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Briefs: Medical
While manufacturers bemoan a lack of skilled potential employees, and returning veterans experience frustration at being able to find employment, one organization— Workshop for...
Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A team of mechanical engineers at Georgia Tech say that they have demonstrated a new process to rapidly fabricate complex three-dimensional nanostructures from a variety of materials, including...
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Fasteners and threaded parts are among the many small, precision-machined components found in medical devices. Because threaded parts can play a critical role in the...
Features: Medical
The manufacturing of medical components must meet standards of accuracy, reliability, quality, and traceability that equal and...
Features: Medical
The manufacture of medical devices involves some of the most sophisticated machining processes found in industry today. From a machining perspective, the machine tools that make up the...
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
In recent decades, plastics have made healthcare simpler, less difficult, and make new techniques and prostheses possible. Therefore, it is more...
Features: Medical
At a time when the healthcare industry is undergoing profound foundational shifts and the regulatory and legislative...
Features: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The medical industry continues to develop new devices that are smaller in size and more sophisticated in functionality. From in vitro diagnostics and...
Technology Leaders: Medical
TECHNOLOGY LEADERS: Materials/Coatings/Adhesives
Environmental sustainability is a growing concern among consumers and businesses. Like other industries, the healthcare sector is engaged in...
Technology Leaders: Materials
TECHNOLOGY LEADERS: Materials/Coatings/Adhesives
According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social...
From the Editor: Medical
By the time you read this, Robert M. Califf, MD, a recognized global leader in cardiology, clinical research, and medical economics, will have been installed as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s...
News: Materials
A team of Northwestern researchers has created a new way to print three-dimensional metallic objects using rust and metal powders.
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, CT, introduces the TruMark 1110 diode-pumped vanadate laser, part of a line of entry-level marking lasers in the new TruMark Station 3000, a compact marking station offering a high...
Technology Leaders: Tubing & Extrusion
Bioresorbable stent scaffolds are balloon-expandable and have been used to replace metallic stents to treat the narrowing of arteries and airway passages. Like traditional metallic scaffolds,...
From the Editor: Materials
In December, we asked Medical Design Briefs readers to select one product from our 12 Products of the Month that they thought was the most significant new introduction to the...
Industry News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
January 2016 Month-End Industry News
Here is the latest batch of news from the medical products community. Please click the link for more.
Products: Medical
Triad Magnetics, Perris, CA, introduces the VPM Series of medical-grade toroidal isolation transformers offering both 4KV of dielectric isolation and low-voltage stepdown. The UL recognized VPM Series’ single-...
INSIDER: Medical
New research by scientists at the University of Southampton, UK, using an imaging technique called episcopic differential interference contrast (EDIC) microscopy, could lead to treatments to...
Products: Medical
PVC-Free Foam
Vancive Medical Technologies, Glendale, CA, unveils a new eco-friendly PVC-free foam. This new single-coated foam is biocompatible, not made using natural rubber latex, and non-irritating to the skin. It offers all the same benefits as traditional PVC foam including conformability, elasticity, cushioning, flexibility, and...
Products: Medical
ComScan, Batavia, IL, introduces a new 3D scanning technology for gauge reproducibility and repeatability (R&R) testing. The new system combines optical, 3D scanning measurement technology with traditional gauge R&R...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
SCHURTER Inc., Santa Rosa, CA, expands the rated current range of its popular UMT-H Universal Modular fuse, to 12.5 A and 16 A. With its square, compact design of 5.3mm x 16mm, the UMT-H is well suited for automated...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Nordson ASYMTEK, Carlsbad, CA, introduces the Spectrum™ II Premier with the IntelliJet® jetting system for dispensing small dot sizes at high frequencies without compromising precision, high...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Linear Technology Corp., Milpitas, CA, introduces the LTC2380-24, a no latency 24- bit 2Msps successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter. The unit features an integrated digital filter...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
C&K Components, Newton, MA, offers its popular D Series miniature snap-in power rocker switches with gold contacts. Designed for low voltage, low current applications in a variety of circuits, the...
Products: Medical
Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL, expands its line of Premo-Flex™ Cable Jumpers with the addition of Round Flat Cable and Hot Bar Soldering Cable versions, providing distributors, original equipment manufacturers, and contract...
Products: Medical
Power Partners, Inc., Hudson, MA, announces the 310 Watt desktop power supply. The unit packs performance inside a compact, sealed, fanless case measuring 7.8" × 4" × 2", weighing only 3 lbs. The series is...
Products: Medical
Dymax Corporation, Torrington, CT, now offers 215-CTH-UR-SC, an LED-optimized catheter adhesive for rapid bonding of a variety of substrates including Nylon 12 and PEBA. Formulated with new Encompass™...
Products: Medical
Calex Mfg. Co., Inc., Concord, CA, announces the DPX Series of DC/DC converters. The DPX Series offers up to 3 watts of fully regulated output power with an industry standard DIP footprint. DPX offers a 4:1 input...
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Crouzet Motors, Vista, CA, introduces the availability of CANopen® technology for its Brushless DC Motors. This new communications protocol allows design engineers to connect multiple Crouzet brushless motors to...
Top Stories
INSIDER: Medical
Brain Implant Enables Safer Drug Delivery
Features: Medical
Built to Adapt: Rethinking Contract Manufacturing for a New Era
Podcasts: Design
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From the Editor: Medical
From The Editor: Charting the Technologies That Will Shape Medtech in 2026
Features: Materials
OEM Toll Processing Advances High-Value Products
Podcasts: Medical
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
Podcasts: Medical
How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery
Podcasts: Design
Developing Sustainable Drug-Delivery Devices
Podcasts: Design
Smarter Pathways for Precision Drug Delivery in Cancer Care
On-Demand Webinars: Medical
Understanding Testing and Compliance Requirements for Wireless Medical Devices
Podcasts: AR/AI
Personalized Medicine and Drug Delivery
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.
