November 1, 2007
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Get ready for when the gray hairs go
A recent business article suggested conventional management methods won't work on kids coming out of college today. The reason: Modern youths are so digitally...
CCF unveils 2008's top 10 medical innovations
The Cleveland Clinic (clevelandclinic.com/innovations) unveiled its annual list of breakthrough devices and therapies at this year's Medical Innovation...
Cheap nanotubes for tough light materials
A simpler, safer, and less costly way to produce bundles of single-wall carbon nanotubes without a metal catalyst promises to spur development in medical,...
Finer focus finds bad brain cells
By precisely positioning and focusing a microscope on specific brain tissues, researchers can identify and analyze cells of interest, and detect changes...
Regulations & FDA
MDUFMA small-business guidance now available FDA's FY 2008 Medical-Device User Fee Small-Business Qualification and Certification guidance explains how...
Tiny motors help designers think small
A recent microdrive called the penny motor, and for good reason, may be useful in getting designers to think small. Although the brushless motor measures...
Gabby digital couple tells what it's like to repair your equipment
Jack and Jill, a digital man and woman, can examine your proposed CAD designs and tell what they can see and reach, how comfortable they are working on...
Laser zaps blood viruses
A father-son research team has found a way to zap viruses out of blood with a low-power laser beam in pulses lasting tiny fractions of a second. It holds...
How bone is built may lead to new materials
A researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology has revealed the role of bone's smaller structures in making bones tough and lightweight. The body...
Microspec adds R&D facility
A supplier of extruded medical components, Microspec Corp., Peterborough, N.H. (microspecorporation.com) opened a 4,500 ft2 state-of-the-art research...
Polymer Technology Group triples its R&D and manufacturing capacity
Biomaterials firm Polymer Technology Group (www.polymertech.com) says it has tripled its R&D and manufacturing capacity by expanding existing operations...
Minnesota Rubber to manufacturing FasTac Flex
EN ISO 13485:2003 certified supplier Minnesota Rubber and Plastics, Minneapolis, (mnrubber.com) will manufacture the FasTac Flex, a tool for implanting...
Motorola and Avery Dennison to cooperate on RFID tags
Avery Dennison RFID will supply its EPCglobal Gen 2 RFID tags to Motorola to increase the speed of RFID deployments and make RFID products available to...
Prototyping plastic parts: cut, mold, or build?
There are at least three ways to prototype plastic parts. Which way is best? Each of our company's two divisions focuses on a separate method: Protomold...
One motor moves two axes
Researchers at Philips Applied Technologies, Dallas, Tex., (www.apptech.philips.com) have developed a technique that lets standard linear motors simultaneously...
Packaging electronics in modular enclosures
Size is a critical issue in medical electronics because space is at a premium in hospital rooms, labs, and clinics. So when designing instrument cases,...
Thermoplastic elastomers
Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) combine the high-volume molding capability of thermoplastics with elastomeric properties of thermoset rubber, so they...
Getting the most out of formed metal tubes
Stainless steel tubing in medical devices can be formed, cast, and swaged. But to get a part that does the best job, pay a bit more attention to these...
An introduction to blood-pressure monitors and their electronics
The blood-pressure monitor is one of the more common medical devices found in homes. Although this type of equipment has been around for decades, designers...
A rocket-powered prosthetic arm
Researchers at Vanderbilt University, working under auspices of Darpa's Revolutionizing Prosthetics 2009 program, are using rocket technology to power...
Print electronics comes of age
Imagine printing useful circuits that include switches, batteries, displays, sensors, and antennas on thin films, paper, foil, or plastic substrates and...
Simulating Stresses In Stents, Tension In Tissue
Two natural phenomena hamper the use of FEA (finite-element analysis) and CFD (computational fluid dynamics) when it comes to physiological tasks: biologic...
Placing lubrication with precision
Many medical devices require some type of coating, ranging from lubricants that keep parts moving smoothly to reagents on point-of-care test strips. While...
MINIMIZING RISK in start-up companies
The statistics look grim for start-up companies. Some 50 to 80% of new products are unsuccessful, and start-up companies fail at a rate of 85% on average.1...
Printing & Surface Treatments
Treating surfaces with low-pressure plasma Plasma-enhanced, chemical-vapor deposition (PECVD) thin-film coatings include lubricious, hydrophobic, hydrophilic,...
DESIGN Solution
Flat cables in most any shape Custom shaped flat silicone cables are available for space-sensitive electronics in almost any configuration. Custom shaping...
Preparing for a voluntary recall
In the world of developing products and getting them out to consumers, the last thing anyone wants is a recall. Planning for a recall may seem almost...
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