Materials, Adhesives & Coatings

Coating/​Surface Modification

Review the latest advances and technical briefs in medical coatings and surface modification, including plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition and plasma-applied coatings to products like stainless steel guide wires, catheters, stents and vascular surgical tools.

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Features: Materials
OEM Toll Processing Advances High-Value Products
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Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Material Science Innovations for Medical Devices
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INSIDER: Materials
Product Launch: Surface-Active Systems for Long-Term Medical Device Performance
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INSIDER: Materials
BioInteractions Launches Surface Active Therapeutics

Top Stories

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INSIDER: Medical

Brain Implant Enables Safer Drug Delivery

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Features: Medical

Built to Adapt: Rethinking Contract Manufacturing for a New Era

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Podcasts: Design

Smarter Pathways for Precision Drug Delivery in Cancer Care

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From the Editor: Medical

From The Editor: Charting the Technologies That Will Shape Medtech in 2026

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Features: Materials

OEM Toll Processing Advances High-Value Products

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Podcasts: Medical

Personalized Medicine and Drug Delivery

Latest Briefs & News

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Products: Materials
Product of the Month
See the product of the month: Biointeractions' surface-active therapeutic coating for medical devices, AstutePlus®. It's an advanced antithrombogenic designed specifically to stop fibrin sheath formation as well as thrombus formation in blood-contacting devices. Read on to learn more.
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Features: Tubing & Extrusion
Product Showcase
See the product showcase, which includes Accumold All-Plastic Molded Cannula technology; Arnold Magnetic Technologies' thin metals and flexible composite solutions; the OmniCure® S2000 Elite; Omnetics’ Nano-D connectors; the Lee Company’s Full Isolation Dual Seal Precision Dispense Pump; and much more.
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Product Showcase
See the products in the Product Showcase, including Omnetics’ Nano-D connectors, Cadence's complex medical devices, Formacoat's medical device coating application, the Lee Company’s Full Isolation Dual Seal Precision Dispense Pump, Ulbrich’s Braid Wire Accelerator® Program, and much more.
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Briefs: Medical
The Use of Parylene-Coated Mandrels in the Balloon Catheter Manufacturing Process
The process of manufacturing high-quality and reliable balloon catheters is critical to a number of advanced medical treatments for patients including balloon angioplasty, stent and drug delivery, transcatheter aortic valve implantation, atherectomy, renal denervation, and laser balloon angioplasty.
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Products: Materials
Vote for Medical Design Briefs 2023 Annual Readers’ Choice Awards
Vote for the 2023 Product of the Year.
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Products: Materials
New Products & Services
See the new products and services, including Dillon Manufacturing's claw jaws, mesh-morphing technology from RBF Morph, an eQMS from Sierra Labs, Qosina's stopcock manifold, Surface Solutions Group's sustainable coating, Zuken's design platform, and more.
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Products: Medical
Vote for Medical Design Briefs 2023 Annual Readers’ Choice Awards
Vote for the 2023 Product of the Year.
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Features: Green Design & Manufacturing
The Truth About PTFE and the Need for Sustainable Coatings
As this article was being written, it came to light that the EU MDR is reconsidering banning fluoropolymers and, namely, PFAS. This is due in large part to industry pressure, according to a recent article. The final outcome remains to be seen, but one thing is certain. Read to find out what.
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Features: Materials
Surface Modification: Improving Well Plates for Drug Discovery
For researchers and manufacturers interested in reducing the costs of coated well plates while improving research quality and diagnostic test resolution, outsourcing to a qualified contract services provider could be an optimal solution.
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Supplements: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Summer 2023 Resource Guide
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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Products: Medical
Product of the Month
See the product of the month, a film-coating technology for elastomeric closures for injectable drugs.
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Products: Medical
New Products & Services
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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INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Partnership Pathway: Low-Power Linear DC Micro Spot Welder
BioInteractions launched an expanded Product Pathway Partnership service incorporating bespoke coatings, optimized application and tooling, testing, regulatory support and...
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Products: Medical
New Products and Services
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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Supplements: Photonics/Optics
Winter 2022 Resource Guide
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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Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Plasma Treatment: Transforming Plastic Parts into High-Value Products
For medical device manufacturers that work with different kinds of plastics, utilizing plasma treatments can create competitive advantages.
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Briefs: Materials
Tubing Coated with Light-Powered Catalysts Aids Drug Manufacturing
The new class of materials is insoluble, so it can be used over and over again. Such catalysts could be used to coat tubing and perform chemical transformations on reactants as they flow through the tube.
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INSIDER: Materials
Copper, But Not Silver, Effective Against Sars-Cov-2 on Surfaces
Silver and copper ions wipe out many pathogens. That’s why implants and medical instruments, for example, are coated with these metals. Researchers have studied whether...
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Supplements: Regulations/Standards
Summer 2022 Resource Guide
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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R&D: Medical
Lens Offers Tunable Focus
A metasurface lens has been created that uses a piezoelectric thin film to change focal length when a small voltage is applied. Because it is extremely compact and lightweight, the new lens could be useful for...
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R&D: Medical
Bioactive Coatings Improve Orthopedic Implants
Researchers are working on a coating that mimics bone tissue.
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Supplements: Regulations/Standards
Winter 2021 Resource Guide
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: Materials
Transforming Plastic Parts into High-Value Products
Learn some of the essential areas of plasma treatment in the medical device industry.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Vote for Medical Design Briefs Product of the Year 2021
Winners will be announced in Medical Design Briefs and here on MedicalDesignBriefs.com.
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Briefs: Medical
Antimicrobial Coating for Orthopedic Implants Prevents Dangerous Infections
The coating is customizable to individuals and requires less than 10 minutes to prepare and use.
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R&D: Packaging & Sterilization
Liquid Metal Coating Creates Antimicrobial Fabric
A team used liquid gallium to test an antiviral and antimicrobial on a range of fabrics, including facemasks.
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Products: Medical
Product of the Month
Learn about a heat seal coating for medical-grade DuPont™ Tyvek® and paper packaging applications.
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R&D: Test & Measurement
Sticking Sensors to Skin Without Adhesives
Researchers developed a method to bond human skin to rubber-like polymeric materials without an adhesive.
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Products: Photonics/Optics
Product of the Month
See what Hierarchical Surface Restructuring (HSR™) can do to an electrode.
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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.

Webcasts

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Podcasts: Medical

How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery

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Podcasts: Design

Developing Sustainable Drug-Delivery Devices

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Podcasts: Design

Smarter Pathways for Precision Drug Delivery in Cancer Care

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On-Demand Webinars: Medical

Understanding Testing and Compliance Requirements for Wireless Medical Devices

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Podcasts: AR/AI

Personalized Medicine and Drug Delivery

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Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Material Science Innovations for Medical Devices

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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