Articles
Are Your Component Providers Supplying You With the Right Testing Information?
August 10, 2007 8:03 am | by Jesse Bonfeld | 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 | 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 | 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. | 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.
Partnership Success Leads to Technology Success for Endoscopic Products
July 6, 2007 6:06 am | CommentsRecognizing potential synergies and maintaining close relationships with technology experts is proving to be a successful equation in medical device manufacturing. This article examines how it is impacting the endoscopic marketplace, specifically examining one technology supplier.
Are Virtual Design Teams Right for You?
July 6, 2007 6:06 am | CommentsUtilizing a virtual design team is a strategy that can be implemented successfully for certain projects that meet specific requirements. This article reviews the necessary elements to ensure a successful virtual design team and offers tips on how to enhance its effectiveness.
Nanotechnology: Huge Future for Small Innovation
July 5, 2007 12:16 pm | CommentsMedical nanotechnology promises improved diagnostics, delivery of drugs with exquisite precision, and even nanosurgery.
Top Healthcare-Related Material Considerations for Combination Products
May 8, 2007 11:31 am | CommentsFor manufacturers of combination products, avoiding potential pitfalls is significantly more complex than with traditional medical devices due to the inclusion of a drug or biologic element. Therefore, companies need to ensure they have addressed concerns early in the material selection process.
Cutting to the Point of Fiber Lasers
May 8, 2007 11:31 am | CommentsPrecision is of paramount importance in the manufacture of medical devices. Few technologies demonstrate the ability to achieve the necessary degree of accuracy more effectively than laser solutions.
Materials Database Helps Stretch R & D Budgets
May 8, 2007 11:31 am | CommentsAs pressure mounts to improve product development times while maintaining low costs, device designers are constantly seeking tools that can enhance the efficiency of their processes. This search is even greater when developing combination products due to the addition of the biologic or drug element.
Enhancing the Design of a Pre-Existing Device: A User Centered Approach
May 8, 2007 11:31 am | CommentsAn inhaler is a very simple device for patients to use and one that is easily identifiable by those who require it. However, concerns with gauging the remaining amount of doses have caused device manufacturers to revisit its design.
Disposable Medical Instrumentation
May 8, 2007 7:25 am | Disposable Instrument Co., Inc. | CommentsIn an effort to enhance safety, sterility, and convenience, device manufacturers are seeking solutions to enable them to create disposable medical instrumentation. New sensor technology and innovative modular design are helping to make these types of devices a reality.
A Generic Era in Medical Device Manufacturing
April 17, 2007 6:58 am | CommentsWith patents beginning to expire for brand name medical device products, competition will have the opportunity to emerge in the form of generic alternatives.
Inspecting Complexity: An Overview of Cross-Sectional Scanning
April 10, 2007 8:09 am | CommentsQuality inspection of parts and components used in the manufacture of medical devices is of utmost importance. Therefore, finding which inspection solution works best for a particular part geometry is equally important.
Five Tips for Selecting the Right Packaging Partner
April 10, 2007 8:09 am | CommentsDesigning and manufacturing medical devices are complicated tasks and should be the main focus for the companies doing it. Therefore, when forming a team upon which to rely for ancillary components—such as the device packaging—they need to ensure they partner with a reliable company.
