Advanced Materials Foster Lifesaving Medical Solutions
Bayer MaterialScience has developed a series of advanced materials for the medical-device and healthcare market which will be on display at MD&M West 2014.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - February 11, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Materials Products Source Type: news
Deburring Small Precision Medical Parts and Devices
Deburring small parts with methods other than micro-abrasive blasting is definitely possible, but not always effective, efficient or safe. The perfect finishing of any component, device or instrument is as key to a perfect design as the design itself.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - February 7, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Components Source Type: news
FDA-Approved Artificial Heart Valve Helps Patients Avoid Major Open Surgery
The Medtronic CoreValve System—an artificial heart valve device that doesn’t require major open surgery—received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last month.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - February 7, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Cardiovascular Components Implantables Source Type: news
Robotic Painting Arm Could Lend A Surgical Hand
Wake Forest sophomore Timothy Lee blended art and science with his creation of a robotic painting arm. Using a paintbrush and canvas, it can replicate the lines and shapes made by a surgeon with a scalpel.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - February 7, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Surgery Design-Engineering Source Type: news
Football Helmet Design Can Reduce Concussion Risk
A study conducted by top concussion researchers concluded that football helmets can be designed to reduce the risk of concussions within the game.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - February 3, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Design-Engineering Source Type: news
Customization of Medical Implants More Than a Pipe Dream
Mark Carlson, Solutions Specialist, MSC Software Inc.
A broader role for simulation could mean implants tailored to each patient’s body.
Over the last few years, the FDA has been integrating simulation into its review and approval processes. The agency is issuing standards governing how simulations must be submitted and for what purposes they will be accepted.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 31, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Design-Engineering Source Type: news
Latin American Compliance Conference Focused on Integrity in Medical Devices
Anti-bribery law and other ethics issues will take the spotlight in Brazil meetings.
Anti-bribery law and other ethics issues will take the spotlight in Brazil meetings.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 30, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Business Components Source Type: news
Profile in Innovation: Orthozon Founder Turns Passion into Reality
Josh Aferzon decided to go into spinal care because he saw that the expanding older population was creating a growing need for the medical industry to invest a lot of time and effort in that field.
When discussing how he came to this point at such a young age, Aferzon says that it all started with his father, a surgeon who suggested partnering his expertise with his son’s to develop a viable product that would enhance medical technology.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 29, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Design-Engineering Source Type: news
“Ironman” Actuator Endures 50 Million Lifecycles Without Failure
To meet the “ironman” endurance needs of life-critical applications, BEI Kimco developed and rigorously tested its LAS 13 and LAS 16 voice coil actuators.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 28, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Components Source Type: news
Pre-Filled Media Dishes Allow for Touch-less Agar and Membrane Transfers
In an effort to eliminate handling mistakes and contamination, an agar media dish technology uses a patented lid system to allow for the touch-free transfer of membranes without the use of tweezers.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 27, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Components Source Type: news
Control Of Sound And Light… With Flexible, Nanoscale-Wrinkled Materials?
Roger Engelke Jr.
A potentially new way to control wavelengths and distribution of waves, whether sound or light, uses flexible, layered materials textured with nanoscale wrinkles.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 24, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Materials Products Source Type: news
New Funding Supports R&D On Space-Adaptable Biomedical Products
A funding opportunity offered through the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI), an organization partnered with NASA, may open the door to small companies developing products that can be modified for use in space.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 24, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Business Prototyping Source Type: news
NASA to Take Part in Design for Health and Wellbeing Conference
Iliza Sokol
A new international health technology conference will link inventors and medical professionals to discuss innovations in product design, including space research from NASA.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 24, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Business Components Source Type: news
TissueMark Measures Hundreds of Cancer Characteristics in Tissue
Iliza Sokol
The TissueMark software detects slight changes in color information and pixel organization from tissue heat maps in order to detect cancerous cells.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 24, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Imaging Prototyping Source Type: news
Micro Filtration Membranes Created Via Micromachining
Micromachining techniques for polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) were used to form micro filtration membranes—a technology that could lead to building of biomedical devices.
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Source: Articles from MedicalDesign.com - January 22, 2014 Category: Medical Equipment Tags: Products Prototyping Source Type: news
