Archive for the ‘catheters’ Category
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
From the wire: Independent statistically significant test results from a leading laboratory have shown that Interface catheters extruded solely in a cleanroom environment are free of pyrogens. Results from three different methods of Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) testing for endotoxins indicate the extrusion lines can be classified as “pyrogen free.” ...
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Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Tri-Tie technology from Putnam Plastics Corp. eliminates variability in the extrusion of medical guide catheter shafts by replacing traditional hand lay-up manufacturing with a continuous process. Eschewing conventional manual assembly techniques and the quality control and repeatability issues they entail, Putnam Plastics has developed a proprietary method that produces three-layer ...
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Thursday, November 17th, 2011
From the wire: ASG Medical Systems, the leader in catheter and guidewire manufacturing automation, and Technical Innovations, the leader in catheter hole drilling, hole punching and skiving technology, have merged to create Syneo.
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
We always root for the underdog, and in our world, the underdog is oftentimes a start-up company. In the medical-device space, the “start-up” tag can stick around for quite some time, as it takes many years to get a product from a concept stage through clinical trials, and so on.
One ...
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Ireland’s medical manufacturing base experienced a couple of noteworthy changes in August: Ansamed was acquired by full-service medical device outsourcing company Vention Medical, and MGS Mfg. Group announced the opening of a production facility in Leixlip, its first moulding plant outside North America.
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Sunday, August 28th, 2011
Full-service medical device outsourcing company Vention Medical has acquired Ireland-based Ansamed, a supplier of medical tubing and catheter design, development and manufacturing services.
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Friday, July 22nd, 2011
From the wire: Interplex Medical LLC, a global developer and manufacturer of minimally invasive, complex catheter-based medical devices, has signed a three-year supply agreement with Merit Medical Systems Inc.
Merit internationally markets proprietary disposable devices used primarily in cardiology, radiology and endoscopy. Under the terms of the agreement, Interplex will provide complete, catheter-based ...
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011
[caption id="attachment_23027" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Putnam Plastics' new printing centre for medical tubes used in catheters is located in Dayville, CT, USA."][/caption]
Putnam Plastics Corp. has opened a new centre for the printing of medical tubing used in catheter devices. The centre offers custom print development and production printing. It is located ...
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Monday, March 28th, 2011
It’s not our first time at MEDTEC Europe, says Lee Ayres, PhD, CEO of Encapson BV (Nijmegen, Netherlands), but this time we have data and something definitive to show attendees. That something is a triggering mechanism for the release of active compounds from the surface of a catheter balloon.
Encapson has ...
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Thursday, March 10th, 2011
A newly developed surgical tool could dramatically reduce the time needed to map electrical problems in the heart, according to a Technology Review article by Katherine Bourzac. The tool, an inflatable catheter with stretchable, biocompatible silicon electronics, was developed by John Rogers, cofounder of the startup MC10 and professor at the ...
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
In a risk-averse country such as Japan, where only 30% of diagnostic devices are manufactured domestically, a small Nagoya-based company made a bold bid just about 20 years ago. That is when Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd. decided to shift from manufacturing auto parts to making medical devices. It never looked ...
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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
The Actreen Lite Mini sterile urinary catheter took the top prize in the medical device category at today's 2011 Pharmapack Awards. An intermittent urinary catheter specifically designed for the female anatomy, the device was recognised for its innovative design and packaging that bring a measure of convenience to users. Evelyne ...
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