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Briefs: Materials
Sutures and staples are the traditional methods for closing surgical incisions and wounds in emergency situations. However, these methods can be inadequate in complex surgeries...
Technology Leaders: Materials
Over the past five years, technological advances have enabled product applications for microextrusion to penetrate into the medical OEM arena. Simply speaking, micro now really...
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Rapid prototyping has long played a vital role in the evolution of medical device technology. Effectively applied during a product's early design stages, it can generate...
INSIDER: Medical
A newly developed titanium fiber plate offers a new alternative for regenerative medicine and treating fractures, eliminating the need for surgical extraction of the plate later.
INSIDER: Medical
For the first time, it is possible to create complex nanoscale metal structures using 3D printing. The process, once scaled up, could be used in a wide variety of applications,...
INSIDER: Medical
Researchers have pioneered a breakthrough method to rapidly 3D print fully functional electronic circuits. The circuits, which contain electrically-conductive metallic inks and...
INSIDER: Green Design & Manufacturing
The potential implications of additive manufacturing (AM) have excited the imagination. Popularly known as 3D printing, the emerging class of technologies has been...
INSIDER: Medical
A team of chemical engineers has developed a new, cost-effective method for synthetically producing a biorenewable platform chemical called triacetic acid lactone...
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
To help deliver a truly sustainable advanced manufacturing workforce pipeline, the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) has begun construction of a new apprentice...
INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The Council on Competitiveness has released its 6th annual Clarion Call for Competitiveness, noting that "innovation-driven productivity is the foundation of a competitive, growing...
From the Editor: Regulations/Standards
FDA is monitoring the emerging field of 3D printing and additive manufacturing, an area FDA once considered a “futuristic technology on the distant...
Briefs: Medical
Every day the world’s leading medical device companies rely upon laser direct structuring (LDS) to meet their most demanding design and performance requirements. Millions of electronic...
Features: Medical
Gas assist molding offers a variety of process and design advantages for medical equipment applications. It produces parts that are smooth and extremely cleanable,...
Briefs: Materials
By using an electrochemical etching process on a common stainless-steel alloy, researchers have created a nanotextured surface that kills bacteria while not harming...
News: Robotics, Automation & Control
3D Systems and Stryker Partner to Advance Personalized Surgery
3D Systems and Stryker have announced an exclusive distribution partnership for VSP® (Virtual Surgical Planning) and anatomical models for the craniomaxillofacial specialty. According to the companies, the partnership will drive the availability of personalized surgical planning and...
News: Medical
Amada Miyachi America Expands Technical Center
Amada Miyachi America, Monrovia, CA, has expanded and enhanced its Detroit technical center. The updated facility has 5,500 square feet of laboratory space devoted to application development services for welding, marking, ablation, scribing, and texturing of metals and plastics. Also on site is an...
Products: Materials
Packaging System
CleanCut Technologies, Anaheim, CA, has added a new packaging system to the company's portfolio of packaging products. The Vault packaging system is designed as an alternative to pouch-style packaging...
Briefs: Medical
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have created a fully functioning artificial human heart muscle large enough to patch over damage typically seen in patients who have suffered...
Features: Medical
There has been a profound shift is taking place in the medical industry of more minimally invasive, quicker, and more-effective procedures....
Briefs: Materials
In tests, a swarm of robots measuring a few millionths of a meter long — about the size of a blood cell — were guided magnetically to sites in the stomach of rats. The robots were manufactured by...
News: Tubing & Extrusion
GI Plastek, Precision Southeast Inc., and Plastics Solutions, Inc. Merge to Form PSI Molded Plastics
GI Plastek, Precision Southeast Inc., and Plastics Solutions, Inc. have merged to form PSI Molded Plastics. The three sister injection molding companies are all owned by Gladstone Investment. With the merger, each of the companies can now share...
Sound-Off: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A Tech Briefs reader asks our expert to compare three 3D-printing techniques.
News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Phillips-Medisize Creates a Manufacturing Center of Excellence for Connected Health and Drug-Delivery Devices
Phillips-Medisize, a Molex company, has announced an initial investment to expand the capabilities of its 380,000 sq ft Molex Little Rock facility to include an FDA registered manufacturing Center of Excellence for Connected Health and...
Features: Materials
Engineering thermoplastics are widely used to manufacture a broad range of medical devices, from single-use syringes and applicators to diagnostic...
Briefs: Materials
By combining engineered polymeric materials known as hydrogels with complex intestinal tissue known as organoids— made from human pluripotent stem cells — researchers have...
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Each year, billions of multi-well plates, pipettes, bottles, flasks, vials, Eppendorf tubes, culture plates, and other polymer items are manufactured for use in research,...
Features: Photonics/Optics
With the ever-increasing influx of automation in the manufacturing industry, the process of prioritizing accurate measurements is needed now more than ever to ensure that products are not...
Features: Photonics/Optics
Advances in CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) imaging sensor (CIS) module technology are shrinking pixel size, allowing more pixels to fit into a...
Briefs: Materials
To repair ruptured or pierced organs and tissues, surgeons commonly use staples, sutures and wires to bring and hold the wound edges together so that they can heal. However, these procedures...
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Ask the Expert
John Chandler on Achieving Quality Motion Control
FAULHABER MICROMO brings together the highest quality motion technologies and value-added services, together with global engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing, to deliver top quality micro motion solutions. With 34 years’ experience, John Chandler injects a key engineering perspective into all new projects and enjoys working closely with OEM customers to bring exciting new technologies to market.
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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.
