Robotics & Automation

Mechanical Components

Learn about the design and testing of mechanical components in medical devices, including MEMS pressure sensors, connectors, wires, and cables.

Stories

39,40
75,76,78,121,143,153,154
0
465
15
Products: Medical
Sensor Connector
Hirose Electric (Simi Valley, CA) offers a sensor connector for users of blood glucose monitoring devices and strips. It increases mating cycles to more than 10,000. The connector incorporates an automated ejection mechanism...
Feature Image
Products: Medical
Breakaway Connectors
ITT Interconnect Solutions (Santa Ana, CA) offers the Nemesis Series and MKJ Series breakaway connectors that incorporate a simple push/pull mating mechanism to engage and disengage the connector systems. The coupling...
Feature Image
Products: Medical
Safety Valves
Bimba Manufacturing (Monee, IL) has introduced the Pneumatic Isolation Valve (PIV) Series to its line of air preparation products. The series is available in nine sizes, ranging from 0.25" to 1.5". They feature a lock out — tag...
Feature Image
Products: Motion Control
Rotary Encoder
The MSR 40 modular steel tape rotary encoder from RSF Elektronik (Tarsdorf, Austria) is now available in North America through the HEIDENHAIN Corporation (Schaumburg, IL). The encoder is suitable for measurement applications with...
Feature Image
Products: Medical
Connectors
Fischer Connectors (Saint-Prex, Switzerland) offers AluLiteTM connectors that can endure more than 5,000 mating cycles within a temperature range of -50 °C to 150 °C. The anodized finished connector housing is engineered with an...
Feature Image
Products: Medical
Sanitary Fittings
Qosina (Edgewood, NY) offers sanitary fittings that feature a pre-attached platinum-cured silicone gasket. Hose barbs in sizes from 1/4” to 3/4” with flanges adhering to both the “Mini” and “Maxi” standards are...
Feature Image
Products: Medical
Miniature Circular Connectors
Hypertronics (Hudson, MA) offers miniature circular connectors as an extension of the circular push-button D Series connector design. The connectors feature Hypertac® hyperboloid contacts in a 0.3 mm pin size, and...
Feature Image
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
DC Motor
Portescap (West Chester, PA) has introduced the AthlonixTM high-power density brush DC motor that features a compact, lightweight package (15 to 53 grams, depending on frame size), and output power of up to 9 watts. The...
Feature Image
Products: Medical
Touch-Free Door Opening System
Sanidoor (Daytona Beach, FL) offers a touch-free door-opening system designed to reduce the spread of germs in restrooms in hospitals and healthcare facilities. It can be retro-fitted to swinging doors and...
Feature Image
Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Brushless Flat DC Motors
MicroMo Electronics (Clearwater, FL) offers brushless flat DC micromotors suitable for laboratory and medical applications. The motors deliver nominal voltages of 6 or 12 V. The 15 m-diameter motors provide continuous...
Feature Image
Features: Medical
Selecting Motors for Medical Pumps
Creation of small, portable infusion pumps opened a new chapter in medical care. A patient can receive carefully metered and timed doses of medicine without requiring a visit to a medical practitioner,...
Feature Image
Products: Motion Control
Electric Cylinders
EC1 electric cylinders from Kollmorgen (Radford, VA) provide a linear positioning alternative to pneumatic and hydraulic systems in applications requiring continuous thrust of ≤150 pounds. They feature controllable speed up...
Feature Image
Products: Medical
FPC-to-Board Connectors
Hirose Electric (Simi Valley, CA) has introduced the BM10 series of flexible printed circuits (FPCs)-to-board connectors that are RoHS-compliant and halogen-free. They are available with stacking heights of 0.6 to 0.8...
Feature Image
Briefs: Motion Control
Controlling Devices Using the Ear as an Output Source
Current methods of device control include joysticks, which involve using one or both hands, external microphones that are cumbersome and pick up ambient noise, and external arrays that are also cumbersome and can restrict a user’s movement. Additionally, the external microphone and array...

Top Stories

Feature Image
INSIDER: Medical

Brain Implant Enables Safer Drug Delivery

Feature Image
Features: Medical

Built to Adapt: Rethinking Contract Manufacturing for a New Era

Feature Image
Podcasts: Design

Smarter Pathways for Precision Drug Delivery in Cancer Care

Feature Image
From the Editor: Medical

From The Editor: Charting the Technologies That Will Shape Medtech in 2026

Feature Image
Features: Materials

OEM Toll Processing Advances High-Value Products

Feature Image
Podcasts: Medical

Personalized Medicine and Drug Delivery

Ask the Expert

Ralph Bright on the Power of Power Cords
Feature Image

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

Feature Image
Podcasts: Medical

How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery

Feature Image
Podcasts: Design

Developing Sustainable Drug-Delivery Devices

Feature Image
Podcasts: Design

Smarter Pathways for Precision Drug Delivery in Cancer Care

Feature Image
On-Demand Webinars: Medical

Understanding Testing and Compliance Requirements for Wireless Medical Devices

Feature Image
Podcasts: AR/AI

Personalized Medicine and Drug Delivery

Feature Image
Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Material Science Innovations for Medical Devices

Inside Story

Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
Feature Image

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.

Videos