CEA Leti and IPDiA Form Common Lab
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011CEA Leti and IPDiA have formed a common lab to capitalize on their complementary expertise in miniaturization and 3D integration on silicon.
CEA Leti and IPDiA have formed a common lab to capitalize on their complementary expertise in miniaturization and 3D integration on silicon.
MEDTEC Europe Countdown: Laser Technology Accelerates Production of Medical Devices
Friday, March 11th, 2011Rofin is a leading manufacturer of lasers and laser-based solutions for the medical device manufacturing industry. Rofin’s laser technology is now available for use in the high-speed production of miniature cardiovascular stents, creation of intricate spot welds of less than 100 microns, welding and joining plastic components, and for high-quality ...
MEDTEC Europe Countdown: Health Technology Network Connects Companies
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011The Gesundheits Cluster, a MEDTEC Europe exhibitor, connects more than 235 partners from Austria and Germany in an Austria-based medical technology network that initiates cooperation among companies, care providers and research institutions. It promotes the medical technology field, acts as an information resource covering regulations, contacts and funding sources, and supports ...
MEDTEC Europe Countdown: New Software for Coordinate Measuring Machines Increases Speed of Reverse Engineering
Monday, March 7th, 2011MEDTEC Europe exhibitor Werth Messtechnik GmbH offers a new version of its reconstruction software for a pair of computed-tomography (CT) coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), significantly increasing the speed of reverse engineering. A new calculation procedure enables the large volumes of data generated in raster tomography or high-resolution tomography by the ...
Introducing DesignMED Europe
Monday, March 7th, 2011DesignMED 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 ...
Brand Protection Firm Develops Reprocessed SUD Warning Technology
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Applauding the European Commission’s publication in May of a public consultation on the reprocessing of single-use devices (SUD), Eucomed chief executive John Wilkinson stressed the need for follow-through. "It is highly important that the Commission build on the results of this consultation,” said Wilkinson. “Both patients and physicians are often ...
A Burgeoning Market and Plans for a US Joint Orthopaedic Device Registry
Friday, August 22nd, 2008After publication of a study that the demand in United States (US) for orthopaedic implants is to grow by 8.9% per annum to be valued at US$22 billion in 2012 (source Freedonia), it has also been reported that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is developing a programme that would ...
Now You See Me…
Thursday, August 14th, 2008On the left is a schematic of the first 3-D "fishnet" metamaterial that can achieve a negative index of refraction at optical frequencies. On the right is a scanning electron microscope image of the fabricated structure, developed by UC Berkeley researchers. The alternating layers form small circuits that can bend ...
Looking to the Future
Friday, August 8th, 2008Remember the red, glowing bionic eyes of the cyborgs in the Terminator flicks? In that film series, the robots' eyes worked much like the human variety, converting light waves into clear, three-dimensional images of the outside world. Despite the considerable progress that has been made in the field of bionic ...
The Kanzius Machine: A New Weapon against Cancer?
Thursday, July 31st, 2008The Kanzius machine is designed to kill cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue. Here, adenocarcinoma is shown at 400x magnification. Earlier this year, the US television show 60 Minutes on the CBS network aired a report on John Kanzius, who has invented a device for treating cancer noninvasively. After the program ...
Feelin’ It–Haptic Technology Accelerates Implant Development
Friday, July 25th, 2008A 3D modeling system that applies haptic technology recently made quite an impression at a conference on Advanced Digital Technology for Head and Reconstruction. Developed by SensAble Technologies, the device enables the rapid and accurate production of custom body parts from soft-tissue implants for eye sockets to titanium dental inlays.
