OEM (Kenosha, WI) has launched a high-performance rod cutter specifically designed to handle extremely strong cobalt chromium (CoCr) and titanium rods. Performance tests indicate the durable rod cutter can cut cobalt...
Products: Medical
iC-Haus GmbH (Bodenheim, Germany) has introduced a spike-free laser/LED switch iC-hG, with six independent channels with 0.5 A apiece, which can be freely combined as required. One simple, integrated device in a QFN package...
Products: Photonics/Optics
Edmund Optics (Barrington, NJ) has expanded their TECHSPEC® Fluorescence Bandpass Filters, suitable for fluorescence imaging applications. The filters feature greater than 93% transmission and greater than OD6...
Products: Electronics & Computers
Datakey Electronics (Savage, MN) has confirmed that its GammaSafe memory tokens survive e-beam sterilization with no data loss. The GammaSafe memory token also supports sterilization by ethylene oxide (EtO) gas, autoclave, or...
Products: Medical
Excelitas Technologies (Waltham, MA) has announced the addition of the XLM Plus LED Fiber Optic Light Module with Electronics, suitable for integration into endoscopy, surgical microscopy, and headlamp applications....
Products: Medical
Keystone Electronics (Astoria, NY) has developed a series of anti-vibration grommets engineered for electrical insulation, mechanical damping, and noise suppression in office or lab equipment. The devices feature...
Products: Semiconductors & ICs
Supertex (Sunnyvale, CA) has introduced two high-voltage, 32-channel analog switches: HV2801 and HV2901. Both ICs offer robust latch up protection and quiescent current of less than 10 μA, producing optical efficiency in...
Products: Materials
Wound Care Adhesives
Adhesives Research (Glen Rock, PA) offers non-silicone, low-trauma PSA technology that mimics the gentle properties of silicone adhesive platforms with the added benefit of offering aggressive, intimate skin contact with virtually painless and residue-free removal. Unlike some silicones, this technology also exhibits good...
Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Bell-shaped rubber mountings from Advanced Antivibration Components (New Hyde Park, NY) are designed to dampen shock and vibration for loads up to 887 kgf (1956 lbf). The mountings are made from a combination of...
Products: Motion Control
Applimotion (Loomis, CA) offers ULT, UTH, UTS, and UTO frameless motor kits that cover a wide range of applications, including robots, inspection platforms, medical diagnostic machines, and imaging systems. With resistances...
Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Clippard Instrument Laboratory (Cin - cinnati, OH) has introduced a high-flow stepper-controlled 2-way proportional valve that features 2% hysteresis, excellent linearity (2.5% of full scale), and 2 ms reaction time. A...
Products: Electronics & Computers
Molex Incorporated (Lisle, IL) offers the MediSpec™ portfolio of products, designed to support medical device manufacturers engineering for diagnostic imaging, therapeutic, surgical, patient monitoring, hospital,...
Products: Medical
The Specialty Photonics Division of OFS Fitel (Avon, CT) has introduced a new composite cable and composite cable assembly product line that offers custom configurations of multiple metal and optical fiber...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Cicoil (Valencia, CA) offers highly flexible and durable flat silicone cables that are designed for use on surgical robotics systems. The cables are naturally more flexible than round PVC or stiffer flat PTFE cables,...
Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
ASM Sensors (Elmhurst, IL) offers the extension of the POSIROT® family of magnetic rotary sensors, the PRAS20/PRAS21 series for use in the medical equipment industry. The noncontact position sensor uses an external...
Mission Accomplished: Medical
Three days a week, Dr. Grady Rylander treats patients at the Eye Institute of Austin, a private practice he joined 34 years ago after graduating from The University of...
Mission Accomplished: Medical
Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for an estimated 300,000 deaths each year — more than lung cancer, breast cancer, and HIV/AIDS...
Global Innovations: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austriahttp://www.tuwien.ac.at/tuwien_home/EN
Printing three-dimensional objects with incredibly fine details is now possible using “two-photon lithography.” With this...
Features: Medical
With growing health awareness and the escalating cost of worldwide medical care, there is increasing emphasis on new and advanced technologies for disease prevention and early...
Features: Design
Most medical electronic systems now depend on combinations of hardware and software, forming elaborate mechatronic systems that both monitor and regulate patient health...
Features: Software
Reliability test plans are critical to the success of any new electronic medical device or technology. The tests selected must be stressful enough to identify defects but also...
Products: Medical
Fluid Control Solutions
Gems Medical Sciences (Plainville, CT) offers ISO 13485 certified products for the specialized fluid control and handling requirements of the medical device, diagnostic, life science, and biotechnology market segments. The company recently announced the opening of a 4,000 sq. ft. Medical Processing Area in its headquarters...
Products: Imaging
The LSM 780 confocal laser scanning microscope from Carl Zeiss Microscopy (Thorn wood, NY) features a high-sensitivity GaAsP detector, software functions for single molecule and high dynamic range imaging, and a 355nm...
Products: Medical
Telesis Technologies (Circleville, OH) offers the EV4G diode-pumped solid state (DPSS) 532nm laser marking system for marking and processing difficult materials such as colored plastics and acrylic and polymer materials in the...
Products: Medical
A newly redesigned System E6 Energy Chain® cable carrier from igus (East Providence, RI) is suitable for applications requiring quiet, low-vibration cable management at high speeds and accelerations. The “polygon effect” that...
Top Stories
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Tiny Sensor Could Transform Head Injury Detection
News: Robotics, Automation & Control
Quantum Surgical Acquires NeuWave Medical, Inc.
Briefs: Materials
Shrinking Materials Hold Big Potential for Smart Devices
Podcasts: Medical
The Hidden Nervous System of Surgical Robotics: Power, Data & Sensing...
Briefs: Medical
Specialty Thermoplastics for Medical Tubing Address PFAS, Processing, and...
Podcasts: Medical
Ask the Expert
John Chandler on Achieving Quality Motion Control
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.
Webcasts
Podcasts: Design
The Hidden Nervous System of Surgical Robotics: Power, Data & Sensing Behind...
Podcasts: Medical
Surgical & Assistive Robotics: Redefining Human Capability
Podcasts: Medical
How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Design
Developing Sustainable Drug-Delivery Devices
Podcasts: Medical
Smarter Pathways for Precision Drug Delivery in Cancer Care
On-Demand Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Understanding Testing and Compliance Requirements for Wireless Medical Devices
Inside Story
Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
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.
