Design & Testing

Packaging/​Sterilization

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Have questions about medical device packaging and sterilization? Get the advice you need regarding options, regulatory compliance, and product development.

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INSIDER: Packaging & Sterilization

Plastic Ingenuity hosted a class on “Thermoform for Healthcare Packaging” in its booth Tuesday, February 7 at 9 AM as part of IoPP’s Fundamentals of Medical...

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Products: Connectivity
Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) West, February 7–9, Anaheim, CA
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White Papers: Medical
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Heaters for Medical Devices

Lives depend on the work we do manufacturing heaters for med device OEMs, because positive patient outcomes rely on optimal performance with precise regulation of temperature for blood and fluid warming,...

Supplements: Test & Measurement
In our summer edition of the MDB Resource Guide, learn about new cleaning requirements and find the right company to match your medical-design needs.
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Applications: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Precisely targeted technological methodologies and devices that can solve specific healthcare problems are becoming increasingly important for medical applications.
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Products: Motion Control
Fuse Clips

Keystone Electronics Corp., New Hyde Park, NY, offers UL-recognized fuse clips with end stops to ensure safety and design integrity. Available for use with 1AG through 8AG size cylindrical glass...

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Briefs: Medical

The medical packaging market has quickly embraced the use of automation for the thermoforming process. Automation has enabled adherence to stringent quality requirements and has...

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Supplements: Manufacturing & Prototyping
In our summer edition of the MDB Resource Guide, learn about new cleaning requirements and find the right company to match your medical-design needs.
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White Papers: Motion Control
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Demystifying Ball Spline Specs

Why isn’t identifying the right ball spline for an application straightforward and easy? Demystify the semantic differences in the literature and it will, at least, be easier. We’ll do this by discussing...

Features: Sensors/Data Acquisition
From 3D printing and biomaterials to robotics and digital health, MD&M West is the largest medtech expo for suppliers and buyers.
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R&D: Packaging & Sterilization
A new sterilization technology could be the key to safely reusing disposable face masks.
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Supplements: Connectivity
In our winter edition of the MDB Resource Guide, learn about new cleaning requirements and find the right company to match your medical-design needs.
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Features: Design
Senior scientist Paula McDaniel tells MDB how to find and prevent material failures.
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Features: Design
Cleaning is a critical aspect of medical device design that is often overlooked during initial planning.
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Briefs: Packaging & Sterilization
The coating is customizable to individuals and requires less than 10 minutes to prepare and use.
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R&D: Packaging & Sterilization
A team used liquid gallium to test an antiviral and antimicrobial on a range of fabrics, including facemasks.
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Technology Leaders: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Single-use surgical instruments designed to be disposed or recycled following use offer many benefits over reusable products.
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Applications: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Infiplast, a plastics company for medical devices, was asked to design, prototype, test, and manufacture a critical component for ventilators.
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Applications: Medical
The products that help stop the spread of communicable diseases range from simple to sophisticated.
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Features: Design
Unique device identifiers, or UDIs, enable better reporting, reviewing, and analyzing of adverse events.
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R&D: Packaging & Sterilization
A coating can be applied to endotracheal tubes and release antimicrobial peptides that target infectious bacteria with specificity.
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Features: Sensors/Data Acquisition
MD&M West brings together medtech engineers, business leaders, and innovative thinkers to create life-changing medical devices.
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R&D: Packaging & Sterilization
Researchers have engineered new antimicrobial surfaces that can significantly reduce the formation of bacteria on medical instruments, such as urinary catheters, and reduce the risk of patient infection while in hospital.
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R&D: Energy
An innovative system may provide a new option to use directed energy for biomedical applications.
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Supplements: Data Acquisition
Our 2021 Resource Guide shows you the top manufacturers in materials, manufacturing, and a range of other medical-device categories.
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Briefs: Packaging & Sterilization
Next-generation sutures can deliver drugs, prevent infections, and monitor wounds.
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R&D: Packaging & Sterilization
The coatings prevent inflammation or implant rejection.
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Products: Tubing & Extrusion
Barcode readers, risk-management software, servo drives, and more.
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R&D: Packaging & Sterilization
Researchers have demonstrated that a family of self-sterilizing polymers are effective at inactivating coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Ask the Expert

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.

Inside Story

Rapid Precision Prototyping Program Speeds Medtech Product Development

Rapid prototyping technologies play an important role in supporting new product development (NPD) by companies that are working to bring novel and innovative products to market. But in advanced industries where products often make use of multiple technologies, and where meeting a part’s exacting tolerances is essential, speed without precision is rarely enough. In such advanced manufacturing—including the medical device and surgical robotics industries — the ability to produce high-precision prototypes early in the development cycle can be critical for meeting design expectations and bringing finished products to market efficiently.

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