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Products: Materials
Medi-Solve Coatings (Natick, MA) offers patented multi-layer and mono-layer guidewire coating systems that provide lubricity and abrasion resistance. The two layers are formed using an aqueous solution system that does not...
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Products: Medical
STEUTE Meditech (Ridgefield, CT) has introduced the dual-function, Series WF-MED rocker-style foot-operated control for medical equipment. Optional design features include reed contact or microswitch digital...
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Mission Accomplished: Medical
When compressed air mixes with jet fuel and is ignited in a turbine engine, the temperature can reach 3,000 °F. As a result of this fiery exhaust, the turbine spins and then forces the air through...
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Mission Accomplished: Electronics & Computers
What does it feel like to return to Earth after a long stay in space? Until now, it has been difficult during astronaut training to realistically simulate the...
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Mission Accomplished: Medical
Many people are familiar with the popular science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation, a show featuring a blind character named Geordi La Forge, whose visor-like glasses enable...
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Features: Sensors/Data Acquisition
In today’s competitive marketplace, medical pump OEMs and their associated design engineering personnel are incorporating strain gauge technologies into...
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The flat-profile MMP sensor from Metallux (West Conshohocken, PA) is suitable for medical technology positioning applications, including adjusting the position of operating tables and indicating fluid levels in devices such as...
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Products: Medical
Porvair Filtration Group (Ashland, VA) has expanded its range of BioVyon™ porous polymeric, composite, and functionalized materials for the healthcare industries. Using proprietary processes to immobilize materials such as...
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Products: Medical
Mill-Max (Oyster Bay, NY) offers high-density, 0.050" pitch through-hole and surface mount spring-loaded connectors (SLC) available in single and double-row strip packaging. Series 854-22-0XX-10-001101 and...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Parmatech Corporation (Petaluma, CA) provides metal injection molding technology for medical device manufacturing. Small part component manufacturing of intricate shapes and highly engineered alloys is available for the...
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Products: Medical
Optical Gaging Products (Rochester, NY) offers the SmartScope® Flash™ 500 automatic dimensional measurement system. The Flash 500’s 500×450×200 mm measurement volume is now available with a volume as large as 500 ×...
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
HSI Sensing (Chickasha, OK) has introduced the 11000 Series of steel sensing proximity sensors for implantable medical devices and valve control applications. The series is offered in three versions, and users can choose which...
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Panasonic (Seacaucus, NJ) has expanded its line of HD camera and recording systems designed for medical applications. The 32" EJ-MLA32U-W and 37" EJ-MLA37UJ-W HD LCD displays offer several viewing options including...
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
ATI Industrial Automation (Apex, NC) offers the Nano17, the smallest commercially available six-axis force/torque sensor. It is made of hardened stainless steel, with integrated interface plates made from...
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Products: Motion Control
Kollmorgen (Radford, VA) has introduced AKM™ 8 servo motors as part of the AKM motor series, which offers 8 frame sizes, 28 frame/stack combinations, and 112 “standard” windings. The AKM8 is available in two standard...
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Products: Electronics & Computers
ITT Interconnect Solutions (Santa Ana, CA) has developed an online modeling tool that allows design engineers to create virtual 3D connector models, even for designs that have yet to be manufactured. Users may use a...
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Products: Medical
STEUTE Meditech (Ridgefield, CT) offers “medical-grade” foot controls that meet relevant IEC 60601, MDD (93/42/EEC), UL, and CSA standards. Optional design features include custom housings/colors/icons,...
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Products: Medical
Maxon Precision Motors (Fall River, MA) has introduced the EPOS2 24/2 miniaturized positioning controller for commanding and controlling in the CANopen network. USB and RS232 are available as further...
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Products: Medical
Delcam Healthcare (Birmingham, UK) has launched new versions of its OrthoModel and OrthoMill software for the design and manufacture of custom orthotic insoles. Used in conjunction with the iQube 3D scanner, data can be captured...
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Interpower (Oskaloosa, IA) offers a medical socket strip with an attached hospital-grade power cord and four NEMA hospital-grade outlets. It features a manual reset circuit breaker, no inlet or outlet covers, and...
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Products: Medical
Thomas Division of Gardner Denver (Sheboygan, WI) offers Series 660/680 WOB-L® Piston pumps that provide clean air flow, long life, low noise, and low vibration. They are suitable for medical applications including oxygen...
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Products: Electronics & Computers
AVX Corporation (Greenville, SC) offers the SQ Series, the RF capacitor series rated at 50 VDC to 500 VDC with capacitance values ranging from 0.1pF to 1000pF. It is suitable for medical devices such as MRI coils, and offers low...
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Products: Medical
Brimrose (Sparks, MD) has introduced the VA210 series of AOTF-NIR (Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter Near Infrared) hyperspectral imaging adapters designed for measuring visible or NIR hyperspectral imaging information...
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Products: Medical
Medical Imaging Software Toolkit
Texas Instruments (Dallas, TX) has introduced the version 2.0 medical imaging software toolkit (STK), an updated and expanded collection of imaging algorithms optimized for its TMS320C64x+™ digital signal processors. The STK 2.0 enables B-mode ultrasound processing, 3D rendering, and real-time processing for...
Products: Motion Control
Bosch i-Business Group (Broadview, IL) has introduced a motor search tool available online for design engineers to identify motor options that best match their design specifications within the Bosch DC electric...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The ScopeCheck® coordinate measuring machine from Werth, Inc. (Old Saybrook, CT) includes an image processing sensor and software designed for requirements of dimensional measurement to allow fully automatic measurement of...
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Products: Connectivity
Veriteq (Richmond, Canada) offers viewLinc 3.5, a continuous monitoring system for FDA-regulated, GxP-compliant environments. The system provides continuous records, 24/7 alarming, and automated reporting. It may be...
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Keystone Electronics (Astoria, NY) has introduced a low-profile, thru-hole PC battery clip for lithium-ion-size cells from 17–19 mm in diameter. The clip features a 3-legged, THM design for extra strength and stability plus...
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Products: Software
Remcom (State College, PA) has upgraded the XFdtd® Release 7 (XF7) with XACT Accurate Cell Technology that produces faster results when modeling complex shapes. The XTend Script Library allows users to adapt...
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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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