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Products: Materials
Stockwell Elastomerics (Philadelphia, PA) has introduced the Stockwell DP-1001 polyimide film supported silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive with a 91# poly-coated opaque white release liner that is easy to remove....
Products: Materials
Boyd Coatings Research Co. (Hudson, MA) has introduced a proprietary formulation of PTFE medical device coating. The CRC 7000 series is suitable for medical applications such as guidewires and other device components...
Products: Medical
Toshiba Teli America (Irvine, CA) offers a medical imaging solution based on the ilS-BF4 SmartDragon™ FireWire-B (IEEE1394.b) processor that can connect and simultaneously receive data from up to four Toshiba Teli CSFS20CC2...
Products: Medical
Cognex (Natick, MA) has introduced In-Sight® Track & Trace, an add-on software package for In-Sight vision systems. The software delivers a ready-to-deploy data capture and verification solution designed to help...
Products: Electronics & Computers
Product Literature
Keystone Electronics (Astoria, NY) offers more than 125 new products designed for use with SMT or THM applications in a 16-page supplement. The supplement offers battery hardware, contacts, clips, holders, and retainers for coin cell and button cell batteries; new, multi-use fuse holders and clips for mini and standard auto blade...
Products: Medical
Bern Optics (Westfield, MA) offers submillimeter optical prisms with dimensions to 0.20 mm for use in laparoscopic and endoscopic medical devices. They can be custom-engineered, ground, and polished in a variety of difficult...
Products: Materials
PolyMedex Discovery Group (Putnam, CT) offers custom-colored, medical-grade polymers formulated for precision catheter components. PolyMedex color specialists utilize a library of more than 130 highly pure biocompatible...
Products: Medical
The Kit L4 encoder from Numerik Jena (Jena, Germany), is a flat encoder that allows for wide mounting tolerances and a pre-alignment of the measuring module. It is suitable for applications with instruments and machines...
Products: Medical
Zero insertion force (ZIF) connectors from ITT Interconnect Solutions (Santa Ana, CA) utilize a landed contact system and feature no connector engagement force; the only wear on the contacts occurs as they are...
Products: Materials
MED Resins
Arkema (Philadelphia, PA) offers Pebax® MED resins for medical device applications, including devices exposed short-term to bodily fluids (
Products: Medical
Universe Kogaku America (Oyster Bay, NY) offers the EL 1025B, a 25-mm CCTV lens with an F/0.95 aperture in a one-inch format. It features adjustable focus and iris for low-light applications. The 16-mm (1 in.) lens format offers...
Products: Medical
Allied Vision Technologies (Burnaby, Canada) offers the Prosilica GS Gigabit Ethernet camera with an optional medical housing. This periscope-style digital camera with GigE Vision interface is available in...
Products: Medical
The AFM series of external AC/DC power supply units from XP Power (Sunnyvale, CA) is designed for portable medical equipment applications. The AFM range is rated up to
120 watts and provides a +12, +15, +18, +24,...
Products: Materials
DYMAX (Torrington, CT) offers the UltraRed™ 1120-M-UR tack-free, LED-curable, plastic bonding medical device adhesive formulated for on-demand cure with the BlueWave® LED Prime UVA spot-curing lamp. Ultra-Red fluoresces...
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Eddy-current displacement sensorsLion PrecisionSt. Paul, MN651-484-6544 www.lionprecision.com
Stennis Space Center, NASA’s Mississippi-based headquarters for...
Application Briefs: Information Technology
Ground system telecommunications architectureGeneral Dynamics C4 SystemsFalls Church, VA480-441-3033 www.gd.com
As part of its seven-year contract with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in...
Eye on Innovation: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Somewhere during the last 100 years or so, we have lost something critical — something that funded and inspired the inventions that propelled us into modernism and delivered luxuries we now take for granted....
NASA Tech Needs
Thermal and Mechanical Stability Challenges for the LISA Mission
LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) is one of the most challenging missions to be undertaken by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). This mission will provide, among other data products, direct proof of the existence of Gravitational Waves. The LISA instrument measures...
Tech Needs
Sanitizing and Disinfection Methods Without UV, Chemicals, or Liquid
A company seeks a way to disinfect and sanitize hands and surfaces that does not depend on chemicals for bacteria kill, does not involve applying liquid, and does not use UV light. The method may be active or passive and must kill or remove microbes from a surface (hands or...
Tech Needs
High-Barrier Flexible Food Packaging for Long-Duration Storage
A company seeks a flexible, non-foil, food-grade packaging that offers high oxygen and moisture barriers. The packaging must withstand high-temperature processing, high-pressure processing, or microwave processing. It should be lightweight, and able to protect food for up to five years....
Techs for License: Materials
Volume-Changing Primary Glass Material
This technology produces a silica glass material with a promising negative refractive index. The material changes volume via irradiation under UV light, and results in a refractive index capability of 10-2. This makes it applicable to a wide range of fields, including holograms, optical memory, digital...
Techs for License
Innovative Aluminum Flat Solar Collector
The most important feature of this solar collector is the technical solution where the heat-absorbing surface is the same as the heat-transferring surface, which results in the highest heat performance and efficiency. There is no mediatory unit between the heat-transferring surface of the absorber and the...
Articles: Software
In our annual poll of executives at leading analysis and simulation software companies, we asked about the economic situation’s effect on the market, the pros and cons of virtual prototyping,...
Who's Who: Aerospace
While pursuing a master’s degree in aerospace guidance, navigation, and control theory at UT Austin, Terry Hill got an opportunity to...
Podcasts
Terry Hill, Engineering Project Manager, Constellation Spacesuit System, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
While pursuing a master’s degree in aerospace guidance, navigation, and
control theory at UT Austin, Terry Hill got an opportunity to work at
NASA JSC as a primary investigator on a project his educational advisor
was conducting. This...
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
2010 Create the Future Design Contest
The 2010 Create the Future Design Contest, sponsored by COMSOL, Inc., PTC, and Tech Briefs Media Group (publishers of NASA Tech Briefs), recognized innovation in product design in six categories: Consumer Products, Machinery & Equipment, Medical, Safety & Security, Sustainable Technologies, and Transportation....
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Salim NasserMerritt Island, FL
There are approximately 1.8 million manual wheelchair users in the United States, and that number is expected to grow at a rate of 10% annually....
Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
BreezeRite Air Filtration Module
Rob LuchsingerPipe Creek, TX
BreezeRite, an indoor air modular filtration system, attaches to new or existing ceiling fans, preventing...
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
(Winner of an HP Workstation)
High-Flow Lift Pump
Eric Foy
Central Point, OR
Apump is often needed, particularly in the act of firefighting, to raise water to fill a...
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Ask the Expert
Dan Sanchez on How to Improve Extruded Components
Improving extruded components requires careful attention to a number of factors, including dimensional tolerance, material selection, and processing. Trelleborg’s Dan Sanchez provides detailed insights into each of these considerations to help you advance your device innovations while reducing costs and speeding time to market.
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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.