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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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) say that manufacturers may soon have a speedy and nondestructive way to test a wide array of materials under real-world...
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Northeastern University’s Hanchen Huang, a professor and chair of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and two of his PhD students say they have come up with a better way of...
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
While manufacturers bemoan a lack of skilled potential employees, and returning veterans experience frustration at being able to find employment, one organization— Workshop for...
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A team of mechanical engineers at Georgia Tech say that they have demonstrated a new process to rapidly fabricate complex three-dimensional nanostructures from a variety of materials, including...
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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Fasteners and threaded parts are among the many small, precision-machined components found in medical devices. Because threaded parts can play a critical role in the...
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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The manufacturing of medical components must meet standards of accuracy, reliability, quality, and traceability that equal and...
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Features: Medical
The manufacture of medical devices involves some of the most sophisticated machining processes found in industry today. From a machining perspective, the machine tools that make up the...
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Features: Medical
In recent decades, plastics have made healthcare simpler, less difficult, and make new techniques and prostheses possible. Therefore, it is more...
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Features: Medical
At a time when the healthcare industry is undergoing profound foundational shifts and the regulatory and legislative...
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Features: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The medical industry continues to develop new devices that are smaller in size and more sophisticated in functionality. From in vitro diagnostics and...
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From the Editor: Manufacturing & Prototyping
By the time you read this, Robert M. Califf, MD, a recognized global leader in cardiology, clinical research, and medical economics, will have been installed as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s...
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News: Propulsion
A team of Northwestern researchers has created a new way to print three-dimensional metallic objects using rust and metal powders.
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Products: Medical
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, CT, introduces the TruMark 1110 diode-pumped vanadate laser, part of a line of entry-level marking lasers in the new TruMark Station 3000, a compact marking station offering a high...
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Industry News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
January 2016 Month-End Industry News
Here is the latest batch of news from the medical products community. Please click the link for more.
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Triad Magnetics, Perris, CA, introduces the VPM Series of medical-grade toroidal isolation transformers offering both 4KV of dielectric isolation and low-voltage stepdown. The UL recognized VPM Series’ single-...
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Products: Medical
PVC-Free Foam
Vancive Medical Technologies, Glendale, CA, unveils a new eco-friendly PVC-free foam. This new single-coated foam is biocompatible, not made using natural rubber latex, and non-irritating to the skin. It offers all the same benefits as traditional PVC foam including conformability, elasticity, cushioning, flexibility, and...
Products: Medical
ComScan, Batavia, IL, introduces a new 3D scanning technology for gauge reproducibility and repeatability (R&R) testing. The new system combines optical, 3D scanning measurement technology with traditional gauge R&R...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
SCHURTER Inc., Santa Rosa, CA, expands the rated current range of its popular UMT-H Universal Modular fuse, to 12.5 A and 16 A. With its square, compact design of 5.3mm x 16mm, the UMT-H is well suited for automated...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Nordson ASYMTEK, Carlsbad, CA, introduces the Spectrum™ II Premier with the IntelliJet® jetting system for dispensing small dot sizes at high frequencies without compromising precision, high...
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Products: Medical
Linear Technology Corp., Milpitas, CA, introduces the LTC2380-24, a no latency 24- bit 2Msps successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter. The unit features an integrated digital filter...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
C&K Components, Newton, MA, offers its popular D Series miniature snap-in power rocker switches with gold contacts. Designed for low voltage, low current applications in a variety of circuits, the...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL, expands its line of Premo-Flex™ Cable Jumpers with the addition of Round Flat Cable and Hot Bar Soldering Cable versions, providing distributors, original equipment manufacturers, and contract...
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Products: Medical
Power Partners, Inc., Hudson, MA, announces the 310 Watt desktop power supply. The unit packs performance inside a compact, sealed, fanless case measuring 7.8" × 4" × 2", weighing only 3 lbs. The series is...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Dymax Corporation, Torrington, CT, now offers 215-CTH-UR-SC, an LED-optimized catheter adhesive for rapid bonding of a variety of substrates including Nylon 12 and PEBA. Formulated with new Encompass™...
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Products: Medical
Calex Mfg. Co., Inc., Concord, CA, announces the DPX Series of DC/DC converters. The DPX Series offers up to 3 watts of fully regulated output power with an industry standard DIP footprint. DPX offers a 4:1 input...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Crouzet Motors, Vista, CA, introduces the availability of CANopen® technology for its Brushless DC Motors. This new communications protocol allows design engineers to connect multiple Crouzet brushless motors to...
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Products: Medical
Mill-Max Mfg. Corp., Oyster Bay, NY, announces that three additional SMT spring-loaded connectors are now available packaged on tape and reel. The 855 series, from 4 to 40 positions, are double row and on a .050"...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Intersil Corporation, Milpitas, CA, announces five new highly integrated synchronous buck regulators that step-down 5V rails to pointof- load (POL) inputs as low as 0.6V for FPGAs, DSPs, and...
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Products: Medical
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, North Kingstown, RI, has released TubeShaper software for the portable ROMER Absolute Arm tube inspection solution. TubeShaper is a completely new product designed specifically to apply...
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Eric Dietsch on the Benefits of Nitinol Wire
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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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