Archive for April, 2010
Sunday, April 25th, 2010
Materials supplier DSM Biomedical has announced the extension of its partnership with Carbostent & Implantable Devices (CID), which markets the Optima Jet Stent Delivery System and Fluydo PTCA Balloon Catheter. CID uses DSM's ComfortCoat hydrophilic coating on both devices, which were placed on the European market last month.
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Sunday, April 25th, 2010
An electric valve-gate system that offers a 6 in./sec valve-pin movement and closing forces greater than 35,000 psi is suited for precision medical cleanroom moulding applications. When paired with a sequencer from the same manufacturer, the machine operator can monitor section views of each valve gate in real time. In ...
Posted in Moulding, medtechinsider | 1 Comment »
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
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From the Wire: Taking inspiration from a popular executive toy ("Newton's cradle"), researchers at the California Institute ...
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
Kimball Electronics Group Inc., a subsidiary of Kimball International Inc. has announced that the company's production facility near Poznan, Poland has achieved the necessary requirements for US FDA registration and ISO 13485 certification. Both the quality certification and US FDA registration help broaden the Poland facility's package of value to ...
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
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From the Wire: Researchers at MIT have reported that they have discovered a new technique for using shape-memory alloys — ...
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
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Laser marking specialist Rofin (Bergkirchen, Germany) and industrial image processing company VisionTools (Waghäusel, Germany) introduced a new system for laser marking and ...
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Rigel Medical will showcase a handheld combination vital-signs simulator, which it describes as an industry first, at the AAMI 2010 show in June. The UniSIM is the only simulator capable of performing six synchronised vital-sign parameter tests, according to the company. It enables medical device engineers to rapidly conduct NIBP, ...
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
The second annual MEDTEC Japan, which was held in Yokohama on 15 and 16 April, posted an impressive uptick in attendance compared with the premier 2009 show, which wildly exceeded expectations in its own right. Preliminary end-of-show reports indicate that more than 6400 industry professionals came to the event, a ...
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Good news for Hannover Messe: Air traffic is slowly getting back to normal and the aisles at the IVAM Product Market "Micro, Nano & Materials" are filling up. One of the companies exhibiting at the joint pavilion of the IVAM Microtechnology Network in Hall 6 is coating systems provider Panadur ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
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Biocompatible electronics sitting on thin, flexible substrates may enable the development of neural interfaces that take high-resolution measurements without irritating or scarring brain tissue, writes Katherine Bourzac in MIT's Technology Review this week. ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Transparency website on 19 April as part of the agency's transparency initiative. The site will provide information about medical device and radiation-emitting product regulatory processes and decisions and summaries of data that provide the ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Despite the considerable disruption in international air travel caused by the volcanic eruption in Iceland, Hannover Messe 2010 is taking place as scheduled this week. While it remains to be seen how dramatically the shutdown in air travel will affect turnout for the the world's leading industrial technology event, activity on the first day ...
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