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Briefs: Test & Measurement
A skin-like biomedical technology that uses a mesh of conducting nanowires and a thin layer of elastic polymer might bring new electronic bandages that monitor biosignals for...
News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
NASA Technology
We often imagine that inventions are born whole: Thomas Edison creates the incandescent light bulb and lights up Christie Street in Menlo Park on New Year’s Eve,...
Briefs: Medical
A Northwestern University research team has developed a 3D printable ink that produces a synthetic bone implant that rapidly induces bone regeneration and growth. This hyperelastic...
Features: Medical
Medical device assemblies present unique challenges beyond those associated with manufacturing and assembly of products for consumer and industrial applications. While sharing the need for...
Features: Connectivity
The next industrial revolution is on its way. It is bringing innovative technologies that are available and proven and placing them in the modern...
INSIDER: Materials
A research team has developed a system for custom designing a variety of 3D printed objects with multiple materials. They say the system could be used for practical applications in the medical field such as...
INSIDER: Medical
Researchers have demonstrated how Microsoft’s HoloLens technology can be used for guiding robots to assist with assembly. Examples of the group’s augmented reality (AR)...
INSIDER: Nanotechnology
A novel device may prove beneficial during electrode and organ transplant procedures. The device uses gold nanowires to manipulate and sense characteristics of individual cells in...
Global Innovations: Materials
Kiel University Kiel, Germany www.uni-kiel.de/pressemeldungen
How metals can be used depends particularly on the characteristics of their surfaces. A research team at...
Products: Medical
EpoxySet, Lincoln, RI, has released the the SetWORX™ line of high-performance materials, which were developed to be nonhazardous for shipping, thus reducing costs associated with hazardous materials. Most of the...
Briefs: Materials
Flakes of graphene welded together into solid materials may be suitable for bone implants, according to a study led by Rice University scientists. The Rice lab of materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan...
Briefs: Materials
Materials scientists from Georgia Tech have developed a new strategy for crafting one-dimensional nanorods from a wide range of precursor materials. Based on a cellulose backbone,...
Briefs: Nanotechnology
UCLA nanoscience researchers have determined that a fluid that behaves similarly to water in our day-to-day lives becomes as heavy as honey when trapped in a nanocage of a porous...
INSIDER: Medical
A 3D printable ink produces a synthetic bone implant that rapidly induces bone regeneration and growth. This hyperelastic “bone” material, the shape of which can be easily customized,...
INSIDER: Nanotechnology
How metals can be used depends particularly on the characteristics of their surfaces. A research team at Kiel University has discovered how they can change the...
R&D: Medical
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a dielectric elastomer with a broad range of motion. The soft material requires relatively...
R&D: Medical
Researchers Develop 'Gold' Standard for Artificial Joints
Rice University physicists have discovered that a combination of titanium and gold provides a new standard for artificial knee and hip joints.
Technology Leaders: IoMT
Visiongain predicts the global medical devices market will reach $398 billion in 2017.1 To win share in this growing market, device companies need to stay out in...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Werth, Old Saybrook, CT, has introduced WinWerth® measurement software, which takes two computed tomography (CT) measurements with spectra tuned to a specific material and computationally combines them into a single...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Trumpf, Farmington, CT, offers the TruMatic 6000 fiber punch laser machine, which combines the advantages of high-speed solid-state laser processing with high-quality punching and forming technology. This newly...
Products: Medical
Resonetics, Nashua, NH, has added a Lightspeed ADL™ Application Development Lab in its Dayton, OH, facility to complement the existing lab in Boston. This new 1,100 sq. ft operation is staffed with 11 engineers...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Nordson EFD, East Providence, RI, has introduced a new four-axis automated dispensing system. The R Series systems are configured for precise fluid dispensing using EFD syringe barrel and valve systems. The series...
Products: Packaging & Sterilization
Multivac, Wolfertschwenden, Germany, has released the R 081 thermoforming packaging machine, an entry-level model for automatically packing small or medium-sized batches. The compact system is ideal for use in...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Microscan, Renton, WA, offers the MicroHAWK®, an enclosed imaging device for barcode reading and machine vision for clinical instruments. The device includes a fully integrated imaging engine and...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Mahr Federal, Providence, RI, has introduced the MarShaft SCOPE 600 plus 3D, which uses a new measurement method for special shaft applications. A combination of optical and touch sensors allow for a functionally complete...
Products: Medical
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, North Kingstown, RI, launched its latest system software release and a new Ethernet Real Time Feature Pack (RTFP) for the Leica Absolute Tracker AT960 and AT930. The software offers...
Products: Medical
Guill Tool, West Warwick, RI, offers a new rubber/silicone extrusion crosshead with mechanically assisted gum space (MAGS) adjustment. The 500 Series is designed specifically for the flow characteristics and unique...
Products: Medical
GF Machining Solutions, Lincolnshire, IL, offers the System 3R Delphin Zero Point, a clamping system for use during heavy milling operations on a variety of machine tools. With the Delphin system, manufacturers can...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Dukane, St Charles, IL, has introduced a new laser welding system that allows clear-to-clear plastic welding without the need for laser-absorbing additives. The system incorporates a recently developed 2-μm laser with a...
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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.
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Developing Sustainable Drug-Delivery Devices
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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.
