Archive for April, 2010
Friday, April 30th, 2010
TT Electronics integrated manufacturing services, an EMS provider, has announced that it is continuing its partnership with the Hong Kong Medical & Healthcare Device Industries Association (HKMHIDA), a ‘medical sector think-tank’ dedicated to promoting bioscience assets throughout Asia and accelerating the growth of a globally competitive bioscience industry.
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Friday, April 30th, 2010
An article titled “Transitions in Gold” is among the articles featured in the May issue of EMDT. The precious metal has never been a strong candidate as a biomaterial. Its expense eliminates its use for most applications. Its high density does not help either, although that is an advantage when it is ...
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Thursday, April 29th, 2010
The benefits of hot-melt extrusion in pharmaceutical and medical applications took centre stage on 15 April, when equipment builder Coperion held an in-house "congress" at its facility in Stuttgart, Germany. Approximately 100 guests from the pharmaceutical industry attended the event, which provided an overview of what the company describes as ...
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Thursday, April 29th, 2010
Seefeld, Germany–based SVS-Vistek GmbH has announced the expansion of its network of retailers throughout the world. Despite the difficult economic environment, the company has reported growing sales figures both in its home and international markets. The manufacturer attributes this growth to the introduction of new camera models for quality control in the production ...
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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Patient monitoring equipment made in China is recording healthy growth in eastern Europe thanks, in part, to the global recession, according to a new report published by InMedica. Worth an estimated €52.4 million in 2009, the east European market for patient monitoring devices contracted sharply as the recession took hold, ...
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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Despite widespread travel disruptions, the second annual MEDTEC France event, which was held in Besançon, France, on 21 and 22 April, posted solid numbers. Attendance was up 7% over last year, with 3114 visitors sampling the wares of 264 exhibitors, according to show organiser Canon Communications LLC, which also publishes ...
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
GE Healthcare, a business unit of General Electric Co., announced earlier this week a commitment to reduce the average energy consumption of new ultrasound products by 25 percent by 2012 (compared with energy usage in 2005). With support from the European Commission, GE Healthcare and a group of 10 other ...
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
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A team of scientists ...
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
An industrial PC–based vision system designed for in-process medical device inspection features an ergonomic "heads-up" touch screen display for easy viewing by one or more individuals. The Microscope Replacement System (MRS) from Machine Solutions Inc. (Munich, Germany) enables digital reticles to be easily generated by means of standard CAD software ...
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
To keep pace with the anticipated growing demand for biomedical textiles, Secant Medical has added 40,000 sq ft of manufacturing capacity to its US facility in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. The supplier of biomedical textile design, development and custom manufacturing services cites market development trends in tissue engineering and transcatheter technologies as ...
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
The European Commission decided last week to require EU countries to use European databank for medical devices beginning May 2011. Currently, such data, which include information on conformity certificates and clinical investigations, are collected only at the national level.
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