Medical Design Technology

Compact NF25 Diaphragm Pump Delivers Unprecedented Performance-to-Size Ratio

January 22, 2010 10:59 am | KNF Neuberger, Inc. | Product Releases | Comments

The NF25 diaphragm pump can handle liquid and gas-liquid mixtures at a flow rate up to 250 ml/min in

LISTED UNDER: Diaphragm Pump | Diaphragm Pump | Flow
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Piezo Motor Based Medical Devices

April 2, 2009 5:33 am | by Ralph Weber | Articles | Comments

Piezo motor technology is still in its relatively early stages of application development, but is already demonstrating the tremendous value and functionality it offers in medical devices. These motors are very small, yet enable long-range and precise motion.

LISTED UNDER: Other Motors | Diaphragm Pump | Actuators

Pumping System Parameters to Consider for Your Medical Instrument

April 2, 2009 5:33 am | by David Vanderbeck | KNF Neuberger, Inc. | Articles | Comments

Selecting the wrong pump for a medical instrument can lead to costly manufacturing delays, dangerous device failures, or even reputation-damaging product recalls. Therefore, it is critical that designers have the minimum parameters they need to consider in mind when making their choice.

LISTED UNDER: Vacuum | Diaphragm Pump | Vacuum

Design Talk: Silicone Tubing—Benefits and Properties Overview

March 17, 2009 11:14 am | by Rob Wilkinson | Helix Medical | Articles | Comments

By Rob Wilkinson Here's the bottom line up front-platinum-cured silicone is the exceptional choice for medical, pharmaceutical, and biotech tubing applications, as well as medical devices that require extended contact with tissues and bodily fluids.

LISTED UNDER: Silicone | Peristaltic | Silicone

Custom Tubing Configurations Offered Using Silicone and Thermoplastic

October 9, 2008 6:06 am | Helix Medical | Product Releases | Comments

The company is a leader in the extrusion and molding of platinum-cured silicone and thermoplastic products. Custom tubing configurations include multi-lumen, profiles, standard, braided reinforced, cord, color stripe, close tolerance, and peristaltic pump tubing.

LISTED UNDER: Silicone | Peristaltic | Silicon Molding

Overview and Applications for Medical Device Motion and Actuation

August 12, 2008 8:14 am | Articles | Comments

This article compares the specific characteristics of solenoids and motors, their common properties, and those attributes that make each of these electromechanical devices unique for a specific medical motion application.

LISTED UNDER: Actuators | Control | Flow

Pumphead (4329)

September 10, 2007 6:53 am | Watson Marlow Pumps Group | Product Releases | Comments

The easy-to-load 313D pumphead is offered for blood processing applications. It accepts seven different tube sizes for a flow range of 0.25 to 3,000 ml/min, and pressures up to 30 psi. The easy tube loading feature enables the 313D to provide foolproof loading and minimal downtime.

LISTED UNDER: Peristaltic | Flow

Peristaltic Pump (4223)

August 10, 2007 5:11 am | Watson Marlow Pumps Group | Product Releases | Comments

The 400 F/A matchbox-size peristaltic pumps are smaller and more cost effective than syringe pumps, enabling the designer to place them anywhere on an instrument, saving them space and reducing costs.

LISTED UNDER: Peristaltic | Flow | Peristaltic

MDT EXCLUSIVE: Peristaltic Pump

March 12, 2007 1:23 pm | Thermo Fisher Scientific/ Barrington Facility | Product Releases | Comments

Microflex is a line of extremely compact and durable peristaltic pumping systems designed for installation in small instrumentation, such as in OEM clinical, diagnostic, laboratory dispensing, sampling, and analyzing.

LISTED UNDER: Peristaltic | Vacuum | Peristaltic

Peristaltic Pump Tubing

November 6, 2006 11:11 am | Cole-Parmer | Product Releases | Comments

Chem-Durance is an exclusive tubing formulation for the Masterflex peristaltic pump series. This co-extruded material has an inner liner that protects against chemically aggressive fluids, and a soft, flexible outer layer that allows it to be used in a peristaltic pump.

LISTED UNDER: Coextrusions/Paratubing | Peristaltic

Silicone Elastomers for Healthcare Tubing

April 4, 2006 7:38 am | Momentive Performance Materials Inc. | Product Releases | Comments

With the variety of tubing options available to medical device manufacturers, it is often difficult to determine which type would be best suited to a particular application.

LISTED UNDER: Silicone | Vacuum | Injection Molding

Liquid Silicone Rubber Resolves Precision Tubing Component Design Challenge

January 6, 2006 11:04 am | News | Product Releases | Comments

Zevex International Inc., a Salt Lake City, UT manufacturer of enteral nutrition products, chose GE–Silicones’ injection–molded LIM 6050-D2 liquid silicone rubber to design a complex, precision tubing component and solve a big challenge.

LISTED UNDER: Peristaltic | Air Pump | Silicone

Miniature Liquid Pump

November 2, 2005 7:09 am | KNF Neuberger, Inc. | Product Releases | Comments

At 1.6 inches long, the NF5 allows for locating it closer to the pumping function. Featuring a flow rate of 50 ml/min, it develops a suction height of 13 ft water with a discharge pressure of 15 psig.

LISTED UNDER: Other | Peristaltic

What’s Happening With Pumps and Valves

May 3, 2005 7:55 am | Medical Design Technology | Product Releases | Comments

Figure 1. New peristaltic pump roller designs with a convex roller and concave tubing bed allow pumping media containing live cells with much less damage to the cells. The tube is squeezed in the middle first while the edges remain open, so the cells escape shearing or crushing.

LISTED UNDER: Other | Compressor | Diaphragm Pump

TPR Tubing (1513)

December 6, 2004 7:23 am | Newage Industries, Inc. | Product Releases | Comments

Suprene tubing is produced under Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) using first-quality polypropylene-based TPR. It offers excellent low-temperature flexibility, is lighter in weight than comparable sizes of rubber tubing, and provides good resistance to tearing and fatigue from repeated flexing.

LISTED UNDER: Rubber | Peristaltic

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