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Features: Design
Dexterity, precision, control and comfort — without them, no handheld or hand intensive medical device is a success, for either the medical professional using it...
Features: Materials
The performance of adhesives used for wearable medical device applications is critical to the efficacy of the final product, as an improperly affixed device is...
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
In 3D printing, the additive manufacturing processes use gradual creation or addition of materials to form an object. 3D printing has become a widely used method for manufacturing prototypes in many...
Briefs: Materials
Bacterial cellulose (BC) nanofibers are promising building blocks for the development of sustainable materials with the potential to outperform conventional synthetic...
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The ideal contract manufacturer is more than a transactional supplier; rather, it is a partner that improves the product and process. Printed circuit boards (PCBs) and electronic...
News: Tubing & Extrusion
Cadence Expands, Adds New PEEK Machining, Molding Capabilities
Cadence, Stauton, VA, recently completed the expansion of its machining capabilities to include polyetheretherketone (PEEK) machining and molding capabilities as the use of PEEK components continues to rise in implantable medical devices.
News: Materials
To find out more about the method, which promises to improve the useful range and cost profile of such polymers, Medical Design Briefs recently spoke with Bruce Anneaux, PhD, corporate director of research and development at Zeus.
Global Innovations: Medical
National University of Science and Technology MISIS Moscow, Russia http://en.misis.ru/
Together with colleagues from the Ecole de Technologie Superiore (Montreal, Canada), scientists at...
Features: Materials
Device manufacturers count on their supply chain partners for answers. What can be adjusted, how can we add value, and what methods can be used to streamline...
Technology Leaders: Medical
Metal additive manufacturing via laser powder bed fusion or electron beam melting has been used for several years for serial manufacturing of...
Technology Leaders: Medical
Although we’ve heard a lot about the promise of additive manufacturing (AM), the reality is that this technology has not yet caused a revolution in...
Briefs: Medical
If scientists are ever going to deliver on the promise of implantable artificial organs or clothing that dries itself, they’ll first need to solve the problem of...
Briefs: Medical
Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and NC State have created an injectable gel-like scaffold that can hold combination chemo-immunotherapeutic drugs and deliver them locally to tumors...
News: Medical
Survey Finds Automation 'Critical' to Business
NuTec Tooling Solution has released the compiled results of its first annual Industrial Automation Impact Survey conducted at the end of 2017. The survey evaluated the degree to which industrial automation has influenced production, purchasing habits, and future strategies using feedback from plant...
News: Materials
Evonik Intensifies Research into Regenerative Medicine
Evonik has launched a Tissue Engineering Project House where up to 20 scientists from various disciplines will work to make reliable solutions possible for tissue regeneration following accidents or disease. The aim is to develop materials for biological implants in medical applications....
News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Cadence to be Acquired by Kohlberg & Company
Cadence, Inc., a provider of complex high-precision components and finished devices for advanced surgical and specialty industrial applications, has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Kohlberg & Company, a private equity firm based in Mount Kisco, NY.
Technology Leaders: Materials
In working with various medical equipment such as needles, syringes, trocars, cannulas, guide-wires, catheters, and valves, medical device designers must account for...
Briefs: Medical
Medical devices powered by synthetic proteins created from repeated sequences of proteins may be possible, according to materials science and biotechnology experts, who looked at material...
Briefs: Test & Measurement
The New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Newark College of Engineering has opened a training-focused, rapid prototyping facility that is central to both the university’s...
Applications: Manufacturing & Prototyping
High-speed machining is typically used in medical equipment manufacturing where machinists often work with exotic alloys and harder metals like titanium.
Briefs: Imaging
The concept for a new automated visual inspection system that uses robotics to manipulate metallic components is being tested at the University of Sheffield’s Advanced...
Briefs: Medical
More than 95 percent of point-of-care (POC) professionals expect to see an expansion of POC manufacturing enabled by additive manufacturing, commonly called 3D printing....
Features: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Depositing small, repeatable volumes of fluid in assembly applications spans a diverse range of industries. The ability to deposit precise amounts of material is an...
Applications: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Most medical diagnostic and testing equipment involves some type of enclosure, cart, or cabinet that serves as a user workstation or protects sensitive...
Applications: Medical
Computed tomography (CAT or CT) imaging is an incredible tool doctors use to help detect and diagnose patients noninvasively. Using specialized x-ray technology, the device has the...
Features: Design
When new assays or diagnostic tests are ready for commercialization, there can be tremendous hurdles to overcome, including significant investment in the infrastructure for automated...
Products: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
CT Measurement Software
Werth, Inc., Old Saybrook, CT, has released a computed tomography machine designed to reduce time lag caused by the start-stop positioning of the workpiece. The OnTheFly CT uses short exposure...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Like sandblasting at the nanometer scale, focused beams of ions ablate hard materials to form intricate three-dimensional patterns. The beams can create tiny features in the lateral...
INSIDER: Medical
Biomedical engineers have demonstrated a new approach to making self-assembled biomaterials that relies on protein modifications and temperature. The hybrid approach allows researchers...
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From the Editor: Medical
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Ask the Expert
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.
Webcasts
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On-Demand Webinars: Medical
Understanding Testing and Compliance Requirements for Wireless Medical Devices
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Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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.
