December 1, 2007
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New Respect For The IT Geeks
The Cleveland Clinic recently announced plans for a Neurological Institute and how it would attack several diseases. Guess what will be among the first...
Medical Mart planned for Cleveland
A year-round showroom for medical equipment from various manufacturers is being planned for Cleveland. It would let makers of high-end equipment put their...
Help For Medical Inventors
It's no secret that start-up companies face an uphill battle to get their ideas funded and turned into salable products. But they need not go it alone....
Building A Better Hernia Patch
Hernias cause a bulge in the abdominal wall and can worsen with time, even rupture. To update materials used in their repair, healthcare firm Covidien,...
CAD Streamlines Custom Carts
A solid modeling program and good data management let a medical design firm customize wireless and mobile workstations for the healthcare industry in...
Webcast takes a closer look at rapid manufacturing
To shed light on new manufacturing options, RedEye RPM, a business unit of Stratasys Inc. invited rapid-prototyping consultant Todd Grimm to discuss different...
Thin-film generator turns waste heat to power
A small, thin-film thermoelectric generator (TEG) converts heat into electricity. Developer Nextreme, Research Triangle Park, N.C. (nextreme.com) says...
Advisory board warns of shortcomings at the FDA
A subcommittee of the FDA's Science Board says the FDA is grossly overworked and understaffed, and the imbalance poses a significant risk to the integrity...
No welds and FEA help lighten wheelchair
An aerospace engineering company says it has invented the world's lightest and tightest-folding, fully adjustable wheelchair. The Flight wheelchair weighs...
Color printer improves product security
Material manufacturer Fabrico, Kennesaw, Ga., (fabrico.com) has installed a state-of-the-art Aquaflex ELS 2200 13 in. color press at its facility. The...
Vesta boosts capacity for silicone parts
A manufacturer of silicone components for medical devices says it has increased its extrusion capacity and capabilities. The new extrusion machine at...
Four firms, one goal
Four companies say they have established a new medical platform committed to outsourced manufacturing of medical devices for OEMs worldwide. The group,...
SoCal manufacturer adds space and ISO qualifications
Over the last few months, Irvine, California-based Aubrey Group (augreygroup.com) has qualified for an ISO 13485 expansion, letting them add disposable...
Simulating a micromixer
Miniature analysis systems, or labs-on-a-chip, work in little time and need only small quantities of samples and reagents to deliver high-resolution results....
FEM modeling helps build possible diabetes cure
A promising approach to treat diabetes involves transplanting Langerhans islets groups of hormone-producing cells in the pancreas into tiny subcutaneous...
Servo vs. stepper: the debate continues
Motion-system design often requires a drive selection of either servo or stepper motors. Servos tend to be more stable and inexpensive, while steppers...
Getting the right leak detector
Leak testing can be a great investment, especially for companies making healthcare devices. They know that a single component failure can come back to...
Material Database For Medical Devices
Designing medical devices often centers around selecting the right materials, whether they are metals, plastics, composites, or ceramics. Good use of...
Making reliable, clean connections
Without a proper match between tubes and fittings, connections can be pulled off by vibration or tension, blown off from a pressure spike, or leak just...
Top Five Pitfalls In Selecting NEMA Enclosures
It's tough enough getting electrical components, board design, and programming to finish in a well-timed sequence. It's worse when designers select enclosures...
A bookmark for belly buttons
Have you ever misplaced your navel? Apparently it is not unknown for plastic surgeons performing tummy tucks to the belly button. It seems that the surgery...
Getting ready for Medical Design & Manufacturing
The Medical Design and Manufacturing West show is just around the corner. The conference runs from Jan. 28 to 31, and the expo on Jan. 29 and 30. Highlights...
Selecting A CM For Micromolding
Mention micro-molding to most designers and they'll likely think “small parts.” For all practical purposes, the association is correct. But it ignores the complexity of molding parts that are smaller than you might imagine....
How to mold with 0 PPM quality
Like any other medical manufacturing process, plastic injection molding must hold to rigorous standards of cleanliness and accuracy. Our company uses...
What To Do When Your Injection Molder Closes Shop
An unfortunate but sometimes unavoidable dilemma is how to best transfer part production from one injection molder to another. Factors that might make...
Medical Materials Keep On Coming
Material choice impacts every part of medical-device design, from cosmetic qualities such as weight and feel, to manufacturing, sterilization, and packaging....
Turning data into knowledge
Data management software has a good reputation for tracking the mountains of information engineering and medical companies generate. The systems don't...
Hardware & accessories
Fastening guide profiles hardware and installation The 12-page Product Guide and Index to Bulletins is a quick and easy reference for fastener products...
DESIGN Solutions
Solid-state drive packs 2Gig into postage-stamp form The SiliconDrive USB Blade is solid-state storage in a small yet environmentally-rugged form, about...
10 questions to ask before outsourcing
Hiring temporary resources for any function is now a common practice throughout the United States. From entry level unskilled labor to virtual executives,...
MEETINGS & Shows
Root Cause Investigation for CAPA Feb. 6 and 7 - During the seminar, you'll learn a seven-step investigational method to uncover the root cause of problems....
Health-care accolades
Innovations and advocacy for a sensible approach to solving health-care issues has earned Dr. Karen Davis, the 2007 Julio Palmaz Award. The award honors...
Angels in hospital wings
Anticollision sensors detect and measure the proximity between medical-imaging machines and obstacles. The Body Angel system, which performs 3D contouring...
Psychiatrically challenged Christmas carols
Borderline personality disorder: Thoughts of Roasting on an Open Fire Dementia: I Think I'll Be Home for Christmas Depression: Silent Anhedonia, Holy...
Stainless-steel sensor less than 1-in. dia
The 3100 Series pressure transducers provide full scale accuracy of 0.25%. Long term drift is limited to 0.1% over the full scale/yr. Performance and...
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