Medical Equipment Designer articles from May 2002

Medical Equipment Designer archives from May 2002

Bending over backwards: tactile sensor arrays conform to curved body surfaces. (Editor's Choice).
May 1, 2002... Tactile sensor arrays conform to curved body surfaces The T-2000 tactile sensor system employs an array of pressure sensors in a flexible format to quantify tactual forces. The material conforms to complex shapes, such as hands and feet,...

Cool catheter: Device developed to control induced hypothermia precisely. (Application Ideas).
May 1, 2002... Neurosurgeons often use induced hypothermia to reduce tissue and organ damage during periods of ischemia (e.g. acute stroke and heart attack). conventional methods for cooling the body use cooling blankets and other exodermic treatments. These...

Dentistry takes wing: aerospace technology good for the teeth.
May 1, 2002... Anyone who has had orthodontia, or even reconstructive oral surgery, has fond memories of entire series of X-rays and the sensation of dental molding compound congealing around clenched teeth, which only results in an inexact anatomic capture...

Capless valve. (Medical Products).
May 1, 2002... The Ultrasite positive displacement IV system features a needle-free design for intermittent injection, aspiration or infusion of fluids. The device is a normally closed valve with female and male Luer lock connections. When accessed by any...

Air filter media. (Medical Products).
May 1, 2002... These medical equipment air filters feature the black Quadrafoam media, providing designers with additional dirt contrast potential. The black Quadrafoam media allows manufacturers to specify neutral-colored air filters to blend with packaging...

RFID system. (Medical Products).
May 1, 2002... This coil-on-chip REID system is an economical contactless solution for any non-metallic medical, pharmaceutical, security and other ID applications. The device consists of an IC chip and/or a chip card with reader/writer. User memory is 108...

In-line check valve. (Medical Products).
May 1, 2002... The non-metallic, self-sealing Bio-Chek inline check valves feature an inlet flow path. The zero-maintenance check valves stop backflow in high-purity, low-pressure fluid transfer applications. Unlike spring-actuated check valves that can...

Specialty tubing. (Medical Products).
May 1, 2002... For medical, chromatographic, analytic and laboratory instrumentation, high quality stainless steel tubing maintains purity of chemical processes and tests. It can significantly reduce costs by minimizing contaminants, thereby improving yields,...

Silicon nitride balls. (Medical Products).
May 1, 2002... This family of balls is suited for high-precision medical and test applications. When compared to steel balls, silicon nitride provides a 40% reduction in weight, up to twice the material hardness for tight tolerances with a 70% lower...

Wireless/contact heart rate monitor. (Medical Products).
May 1, 2002... The PolarCHR unit can read both contact and wireless signals. Proprietary algorithms enable the unit to obtain heart rate signals from a wide range of users, typically in under 10 seconds. The board is compact for easy OEM integration, and it...

Photodiode arrays. (Medical Products).
May 1, 2002... Designed for X-ray and scanning applications, such as spectroscopy and general medical, the EPA-4400 series of highly-sensitive arrays consists of 8-, 16- or 32-element photodiode scintillator arrays. Features include high sensitivity (400-1080...

Angioplasty balloons. (Medical Products).
May 1, 2002... This plastics company offers custom and stock angioplasty balloons made out of PET, urethane and other materials. Over thirty stock sizes and shapes are available, ranging from 0.5 to 50mm dia. with wall thickness as thin as 6 microns and high...

Data acquisition. (Medical Products).
May 1, 2002... The Dash 18 Open Software platform is an 18-channel portable data acquisition system that allows 3rd party software programs to control data acquisition and analysis functions. Suited for test cells, the system provides a library of .DLLs that...

Silicone brochure. (Medical Products).
May 1, 2002... This company's silicone molding, extrusion and assembly capabilities include transfer, insert and LIM extruded tubing, with IDs from 0.006- to 1.5in. and up to 25 lumens or more. Components are assembled in a HEPA filtered environment....

Diaphragm pumps. (Medical Products).
May 1, 2002... Designed for applications that require high metering accuracy and repeatability, Hygienic Diaphragm pumps feature a wide turn-down range and gentle handling of shear-sensitive fluids. They are hermetically tight, have no moving shafts or...

Medical steel. (Medical Products).
May 1, 2002... Designed for use in orthopedic implants, high-purity and corrosion-resistant Biolin High-N (high nitrogen) stainless steel meets or exceeds international specifications for micro-cleanliness and other properties. Traditional hot-forged steel...

Injection molding. (Medical Products).
May 1, 2002... This company's molding capabilities include designing and building high-precision custom production molds, unit molds, rapid tooling and prototypes for both injection and injection blow-molded processes. Its unidirectional laminal flow layout,...

ELCOM ST brushless DC servo motors. (OEM Designer's Literature Digest).
May 1, 2002... Pittman brand ELCOM ST slotted brushless DC motors have internal Hall sensor feedback for linear speed-torque characteristics, high starting torque and variable speed control with appropriate drive electronics. These motors were designed for...

PEM R'ANGLE right angle clinch fastener. (OEM Designer's Literature Digest).
May 1, 2002... The new self-cleaning PEM[R] R'ANGLE[R] fastener provides you with a strong right angle attachment point in aluminum or steel sheets as thin as .040"/1 mm. Now you can securely attach another sheet or component perpendicular to the section in...

Cable interconnect. (Medical Products).
May 1, 2002... Designed for critical situations, this Medical Information Bus (MIB) interconnect cable device has a flame-retardant jacket that meets IEEE 1073.4.1 standards and provides clear, reliable signal transmission. The cable consists of six...

Inert isolation valve. (Medical Products).
May 1, 2002... Designed to meet the needs of bioanalytical instrumentation applications, the Oligo series valve contains inert materials. The perfluoroelastomer diaphragm provides reliability over 10 million cycles. Initial models include a standard 2way NC...