Medical Design Technology articles from February 2008

Medical Design Technology archives from February 2008

Deep-UV optical coating.(Innovations)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A deep-UV optical coating offers long-lifetime optics that address the growing need for highly accurate and reliable beam delivery in leading-edge medical and semiconductor photolithography systems. The proprietary...

Oxygen measurement patch.(Innovations)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The RedEye oxygen patch is offered to accurately measure oxygen in packaging and other enclosed containers. Using a combination of proprietary sensing material and optical sensing technologies, the non-invasive patch...

Six micron measurement system.(MDT Exclusive)
February 1, 2008... Manufacturers of precision medical components such as coated stents, balloons, and catheters require diligent quality control to ensure uniform thickness of these products. The DI-6 OptiGauge, a non-contact optical measurement system, can gauge...

AC/DC power supply.(Innovations)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The NXT-225 Series of ultra small (3" X 5" x 1.5") AC/DC power supplies pack 225 W of power into a 10 W/[inch.sup.3] power density, fitting easily into 1U high OEM applications or any application where space is...

Electrically conductive adhesive.(Innovations)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The company's medical division offers a complete product line of electrically conductive pressure-sensitive adhesive systems for reliable electrical interconnections in devices such as electrodes, defibrillators, and...

FDA aims to establish overseas staff posts, starting in China.(Regulatory Report)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FDA is considering posting staff overseas to perform inspections and foster relationships with foreign government counterparts and industry. "There is a very real interest in pursuing this and obviously the...

FDA user fee commitments drive diagnostics office priorities in 2008.(Regulatory Report)
February 1, 2008... In vitro diagnostic issues promise to be an active area for FDA and device industry lobbyists this year in response to a laundry list of commitments agreed to by the agency as part of user fee reauthorization legislation. The FDA...

Moves at FDA: Nguyen tapped for combo office, St. Pierre returns to OIVD.(Regulatory Report)
February 1, 2008... Thinh X. Nguyen, who has been with the Office of Device Evaluation for more than a decade and headed the PMA policy office since 2000, was promoted outside CDRH to director of the Office of Combination Products Jan. 6. Nguyen, whose most...

Metal in healthcare.(PERSPECTIVES)
February 1, 2008... Metal is a tried and true material used in a variety of applications in the human body because it offers strength, durability, and reliability. Unfortunately, like most materials, it also has its downside and new materials being introduced may...

Ink-jet printing system.(Notables: Surface Treatment)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The LC-16 industrial ink-jet printing system is designed to mark a variety of challenging substrates including pipes, bags, insulation sleeves, fabrics, and extruded packing. The LC-16 system is also designed to...

Electropolishing system.(Notables: Surface Treatment)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This electropolishing system allows manufacturers of high-value metallic parts such as surgical drills, stents, and screens to sharpen, deburr, passivate, and electropolish them in-house. Eliminating outside vendors,...

Sterilization resistant coating.(Notables: Surface Treatment)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] EP42HT-2 is a room temperature curable two component epoxy, adhesive, coating, casting, and sealant material featuring high temperature resistance along with outstanding chemical resistance. It is widely used in...

Laser marking.(Notables: Surface Treatment)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Combining high-speed coding and 50 W of laser power in one mobile Unit, the Videojet 3430 laser marking system provides best-in-class speeds for high-throughput lines and an IP65-rated housing for increased...

Hydrophilic coatings.(Notables: Surface Treatment)
February 1, 2008... Hydrophilic Hydak coatings technology represents a major advance in biomedical device coatings. They offer consistent performance and are simpler to apply and less expensive than UV-cured coatings. They are superior to PVP coatings in terms of...

Marking laser.(Notables: Surface Treatment)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Prisma 1064-20-V is a q-switched, Nd: YV[O.sub.4] laser that delivers 20 W at 1064 nm. With 25% higher output power than previously available, this laser enables faster throughput or reduced processing times,...

Simplifying design transfer.(Cover story)
February 1, 2008... Establishing clear and efficient communication as part of the design transfer process can be a key component to decreasing the time it takes to bring a product to market. Specifically, providing formal manufacturability feedback early in the...

Ensuring success with medical reverse logistics.(Emphasis On Packaging)
February 1, 2008... Worldwide demand for quality medical equipment ensures that many device manufacturers will have to engage in a reverse logistics scenario in order to extract the greatest potential from their products. Unfortunately, the process can be...

Do you have this implant in my size?(Device Sector Spotlight)
February 1, 2008... A breakthrough technology uses CAD functionality to convert CT and MRI scans into individualized, minimally invasive articular replacement systems. The end result, customizable orthopedic implants, could become much more commonplace for...

Down to the wire.(Emphasis On Wire Processing)
February 1, 2008... Over the years of working with many different companies, wire processing machine vendors have seen many ways to increase machine utilization and productivity for automatic termination machines. This article will discuss a few of the basic...

Plastic connectors.(New Products)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The modified Medi-Snap plastic connector with a metal housing can be configured with two to 26 contact points. They have been tested to withstand over 2,000 mating cycles. These connectors are 100% touch proof and...

Imaging chip.(New Products)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The AD9271 integrates a complete eight-channel (octal) ultrasound receiver on a single chip. This level of integration allows medical equipment designers to reduce the size of the signal path for mobile ultrasound...

Light-curing adhesive.(New Products)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] See-Cure technology addresses the two most-often asked questions about light-curing products: How do I know I've dispensed enough adhesive? and How do I know when it is cured? Adhesives that are formulated with the...

Two-in-one connector.(New Products)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The ST5 is a combination connector with a two-in-one design for interconnecting with a microSD card standardized by SDA and a GSM11.11 standard compatible plug in SIM card. In addition to its two-in-one combination...

Iris spring for EMI shielding.(New Products)
February 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Iris spring shielding technology is offered in many of the company's industrial network and sensor connectors. This new addition is an effective and simple way to protect equipment from EMI (electromagnetic...

As part of the curriculum in Donald Sweeney and Roger Swanberg's EMC by Your Design Seminar/Workshop, students will use and then take home free-of-charge a copy of the proprietary EMC Layout and Design software program created by the instructors.(Design Notes)
February 1, 2008... As part of the curriculum in Donald Sweeney and Roger Swanberg's EMC by Your Design Seminar/Workshop, students will use and then take home free-of-charge a copy of the proprietary EMC Layout and Design software program created by the...

New Scale Technologies offers an evaluation kit for its SQL Series Squiggle linear micro motors.(Design Notes)
February 1, 2008... New Scale Technologies offers an evaluation kit for its SQL Series Squiggle linear micro motors. The starter kit simplifies evaluation of the patented piezoelectric motor technology for use in miniature OEM products such as medical devices. The...

ACS Motion Control, an international manufacturer of advanced multi-axis motion controllers, machine controllers, and integrated control modules, has developed powerful, user-friendly motion control software that features simulation and motion machine interface (MMI) tools to minimize setup, tuning, and programming time for motion control applications.(Design Notes)
February 1, 2008... ACS Motion Control, an international manufacturer of advanced multi-axis motion controllers, machine controllers, and integrated control modules, has developed powerful, user-friendly motion control software that features simulation and motion...

Comsol Inc. offers the proceedings and user presentations from this past fall's Boston and Grenoble Comsol Conferences.(Design Notes)(Conference news)
February 1, 2008... Comsol Inc. offers the proceedings and user presentations from this past fall's Boston and Grenoble Comsol Conferences. The 2008 Edition of the Conference CD contains more than 250 technical papers, 190 user presentations, 40 downloadable and...

In its mission to deliver a total solution approach to the medical industry, Eastman Chemical Company has launched an online Medical Technical Center.(Design Notes)
February 1, 2008... In its mission to deliver a total solution approach to the medical industry, Eastman Chemical Company has launched an online Medical Technical Center. The site is organized to allow medical OEMs, processors, and designers to access...

Smalley's complete product line is now available in one easy to navigate catalog.(Design Notes)
February 1, 2008... Smalley's complete product line is now available in one easy to navigate catalog. The new catalog includes over 7,000 standard wave springs, spiral retaining rings, and snap rings. The catalog offers simplified part selection, special design...

Film spot-on solution for laser.(Design Notes)
February 1, 2008... Dornier MedTech, a pioneer and market leader in the urology market, selected Victrex APTIV film, made with Victrex Peek polymer, for the marking labels on reusable light conductors in its high-quality solid-state lasers. The APTIV film was...

Quick turnaround, quick success.(Design Notes)
February 1, 2008... The Sentinelle Vanguard Breast MR Auxiliary Table with eight channel coil array transforms a GE MRI into a dedicated system for Breast MR imaging and intervention. The Variable Coil Geometry of the eight channel array allows the position of the...

Sensing changes in medical electronics: industries currently using acoustic wave sensors are finding them to be useful in an assortment of application areas. The medical device community is taking note and looking at this technology for potential monitoring in specific medical devices. This article reviews these sensors and describes the application areas in which they would be useful.(ACOUSTIC WAVE SENSORS)
February 1, 2008... Acoustic wave devices, which are fundamentally based on mature technology, have recently been successfully employed for sensing applications, using unique design and packaging approaches. Current applications include industrial markets such as...

Solid state, storage for medical equipment applications.(SOLID STATE STORAGE)
February 1, 2008... Utilizing the ideal storage solution in a medical device can be the difference between a success story and a failure. Due to an array of benefits in terms of size, power consumption, reliability, and durability, solid state storage fulfills the...

Ultrasound portable partitioning: providing doctors with a handheld, portable ultrasound unit with which to help diagnose patients would be a tremendous tool for enhancing patient care. By examining the ultrasound signal chain and beamforming technologies, this article reviews the technologies that would be involved in designing and engineering such a device.(ULTRASOUND PORTABLE PARTITIONING)
February 1, 2008... Ultrasound systems are taking advantage of higher levels of integration, making them truly portable. Soon, they will be seen as the doctor's "new stethoscope." All ultrasound systems use a relatively long cable that contains a minimum of...

Best practices for embedding megapixel sensors.(IMAGE SENSORS)
February 1, 2008... The use of sensors in medical devices has been increasing and will continue to do so with newer technologies. As such, learning more about the specifics of these components is essential for designers to be successful and provide the greatest...

Brainstorm: medical electronics.(BRAINSTORM)
February 1, 2008... Q: The trend toward miniaturizing medical electronics devices also brings with it a number of challenges. We ask industry experts in the medical electronics market what they believe to be the most critical of these challenges and what current...

Design of medical devices: batteries designed to accommodate sterilization.(STERILIZING BATTERIES)
February 1, 2008... Many medical devices, such as those used in surgery, must be sterilized prior to use. The operating table is surrounded by a sterile zone; untethering surgical devices increases the ease of maintaining and simplifying the sterile area, but...

Electronic components.(Actuators-Integrated Circuits)(Directory)
February 1, 2008... Actuators Adept Technology, Inc. 3011 Triad Dr. Livermore, CA 94551 Toll Free: 800-292-3378 Fax: 925-960-0452 URL:www.adept.com email:craig.tomita@adept.com Allied Electronics, Inc. An Electrocomponents...

Electronic components.(Keyboards-Wiring and Accessories)(Directory)
February 1, 2008... Keyboards Advanced Input Systems Esterline, 600 W. Wilbur Ave. Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815 Tel: 208-765-8000 Fax: 208-292-2274 URL:www.advanced-input.com email:sales@advanced-input.com Allied Electronics, Inc....

Index of manufacturers.(Directory)
February 1, 2008... 3M Company 3M Electronics Toll Free: 800-3M-HELPS URL: www.3m.com/electronics A & A Manufacturing Co. Inc. Gortrac Division Tel: 262-786-1500, Fax: 262-786-3280 email: sales@gortrac.com URL: www.gortrac.com...