The Essential Resource for the Medical Design Engineering Community
Turnkey Enterprise Software Implementation on a Tight Deadline
August 10, 2007 8:03 am | Articles | CommentsThe Project: Implement a new tracking solution that could be put in place and ready for auditing within a very tight timeframe. The Solution: Select a solutions provider that has experience in rolling out a compliant software system for life science companies.
Are Your Component Providers Supplying You With the Right Testing Information?
August 10, 2007 8:03 am | by Jesse Bonfeld | Articles | CommentsDevice manufacturers are ultimately responsible for the safety and performance of a finished medical device. Therefore, they need to ensure their component suppliers are providing products that meet precise, critical specifications.
Are You Sure Your Software Is Properly Licensed?
August 10, 2007 8:03 am | Articles | CommentsThe Project: Maintain a clear and easily accessible record of all software licenses and hardware specifications. The Solution: Utilize PC inventory and software usage tracking technology to ensure license compliance and hardware needs. By Kris Barker W.W.
Turning Up the Heat on Coatings
August 10, 2007 8:03 am | Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company, Specialty Coating Systems | Articles | CommentsThe Project: Implement a technology to ensure a reliable consistent temperature is achieved for a coating process. The Solution: Utilize an iron-chrome-aluminum heating element wire with ceramic fiber insulation to ensure a satisfactory result.
Quality Shines in California
August 10, 2007 5:52 am | Lumenous Device Technologies, Inc., Medical Extrusion Technologies, Inc., Norman Noble, Inc., Stellar Technologies, Tech-Etch, Inc. | Articles | CommentsTradeshows are certainly nothing new to most industries as they provide an excellent means of communication for both the attendees and exhibitors alike. What makes the Medical Design & Device show stand out is its focus on the Northern California medical device manufacturing market.
Duraswitch Technology Enables New Designs
August 10, 2007 5:17 am | Product Releases | CommentsItaly-based membrane switch manufacturer, Tastitalia, continues to penetrate the medical device market with new designs using the patented Duraswitch PushGate pushbutton technology. Its latest design win is a portable biofeedback and telemetry system.
Copolyester Selected as Glass Alternative
August 10, 2007 5:17 am | Product Releases | CommentsWith healthcare needs on the rise, medical OEMs are turning to plastics to create safer, more innovative products, and to minimize business costs. As such, Eastman Chemical Company’s Eastar Copolyester MB002 was selected for the redesign of Artegraft Inc.’s 21-in.
MRI-Compatible Syringe Pump Demonstrated
August 10, 2007 5:17 am | Product Releases | CommentsAn MRI-compatible drug delivery pump based on New Scale Technologies Inc.’s piezoelectric Squiggle motor has been successfully demonstrated by researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute of Buffalo, NY.
Industrial Equipment Monitors
August 10, 2007 5:15 am | Honeywell Sensing And Control | Product Releases | CommentsThis series of equipment health monitoring (EHM) system detectors were developed specifically to monitor industrial equipment. The EHM system is used to monitor operation condition variances in industrial machinery that can lead to breakdowns, increased maintenance costs, and production stoppages.
Multiphysics Simulation Software
August 10, 2007 5:15 am | Dassault Systemes | Product Releases | CommentsA Simulia direct coupling interface allows third-party physics codes developed by partners or customers to communicate directly with the company’s Abaqus FEA software for high-performance multiphysics simulation.
Room Temperature Curing Adhesive
August 10, 2007 5:15 am | Master Bond, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsEP33 is a unique room temperature curing epoxy adhesive for high temperature bonding applications. This two component epoxy offers the convenience of a room temperature cure with high temperature performance combined with good physical strength and dielectric properties.
100,000 Hour LED Luminaires
August 10, 2007 5:15 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe ability to produce light without heat, plus an exceptionally long life make the green-technology LED Lumiglas luminaires ideal for heat-sensitive processes and use in applications where exceptional reliability and long operating life are required.
Laser Micromachining Center
August 10, 2007 5:15 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe IX-4000 ChromAblate is an excimer laser workstation designed for medical device micromachining applications. It precision micromachines materials with micron-scale features and sub-micron tolerances.
Metallurgical Microscope
August 10, 2007 5:15 am | Unitron, Ltd | Product Releases | CommentsThe MEC2 inverted trinocular metallurgical microscope is offered with digital imaging. Designed
Plastic Chain Belt Conveyors
August 10, 2007 5:15 am | Qc Industries Conveyors | Product Releases | CommentsFlextrac plastic chain belt conveyors move heavier loads faster over longer distances than standard flat belt conveyors. With load capacities up to 500 lbs. and speeds up to 375 feet per minute, Flextrac conveyors fit almost any application.
