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Features: Packaging & Sterilization
Single- and multiple-use medical devices typically require sterilization prior to their use in order to provide for patient safety....
Briefs: Medical
Bioengineers have developed a new silk-based microneedle system able to deliver precise amounts of drugs over time and without need for refrigeration. The tiny needles can be...
Products: Medical
The No. 984 electrically heated, 500 °F custom-designed toploading oven from Grieve Corporation (Round Lake, IL) is used for curing connector assemblies into long cables at the customer's facility....
Products: Materials
The EMERGE™ PC/PET 9500CR Advanced Resin from Styron (Berwyn, PA) is an advanced polycarbonate polyethylene terephthalate blend developed for powered medical equipment housing applications where it is necessary to...
Products: Materials
Clariant Masterbatches (Holden, MA) offers color concentrates and pre-color compounds that serve as the basis for new colors for TOPAS cyclic olefin copolymer (COC), a material used for medical devices. New colors for TOPAS...
Products: Materials
Boyd Coatings Research Co. (Hudson, MA) has developed the CRC 8000-line medical grade coating for use in reusable medical devices/instruments. The coating line is available in a wide variety of colors, including...
Features: Materials
Regenerative medicine (RM) holds the potential to address some of society’s most intractable health problems and restore or establish normal bodily function. Today, regenerative medicine...
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Advancements in medical technology and material science have created new engineering challenges for medical devices used in minimally invasive interventional procedures....
Products: Medical
Teleflex Medical OEM (Raleigh, NC) has announced an expanded array of sizes, colors, and patterns for the Force Fiber® family of sutures. Force Fiber is a combination of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) yarn and a...
Products: Materials
Parker Hannifin Corporation (Cleveland, OH) offers FEP Heat Shrink for catheter forming, which features a uniform recovery and a maximum constrained elongation up to +5%. This reduced elongation limits the possibility of curling...
Products: Medical
The new MED-6219 low-viscosity silicone elastomer from NuSil Technology (Carpinteria, CA) is suitable for any application requiring a flowable yet high-durometer material with a transparent appearance. It is able to withstand...
Products: Medical
Machine Solutions (Flagstaff, AZ) has introduced integrated protective film technology for balloon pleating and folding/ wrapping and fluting processes. The FFS975S Drug Eluting Balloon...
Products: Materials
Goodfellow Corporation (Oakdale, PA) now offers ceramic and glass crucibles in a wide range of shapes, sizes, and materials for applications where heat and corrosion resistance are essential. Materials include...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Polyzen (Raleigh, NC) has achieved a quality standard threshold that allows for the production of seams that are as strong as the actual film itself, resulting in resilient product performance. The company offers...
Features: Medical
Application development for medical devices requires knowledge of material properties to support function, chemical compatibility with sanitizing cleaners and sterilization methods, as...
Products: Materials
Medi-Solve Coatings (Natick, MA) has developed a way to mask a medical device during the coating process. Catheters and guidewires are typically coated at the end of the device manufacturing process;...
Products: Materials
ISO Certified Dry Lubricant Coating
The Duraglide® dry lubricant coatings from MicroCare Medical (New Britain, CT) are now ISO 10993 certified for topical use in clinical indications where the surface or lining may have been breached in order to evaluate local tissue responses. This test standard applies to materials that are solid and...
Products: Medical
Polyzen (Raleigh, NC) provides medical product designers with an alternative to latex materials for the construction of low-pressure balloons. A series of polyurethane films can be thermoformed, then welded...
Products: Medical
Teknor Apex (Pawtucket, RI) has introduced a series of advanced medical-grade elastomers that provide a fully practical alternative to PVC for many tubing applications. The new Medalist® MD-500 Series compounds...
Products: Medical
Foster Corporation (Putnam, CT) has introduced custom extruded film and rod from drug/polymer blends for implant, patch, and oral drug delivery applications. The company blends polymers with active pharmaceutical...
Briefs: Medical
A non-woven absorbable scaffold has been designed for implant devices in orthopedics, cardiology, and general surgery, as well as other in vivo applications. Where classic...
Features: Medical
Utilized in a wide variety of adhesion applications — from urinary catheters to cardiac pacemakers — one-part condensation-cure adhesives have traditionally been...
Features: Medical
The product development process in the medical device field poses a demanding design environment for engineers and project managers. The design process often requires...
Products: Materials
Wound Care Adhesives
Adhesives Research (Glen Rock, PA) offers non-silicone, low-trauma PSA technology that mimics the gentle properties of silicone adhesive platforms with the added benefit of offering aggressive, intimate skin contact with virtually painless and residue-free removal. Unlike some silicones, this technology also exhibits good...
Features: Medical
Since the 1950s and John Charnley’s introduction of the low friction hip prosthesis, metal-on-polyethylene bearings have remained the gold standard in terms of the long-term...
INSIDER: Medical
New Coating May Extend Lifeline of Hip Implants
According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, more than 231,000 total hip replacements are performed each year in the United States. However, in about 17 percent of patients who receive a total join replacement, the implant eventually loosens and needs to be replaced. As people are living...
Products: Materials
Telesis Technologies (Circleville, OH) offers the EV4G diode-pumped solid state (DPSS) 532nm laser marking system for marking and processing difficult materials such as colored plastics and acrylic and polymer materials in the...
Briefs: Materials
Color is an important factor in many aspects of medical devices, from design to how the device is used and by whom. In 2010, the FDA and regulatory bodies around the world...
Products: Medical
The Micro-Twin Screw compounder from Technovel Corporation (Osaka, Japan) offers special capabilities including RPMs up to 4400, high torque drive system, and pressure resistant barrel. The modular screw design can be...
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Ralph Bright on the Power of Power Cords
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.
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Inside Story
Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
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.
