Medical Equipment Designer articles from July 2002

Medical Equipment Designer archives from July 2002

Transparent welding: new laser technique eliminates tell-tale weld lines. (Editor's Choice).
July 1, 2002... A new process for transmission laser welding of both clear and colored plastics works without the use of opaque materials nor the addition of unwanted color. The process can be used to join a wide range of rigid and flexible plastics, making it...

Ten in the bed: ten motors drive medical imager's print mechanism. (Application Ideas).
July 1, 2002... The Horizon Multi-Media Dry Imager from Codonics, Middleburg Heights, OH, is capable of developing printed images and reports for MRI, CT, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, oncology, PACS and nuclear medicine units. It handles three, easy-to-load,...

The brain show: viewing system provides surgical staff with front-row seats.
July 1, 2002... The surgical suite is not the roomiest shop floor for working. It's not intended to be--most procedures are on a single region of the patient, precluding need for excess movement. To serve the surgeon and staff, the remaining floor space is...

Miniature emitter and detector assemblies. (Medical Products).
July 1, 2002... Designed for medical applications where selection of the peak or centroid wavelength is a strict requirement, the ELM series of emitters and EPM series of detectors can be combined in a complete assembly for various non-invasive sensor...

Damped vinyl materials. (Medical Products).
July 1, 2002... Highly-damped vinyl Isodamp C-1000 series thermoplastics provide vibration isolation, shock protection and noise control for a variety of medical device applications. Standard and custom-molded isolators, such as grommets, bushings and...

Capillary tubing. (Medical Products).
July 1, 2002... This company's precision bore glass capabilities include high-volume production of round borosilicate capillary tubing. Capillaries can be produced in varying lengths, with or without microfilament. Multi-bore tube configurations up to 7 bores...

Compact linear actuator. (Medical Products).
July 1, 2002... Designed for applications that include medical pumps, the MaxJac line of compact actuators delivers variable speed control for thrust applications. Various features suit them for throttle control, fine lift adjustments and valve actuation. The...

Plastic medical packaging. (Medical Products).
July 1, 2002... Designed to be weather- and impact protective, this company's line of durable, recyclable polyethylene and polypropylene packaging products can he customized for specific requirements. Detailed consultation is available for packaging materials...

Progressive scan camera. (Medical Products).
July 1, 2002... Designed for use in medical imaging and other vision systems, the CV-M77 one chip 1/3-in. RGB-output color CCD camera provides approximately 2.5 times higher pixel resolution than the company's previous model. An RS-232C communication protocol,...

Large connectors. (Medical Products).
July 1, 2002... Designed for use with 3/8-and 1/4-in. dia. tubing, these larger connectors are suited for high flow medical applications. The barb design has no parting line on critical sealing surfaces and the configurations include tees, elbows and...

Miniature step motors. (Medical Products).
July 1, 2002... The Portescap P110 series features a 2-phase, 24-step motor that is 16 mm in dia. and 19 mm long with a holding torque rating of 7 mNm. Disc-magnet technology creates very low rotor inertia of only 0.4 x [10.sup.-7] kg-[m.sup.2] resulting in...

Multilayered flexible tubing. (Medical Products).
July 1, 2002... Designed as an alternative to PVC tubing, non-yellowing BioPath flexible tubing is coextruded using polyurethane and Ecdel elastomer. The thin external layer of Ecdel provides a tough, chemically inert and clear polymer layer that is solvent...

Medical TPEs. (Medical Products).
July 1, 2002... Designed for medical applications requiring a PVC-free or latex-free alternative, this line of TPEs is available with high clarity, temperature resistance, tensile- and tear-strengths. Extrusion grades 223-007 and 223-008 offer PVC-like...

Inert tubing. (Medical Products).
July 1, 2002... Combining extreme chemical resistance with flexible tubing, formulation SE-200 Tygon tubing contains an inert FEP liner, which allows its use with aggressive chemicals. The crystal clear Tygon jacket suits the tubing for applications where...

Fiber-optic illuminator. (Medical Products).
July 1, 2002... Offering 400% increase in lamp life over conventional halogen fiber-optic illuminators, the Mile Luce Model 1000 illuminator provides 1000+ hours of shadow-free, glare-free cool illumination without significant loss of light output. A...

Compact medical cable. (Medical Products).
July 1, 2002... Designed for use in ultrasound cable assemblies, Comfort Cable alleviates pain and discomfort reported by sonographers while handling transducers during exams. The cable features 40 or 42 AWG true coaxes in 112 to 208 count configurations, with...

Power entry module. (Medical Products).
July 1, 2002... The EF series has expanded its high power range of power entry modules to include an AC inlet and circuit breaker, UL rated up to 20A at 250V. The circuit breaker provides manual reset of the circuit and status indication depending on the I/O...

Digital servo drives. (Medical Products).
July 1, 2002... Suitable for use in medical robotic equipment, DigiFlex CANopen servo drives allow the user to connect 110 modules, sensors, and motion control devices on a single network. DSP technology is used to close digital current, velocity and position...