Medical Equipment Designer articles from January 2002

Medical Equipment Designer archives from January 2002

Custom tubing & hose. (Editor's Choice).
January 1, 2002... The MD&M West show will see the emergence of a custom tubing subsidiary specifically, focusing on the pharmaceutical and biomedical markets, with special attention given to manufacturing in a sanitary environment. An engineering staff is...

Plastic boat aids automated analysis. (Application Ideas).
January 1, 2002... In the early part of the last century, medical technicians prepared and analyzed blood and other body fluids by hand. Today, however, in most modern clinical laboratories, immunoassay analyzers such as the OPUS and OPUS Plus, produced by Dade...

Clean light: switch to bellows component improves seal for high-temperature laser resonator assemblies.
January 1, 2002... Since their development in the early 1960's, lasers have become increasingly applied as medical systems components, both as an analytic and a treatment tool. Photodynamic therapy has been used as a cancer treatment in Canada, Europe and Asia...

Multipolymer compounds. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... Multipolymer compounds, Booth 2115. Cyrolite acrylic-based multipolymer compounds are capable of withstanding Gamma, E-Beam and ETO sterilization processes. The tough, transparent and bondable materials are also chemically resistant. Designed...

Medical device assemblies. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... Medical device assemblies, Booth 1913. This company offers a variety of assembling technologies for medical devices and laboratory automation. Assembly methods include soldering, brazing, laser welding and adhesive bonding. The company is also...

Films and adhesives. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... Films and adhesives, Booth 2538. This company is featuring an upgraded Applications section on its website containing detailed information on its film, adhesives and polymer thick films for the medical market. These include engineered plastic...

Micro-abrasive blasting. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... Micro-abrasive blasting, Booth 2328. The PowerFlo blaster is used for smoothing micro cracks and removing laser slag or remelt from implantable devices machined from Nitinol. It is also capable of cleaning, texturizing and removing materials...

Diagnostic cards. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... Diagnostic cards, Booth 2515. These pre-cut polystyrene and polyester pressure-sensitive adhesive diagnostic cards bond and support membrane components in lateral flow diagnostic formats. Medical grade acrylic adhesive systems, coated at a...

Laparoscopic balloons. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... Laparoscopic balloons, Booth 1975. This company's LIM silicone balloon manufacturing capabilities now extend to tissue expanders for laparoscopic applications. Custom-molded inflation and occlusion balloons are available with wall thicknesses...

Ball splines. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... Ball splines, Booth 1341. For medical and diagnostic applications that require concurrent rotational and linear movement, Powertrac ball splines feature recirculating bearing balls that increase efficiency and allow for unrestricted travel....

Peristaltic pump. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... Peristaltic pump, Booth 1753. Designed and built to most medical standards, this company offers their peristaltic pump systems to registered medical products manufacturers who have or are developing products for angioscopy, arthroscopy,...

Coreless motors. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... Coreless motors, Booth 1080. The 26mm dia. series DC Micromotors compliments the Faulhaber line of graphite-commutated coreless motors with outer diameters from 13-28mm. When combined with the gearhead series 26/1, these drives offer 44 watts...

Compressor and vacuum pump. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... Compressor and vacuum pump, Booth 2993. This scroll-type compressor and vacuum pump runs quietly, as low as 25 dBA. The scroll vacuum pump is capable of 1 torr vacuum and has a displacement of 3.7 CFM. As a compressor, the pump pressurizes up...

Radiopaque compounds. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... Radiopaque compounds, Booth 1752. LoPro radiopaque compounds are designed for reduced wall sections used in therapeutic and diagnostic medical device catheters. They are added to such thermoplastics as polyolefins, nylons and urethanes to make...

Brushless DC servomotors. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... Brushless DC servomotors. Booth 3384. For use in imaging and medical diagnostic devices, ELCOM ST slotted brushless DC servo motors feature high starting torque, variable speed control with appropriate drive electronics, and internal Hall...

Embedded systems and simulation software. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... Embedded systems and simulation software, Booth 2458. This company's Design software enables developers to create graphics and then connect them to system, control, software and hardware in-the-loop simulation products to produce testable...

Liquid silicone rubber. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... Liquid silicone rubber, Booth 1481. Parts and seals made from liquid silicone rubber (LSR) feature a wide temperature range of -94[degree] to 400[degree]F and a low compression set. The material resists the effects of sun and ozone as well. The...

Miniature valve. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... Miniature valve, Booth 1376. This miniature trumpet valve is used in dispensing and lab applications. Features of this valve include durable 316 stainless steel and Viton O-rings, up to 150 psi water or air tolerance with proper fittings, and...

3D etching. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... 3D etching, Booth 2825. This etching process is designed for the manufacture of precision design non-flat metals and cylindrical shapes. Called 3DE, it eliminates welding by using seamless tubes and reduces the need for electropolishing. In...

Miniature switches. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... Miniature switches, Booth 2284. This company offers many lines of miniature pressure and vacuum switches for medical applications, including patient monitors, oxygen concentrators, inhalers, burn beds, ICU equipment and nebulizers. They can...

Medical consulting service. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... Medical consulting service, Booth 215. This company is an ISO 9001-certified, single-source product launch consulting service for firms in the healthcare and electronics industries. Personnel provide product and manufacturing process design...

Lubricious coating. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... Lubricious coating, Booth 2981. For reducing tissue trauma during repeated insertion, water-based LubriLAST coating provides an alternative to low-friction coatings composed of organic solvents. A hydrophilic polymer is entwined in a supporting...

Stainless steel components. (Medical Products).
January 1, 2002... Stainless steel components, Booth 2991. These stainless steel components are manufactured using metal injection molding in an ISO 9002-certified facility. Custom, hermetic, medical, electronic packages and connectors can be custom-made by the...