White Paper Addresses Role of Materials in 21st Century Devices

A white paper titled How a Detailed Understanding of Materials Is Playing a Vital Role in the Evolution of Medical Device Technology has been published by Ceram (Stoke-on-Trent, UK). Authored by Richard White, Senior Manager, the paper describes the impact that advances in materials technology will have on healthcare in the 21st century. In particular, White stresses that manufacturers need to understand how materials and their properties affect products from concept and design to manufacturing to the end of their lifecycle. The white paper is available as a free download.

Ceram is a materials analysis company offering medical device materials testing, analysis and consultancy. Services include contamination analysis, cleanliness validation, coating characterisation, quality control and assurance, and failure analysis, in addition to modelling, prototyping and surface analysis capabilities.

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