Archive for the ‘medtechinsider’ Category
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
From the wire: Machine Solutions Inc. (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) has announced the introduction of integrated protective film technology for balloon pleating, folding/wrapping and fluting processes. The FFS975S Drug Eluting Balloon Catheter Pleating & Folding Equipment is specifically designed for processing DEB/DCB products.
“The market leading FFS technology from Machine Solutions Inc. ...
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Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
An EU-funded programme pools the resources of four Irish universities and Swansea University in the United Kingdom to help businesses explore opportunities in nanohealth. The Celtic Alliance for NanoHealth (CAN) combines the resources at University College Dublin’s Centre for BioNano Interactions, Trinity College Dublin’s Institute of Molecular Medicines and Centre ...
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Monday, April 9th, 2012
Guest blogger Dave Selin, European Sales Manager, Uson, writes:
When it comes to nondestructive testing, the types of components used to create the test circuits always have an impact on a testing system's capabilities.
In leak testers, for example, the size of the system’s valves and sensors can make or break the ...
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Monday, April 9th, 2012
A cordless portable device developed at Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems can supply power to medical devices without touching them. The device can be attached to a belt and carried by the user.
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Friday, April 6th, 2012
Dow Europe GmbH has unveiled enhanced formulation and testing capabilities at the Performance Plastics Innovation Center at Dow’s European headquarters in Horgen, Switzerland. The company will hold an open house on 12 April where it will demonstrate the new technology. During the event representatives from Nordson Engineering, Eastman Chemical Company, ...
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Thursday, April 5th, 2012
A new 3-D printing method developed at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany could enable 3-D printing on the nanoscale, reports an article on the Engineer's website. The method is a variation of another 3-D additive manufacturing technique, two-photon polymerisation (2PP), which can create features in nanometer resolutions, ...
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
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Robotics is a growing field in electronic research, but progress is hampered by the time and money it takes to develop a robot and its hardware and software components. And why should scientists have all the fun? A project lead ...
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Monday, April 2nd, 2012
Researchers from the University of Limerick in Ireland have joined the Sanowork research project, a nanomaterial project funded by the European Commission. The project is a collaboration between eight academic and public research institutions and five nanomaterial manufacturers. It will look at the environmental and health risks of nanomaterials.
On the ...
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Friday, March 30th, 2012
Because of their mechanical flexibility, organic transistors have tremendous potential to improve the functionality of pacemakers, hearing aids and related medical devices, but the sensitivity to heat and the power requirements of conventional transistors pose an obstacle. Japanese researchers say they have found a work-around.
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
During the Healthcare in Europe conference, which took place in Geneva last week, participants discussed how a focus on personalised medicine, behavioural science and preventive measures must play a larger role in healthcare policies. The conference was organised by Economist Conferences, an arm of the Economist. Participants included representatives from ...
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Here’s a fun fact: one in 10 moulding machines sold by Arburg goes into the medical device manufacturing market. Surprised? I know I was. But it helps to explain why Arburg chose to exhibit at MEDTEC Europe 2012 in Stuttgart, Germany, the same week that it held its annual Technology ...
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
A little more than a year has passed since a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck the north-eastern coast of Japan. Damage was so immense in Fukushima Prefecture, one of the three worst hit prefectures and home to crippled nuclear power plants, that full reconstruction is still years away.
Against all odds, ...
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