Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
The focus on patient experience is increasingly impacting medical device design. Human factors engineering and devices that look more like consumer products are becoming more common themes, as a recent article in EMDT demonstrates. But device makers could centre design around the user even more by incorporating storytelling into the ...
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
“We are the only company I know of that has the expertise to do primary packaging in glass or plastic,” says Marion Stolzenwald, Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, at Gerresheimer AG (Düsseldorf, Germany). It’s a bold claim, but I’m inclined to think it may well be accurate. And with the recent ...
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Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
From the wire: Jeff Koslosky, Vice President of Advanced Technologies, Secant Medical LLC, will speak at the New Biomaterials and Design Trends session on 5 October 2011 at the Biomaterials Europe Conference in Barcelona, Spain. Koslosky will discuss the advantages of blending the technologies of resorbable and nonabsorbable biomaterials with ...
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
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Technology and product development company Sagentia celebrates its 25th anniversary in September 2011. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, and operating an office in the other Cambridge across the pond (in Massachusetts, to be precise), the company has played a ...
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
A survey on how a drug delivery device's usability affects patient compliance shows that users are willing to pay a slight premium for a more user-friendly device and that they are taking a more active role in choosing a drug delivery device when more than one option is available. Healthcare ...
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Monday, March 7th, 2011
DesignMED Europe, a new conference and exhibition devoted to medical electronics, will be held on 22 to 24 March in Stuttgart, Germany. Targeting designers and developers of medical electronic devices, the event will take place at the same time and location as MEDTEC Europe, which last year attracted more than ...
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Patient comfort and user-friendly operation are the touchstones of next-generation ambulatory cardiac monitors, according to healthcare technology consultancy Applied Data Research. Demand for mobile monitors is growing, and a number of small private companies are energising the marketplace with new designs. But as the shutdown of Transoma's human monitoring operation ...
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Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
The Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) programme is accepting entries for its 2011 competition from companies and individuals worldwide involved in the design, engineering, manufacture or distribution of finished medical devices or packaging products. Now in its 14th year, the MDEA competition recognises the achievements of medical product manufacturers and the ...
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
A trans-Atlantic partnership between Canada’s National Research Council Institute for Biodiagnostics (NRC-IBD) and Switzerland’s Schmid & Partner Engineering AG (SPEAG) has produced a new software platform for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner design. The platform reportedly seamlessly integrates new tools for radio-frequency (RF) array design and postprocessing. Described as the ...
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
CAD/CAM software developer Delcam has been presented with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category in recognition of the continuous development of its software for the design and manufacture of dental restorations. The company is an habitué of the awards programme, having achieved recognition in 2003 for ArtCAM ...
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Friday, April 9th, 2010
42 Technology (42T) has helped to design and develop a new arthroscopic surgical toolset for TiGenix Ltd in readiness for the phased European launch of a new collagen-based biomaterial later this year. The central device, a disposable applicator, will be used to deliver resorbable biomaterial implants into circular cavities that ...
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
"Mobility Through Mechatronics” is the title of a competition just announced by Mechatronic Karlsruhe in Germany that is designed to showcase product ideas and demonstrate the benefits of mechatronics for human mobility such as in the field of rehabilitation. The Mechatronic Karlsruhe Award competition, under the direction of Professor Michael ...
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