Medical Adhesives Selector Guide
April 2, 2009 5:33 am | Product Releases | CommentsDymax Corp. offers an enhanced version of their comprehensive Selector Guide on MD Adhesives for Medical Device Assembly. This guide is a valuable tool containing a number of charts intended to help R&D engineers and product designers choose the appropriate adhesive for their application.
LISTED UNDER: UV-or Light-Cure | Product Design | Product R&DDiabetes Device Design Challenge
April 2, 2009 5:33 am | Product Releases | CommentsDo you have an idea for an innovative new diabetes device or web application? This is your chance to win up to $10,000 to realize your design concept, and potentially help transform life with diabetes for millions of people. This competition is open to all.
LISTED UNDER: Product DesignTop Five Tips for an Efficient Outsourcing Partnership
April 2, 2009 5:32 am | by Chris Coghlin | Articles | CommentsWhile outsourcing in the medical device manufacturing industry is growing, there are still a large number of companies who have very little or no experience with this process.
LISTED UNDER: Full Service Contract Manufacturing | Full Service Contract Manufacturing | Product DesignReimbursement
March 31, 2009 9:26 am | Articles | CommentsReimbursement is a critical issue for medical device manufacturers, but is it so important that it
LISTED UNDER: Product Design
Coating Designed to Enhance Maneuverability of Guidewires
March 17, 2009 11:15 am | Dsm Biomedical | Product Releases | CommentsComfortCoat is an advanced lubricious hydrophilic coating designed to enhance maneuverability of metal guidewires in minimally invasive procedures. For example, minimally invasive procedures are carried out to treat strokes, brain aneurysms, and other neurovascular diseases.
LISTED UNDER: Hydrophilic Coating | Hydrophilic Coating | Device Coating
Parylene Conformal Coating Services Provided
March 17, 2009 11:15 am | Para Tech Coating Inc | Product Releases | CommentsPTC provides Parylene conformal coating services, automated vacuum deposition systems, and raw materials (dimer). Parylene dimer (di-para-xylylene) is deposited for ultra-thin conformal, pin-hole free, and hydrophobic surface protection of static and fixtured substrates.
LISTED UNDER: Parylene | Device Coating
High Performance Treatment Meets Sophisticated Monitoring and Control
March 17, 2009 11:15 am | Enercon Industries | Product Releases | CommentsThe Dyne-A-Mite IT Elite etches, cleans, activates, sterilizes, and functionalizes a wide variety of difficult to treat conductive and non conductive material surfaces.
LISTED UNDER: Surface Modification | CastingBeyond the Ilities: What Makes Medical Technology Unique
March 17, 2009 11:14 am | by Rick Schrenker | Articles | CommentsAn Editorial By Rick Schrenker Rick Schrenker is the systems engineering manager in the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Biomedical Engineering. He can be reached at 617-726-7534 or raschrenker@partners.org .
LISTED UNDER: Product Design | Air PumpCreating Software Users Will Love
March 17, 2009 11:14 am | by Meaghan Beirne, Monique Gatner, and Dr. Melanie Rodney | Articles | CommentsA solid design can go a long way in the success of a product. Similarly, a solidly designed software solution that provides a true user-friendly experience can also lead to a very successful product.
LISTED UNDER: Human Interface Design | Medical Device Testing | Component TestingInspecting Metrology Options
March 17, 2009 11:12 am | by Gary Hobart | Articles | CommentsEnsuring that the quality and accuracy of a finished product meets its CAD design is of paramount importance for the medical device manufacturing industry. However, how to facilitate that is not nearly as clear.
LISTED UNDER: Optical Inspection | Product DesignHealthcare at Home (Part I)
January 14, 2009 9:25 am | Hypertronics | Articles | CommentsA major trend in medicine is to move treatments and monitoring out of the hospital or even the doctor's office and either attach them to the patient or enable it to be done in the home. Of course, this relies on medical device technology in order to make it possible.
LISTED UNDER: Wire and Cable | Product Design
Disposable System Designed To Enhance Patient Compliance/Drug Administration Safety
January 14, 2009 9:25 am | Product Releases | CommentsWest, a leading manufacturer of components and systems for injectable drug delivery, offers the ConfiDose disposable auto-injector system.
LISTED UNDER: Product DesignPerspectives on Looking Back and What's Ahead (Part II)
December 11, 2008 7:34 am | by Yeoh Keat Chuan | Articles | CommentsThis year has presented a variety of important headlines affecting everyone throughout the medical device industry, whether centered around emerging technologies, challenges in finance, or legal affairs. Further, it is exciting to wonder what the coming new year will bring.
LISTED UNDER: Business Planning | Product Design | Product R&DPerspectives on Looking Back and What's Ahead (Part I)
December 11, 2008 7:34 am | by Elfie Schwarzinger | Mega Electronics, Inc. | Articles | CommentsThis year has presented a variety of important headlines affecting everyone throughout the medical device industry, whether centered around emerging technologies, challenges in finance, or legal affairs. Further, it is exciting to wonder what the coming new year will bring.
LISTED UNDER: Business Planning | Microbiology/Chemical Testing | Full Service Contract ManufacturingMinimizing Cost in Offshore Product Development Efforts
December 5, 2008 7:04 am | by Audrey Soon | Articles | CommentsOne of the major factors in deciding to outsource work is to save on costs. This could be achieved at any step in the process, from design to packaging.
LISTED UNDER: Product Design | Product Design | Product R&D
