Materials & Manufacturing

Tubing/​Extrusion

Explore the applications and advancements in tubing, catheters, and extrusion production methods.

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News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Cadence, Inc., a provider of design, development, and contract manufacturing services to the medical device, drug-delivery, and diagnostics markets, has acquired the Florida location of...
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Products: Tubing & Extrusion
See the new products and services, including servo motor drives, miniature linear voice coil servo motors, an extrusion crosshead, a micro drive, and more.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
The new products and services this month include an electronic rotary latch, an ultra black laser marking series, a hybrid hexapod, and more.
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Features: Tubing & Extrusion
In minimally invasive surgery, the best patient outcome begins with navigating the vasculature safely and smoothly. For catheters utilizing a metal shaft construction, good design begins with a high-performing hypotube.
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Supplements: Packaging & Sterilization
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: Tubing & Extrusion
This month, the product focus is on tubing, including multi-lumen tubing, a rubber/silicone extrusion head, filmcast tubing, and micro extrusions.
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Quiz: Tubing & Extrusion
Medical devices have a long history of helping to heal injured athletes, and now devices are helping them improve their performance. Take this quiz to learn more about how medical devices are helping athletes win.
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Features: Medical
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: Robotics, Automation & Control
Learn about the medical manufacturers and cutting-edge applications that stood out in 2021.
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Supplements: Test & Measurement
Learn about the medical manufacturers and cutting-edge applications that stood out in 2022.
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Blog: Tubing & Extrusion
The global medical tubing market size was worth around USD 10.5 billion in 2021 and is predicted to grow to around USD 17.0 billion by 2030 with a compound annual growth rate...
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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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Supplements: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
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
For medical device manufacturers that work with different kinds of plastics, utilizing plasma treatments can create competitive advantages.
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Features: Materials
Plastic consumables for medical applications are often very complex and sophisticated devices. Before these devices can be used by healthcare workers or home care patients, they...
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Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Surgical Motors Portescap, Morristown, NJ, offers surgical motors that are designed to withstand 3,000+ autoclave cycles. The motors and controllers include the CNT1530 sterilizable...
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Products: Tubing & Extrusion
Zeus, Orangeburg, SC, has launched a multi-lumen tubing to help simplify steerable catheter construction.
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Technology Leaders: Tubing & Extrusion
The need for innovations like multi-filar cables and multi-channel transmission cables has become more important than ever.
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Trivia: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
What common medical adapter that can reduce hospital-acquired infections shares its name with a traditional holiday symbol?
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Products: Materials
Linear stepper stages, tubing, Bluetooth modules, and more.
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R&D: Medical
The 3D printable nanocomposite polymeric ink uses carbon nanotubes.
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Products: AR/AI
Power entry modules, application processors, proximity testing services, and more.
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News: Medical
Medical technology company Raumedic Inc. is expanding the cleanroom manufacturing facilities at its U.S. headquarters in Mills River, NC, by February 2022. The...
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Products: Tubing & Extrusion
Lumen chips, force sensors, safety clips, and more.
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Briefs: Tubing & Extrusion
The device was inspired by nature, specifically insect legs and flagella.
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Products: Medical
Fluid-dispensing systems, a micro-dosing pump, solenoid valves, and more.
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Features: Tubing & Extrusion
Rodd Turnquist tells Medical Design Briefs how to select the best pumps for medical devices and accelerating time to market.
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Products: Tubing & Extrusion
Touchless switches, biocompatible adhesives, 3D-printing materials, and more.
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Features: Wearables
Advances in hose and tubing manufacturing techniques are supporting new miniaturized devices and wearables.
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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

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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