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Features: Medical
From image-guided surgery to vision-equipped service robots, real-time video is enabling new levels of precision and treatment while driving fundamental changes in how healthcare services are...
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Applications: Medical
According to the Journal of Patient Safety, a whopping 210,000 to 440,000 deaths attributable to medical errors occur in hospitals every year. Clearly, there is a...
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Briefs: Medical
Electrolytes, such as potassium, calcium, magnesium, and other salts are essential in carrying nerve impulses that tell the heart and other muscles when to contract or relax. A proper...
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Briefs: Medical
HeartBeatID – Heart Electrical Actions as Biometric Indicia
One or more biometric indicia, such as fingerprints, voice prints, retinal scans, and facial features, are often used to identify or authenticate the identity of a user seeking access to a given resource. Cardiac muscle is myogenic and is capable of generating an action potential and...
Briefs: Medical
A team of researchers in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, attached short sequences of single-stranded DNA to nanoscale building blocks,...
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Articles: Transportation
Transmission developers who added gears to meet tighter fuel economy/consumption requirements are adopting a range of strategies to make sure that efficiency and driveability are also improved. Reducing loss,...
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Products: Medical
igus, Inc., East Providence, RI, introduces the world’s first plastic filament for 3D printers enhanced with tribological, or low friction, properties. The material,...
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Products: Medical
Werth, Inc., Old Saybrook, CT, announces that its Video-Check® 400 and ScopeCheck 400 universal multi-sensor coordinate measuring machines combine optical and tactile coordinate measuring with a special transmitted...
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Products: Medical
Aerotech, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, announces that its PlanarSL mechanical bearing, ball-screw-driven XY stages offer exceptional performance in a cost-sensitive, low-profile package. Combining two axes of motion in a...
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Products: Medical
Miyachi America Corporation, Monrovia, CA, announces the availability of a wide range of accessories and customized accessory kits specifically selected to work with its laser welding and marking, reflow...
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Products: Medical
Marubeni Citizen-Cincom Inc., Allendale, NJ, introduces a new level in the Cincom L Series Innovation lineup, the L20 Type XII Swiss-type lathe with new B-axis controllable rotary tools, which allows drilling and...
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Products: Medical
Micronor Inc., Newbury Park, CA, announces its MR330 series Fiber Optic Absolute Position Sensor System now features 14-bit single-turn resolution. Its enhanced performance is accomplished via improved...
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Technical Innovation: Energy
When it comes to electrification, forklifts are both ahead of the car market and behind it, and they are likely to stay that way for the near future.
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Products: Medical
Molex, Inc., Lisle, IL, launched its innovative HOZOX™ Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Absorption Tape and Sheets. The technology utilizes a unique dual-layer design to maximize EMI...
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Products: Medical
Tech-Etch, Inc., Plymouth, MA, has released its 2014 catalog, which details all standard and custom EMI/RFI shielding product options. Its easy-to-use PDF format lets the user download interactive sales...
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Products: Medical
ADLINK Technology Inc., San Jose, CA, introduces its new offering, the cExpress-HL COM Express® Type 6 Compact size computer-on-module (COM), which uses a mobile 4th generation Intel® Core™ processor to...
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Products: Medical
IPG Photonics Corporation, Oxford, MA, announces the IX-200-F, an advanced fiber laser micromachining system for general purpose, R&D, and batch-scale production applications. The multi-function system...
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Products: Medical
Bodkin Design & Engineering, Newton, MA, introduces a new, advanced medical imaging system that enables researchers to pinpoint data and analyze complex microscopic samples in real time. The VNIR-90...
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Products: Medical
ON Semiconductor, Phoenix, AZ, has added two new devices to its RHYTHM™ family of preconfigured Digital Signal Processing systems designed for use in hearing aid devices. RHYTHM R3920 is a...
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Products: Medical
Element Six, Santa Clara, CA, has developed an all-diamond packaging solution for electroanalytical sensing applications. The solution is comprised of Element Six’s Diafilm EA grade, a freestanding, boron doped...
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Products: Medical
Intelligrated®, Cincinnati, OH, introduces a new software model from its subsidiary, Knighted®. Knighted fulfillment execution system makes automated, real-time decisions based on constant analysis...
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Products: Medical
VARTA Microbattery Inc., Rye, NY, presents the new power one wireless approved mercury-free Type 13 and 312 hearing aid batteries designed for the latest generation of wireless devices and hearing aids, as...
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Products: Medical
Cirris Systems Corp., Salt Lake City, UT, introduces Smart-Lights, inexpensive devices that provide intelligence to fixtures and mating cables, enabling “plug in anywhere” functionality. Smart-Lights utilize a...
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Products: Medical
EM Microelectronic, Marin, Switzerland, announces the EM4237, the first high-secure ISO/IEC15693 compliant device offering unequalled RF performances and enabling efficient and secure solutions for...
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Technology Leaders: Medical
There are so many motors on the market today, from heavy-duty AC motors to tiny DC brushless and stepper motors. To choose a motor, users must have a full understanding of the application...
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Technology Leaders: Medical
If your application demands a reliable, time-tested, low cost motor, then brushed DC motor technology may be what you’re looking for. The key here is simplicity. A brushed motor is...
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News: Software
Since the days, several decades ago, when there was no acoustic trim or materials applied to agricultural tractor cabs, manufacturers have become keenly aware of the importance of a quiet cab to equipment buyers and...
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Articles: Propulsion
Engineers from fields as diverse as military, agricultural, and mining who are racing to craft autonomous vehicles share many similar technical challenges. Distributed architectures,...
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News: Transportation
"The technical solutions for Tier 4 Final are all there and in production,” said Andy Noble, Head of Heavy Duty Engines for Ricardo, during an interview with Off-Highway Engineering. “Engine...
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Ask the Expert

John Chandler on Achieving Quality Motion Control
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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.

Inside Story

Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
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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.