Materials & Manufacturing

Manufacturing & Prototyping

Rapid prototyping and tooling technologies are essential to the medical device design cycle. Explore the medical innovations that impact applications in 3D printing, laser etching, and rapid prototyping.

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Features: Medical
The challenge for pharma is how to extend the commercial life of mature products while keeping maintenance costs low and ensuring they adhere to everchanging regulations across the globe — all while juggling the innovation for new products.
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See the new products and services, including servo motor drives, leak testing equipment, rupture disk product selection, an automated regrinding system, and more.
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R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A new technology that uses bioprinted patches to repair damaged heart tissue has been proven to be safe and cost-effective for patients.
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News: Robotics, Automation & Control
Medical Manufacturing Technologies (MMT), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management and a global provider of medical device manufacturing solutions, has...
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News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The MedAccred program continues to provide value to medical device manufacturers that have been awarded its prestigious accreditation for critical manufacturing processes, according...
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Global Innovations: Medical
Researchers are developing a 3D-printed insole with integrated sensors that allows the pressure of the sole to be measured in the shoe and thus during any activity. This helps athletes or patients to determine performance and therapy progress.
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R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Researchers have pioneered a 3D printable ink that contains Sporosarcina pasteurii: a bacterium that, when exposed to a urea-containing solution, triggers a mineralization...
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Features: Materials
A previous article described the theoretical framework for USW of thermoplastics. This article presents the key parameters and materials influencing an ultrasonic welding process, so that USW can be accomplished successfully.
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News: Medical
Teleflex Incorporated, a global provider of medical technologies, has broken ground to launch an expansion project for its Teleflex Medical OEM facility in Jaffrey, NH. The project...
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News: Medical
The Performance Review Institute (PRI) has expanded its management systems certification portfolio through the acquisition of SRI Quality System Registrar. SRI is headquartered...
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Products: Medical
The April 2023 Product Focus is on laser machining/marking.
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Products: AR/AI
See the new products and services for April 2023, including dynamic pressure controls, AI processors, modeling and simulation software, and more.
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From the Editor: Design
Here are the winners of the 2022 Medical Design Briefs’ Readers’ Choice Products of the Year.
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Briefs: Materials
It may be possible to use electrostatic actuators in artificial muscles thanks to research that made use of ferroelectric materials to create an electrostatic actuator that can generate a strong force at a low driving voltage.
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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
If the race to meet short-term milestones is run blindly, it can forever hamstring a medical device timeline.
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Trivia: Medical
What life-saving device was first built from orange juice cans, used auto parts, and sausage casings?
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INSIDER: Materials
BioInteractions launched an expanded Product Pathway Partnership service incorporating bespoke coatings, optimized application and tooling, testing, regulatory support and...
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INSIDER: Medical
AMADA WELD TECH is demonstrating its UB-1500A low-power linear DC micro spot welder with the SL-323A high precision, low force electromagnetic weld head at MD&M West in Anaheim. This...
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Products: Connectivity
See the new products and services from Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) West, including a leak test instrument, a brushless DC motor, and more.
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Applications: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Here, the ways that RTPs can help optimize product-handling operations in the life science industries.
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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
In its most general sense, DfM for medical devices means the design of parts sympathetic to the production process being used in order to make optimized outcomes in a timely fashion.
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Supplements: Materials
Learn about the medical manufacturers and cutting-edge applications that stood out in 2021.
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News: Medical
Eitan Medical, a developer of advanced infusion therapy and drug-delivery systems, has opened a new manufacturing facility at the company’s...
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News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Cadence, Inc., a contract manufacturer of medical and drug-delivery devices and specialty commercial products, has acquired Utitec, Inc., a manufacturer specializing in miniature, deep...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See the new products and services for January 2023, including a microscale 3D printing system, low-viscosity silicone, and more.
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Briefs: Tubing & Extrusion
A team of scientists and engineers has developed a first-of-its-kind, plant-inspired extrusion process that enables synthetic material growth.
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Features: Research Lab
With so much at stake, attention is now shifting to adopting more modern equipment and methods to consistently produce the best cells.
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News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Bosch Rexroth has opened a new customer innovation center near Austin, TX. The company says the facility will provide a unique technology development experience for Bosch...
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News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
OKAY Industries, New Britain, CT, a contract manufacturer of metal and plastic overmolded components and subassemblies for global medical device original equipment...
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Ask the Expert

Ralph Bright on the Power of Power Cords
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Understanding power system components and how to connect them correctly is critical to meeting regulatory requirements and designing successful electrical products for worldwide markets. Interpower’s Ralph Bright defines these requirements and explains how to know which cord to select for your application.

Inside Story

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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