Improving Prosthetic Design
The demand for prosthesis is increasing, and medical companies are seeking ways to design more complex, personalized prosthetics. New technology, materials and manufacturing processes enable the development of medical devices that are more affordable, comfortable and faster to product. Learn more about how

Key Trends Shaping the Medical Devices and Supplies Industry in 2022
After a turbulent and unprecedented two years, what can manufacturers and distributors of medical devices and supplies expect in the current climate? This Insight Report discusses five challenges facing the medical devices and supplies manufacturers and how to overcome them. You’ll get an industry snapshot

NexTec Group Customer Story: InBios International streamlines compliance and improves inventory management with Acumatica Cloud ERP
INBIOS INTERNATIONAL has been on the forefront of infectious disease diagnostic research since 1998. The company was one of the first to market with a Zika diagnostic test and recently developed two COVID-19 tests that have received emergency use authorization from the FDA.

Developing & Validating a Molding Cell for Medical Products
Today’s injection mold manufacturers are much more than ‘just mold makers.’ As medical OEMs become more and more dependent upon their supply chain to go the extra mile in engineering and developing new products and the molds that produce these devices and disposables, mold manufacturers must increase their

Supply Chain Resilience in Medical Manufacturing
The resiliency of scope and scale when overseeing the supply chain in medical manufacturing

How the Internet of Medical Things is Changing the Medtech Landscape
This free report, authored by market analyst firm Omdia, will help medical device industry professionals navigate the new digital healthcare landscape. It covers key trends, developments, and technologies shaping the industry, changing the way healthcare will be practiced and delivered – and how the push f

Holistic Platform Speeds Medical Device Development
There’s no room for error or waste in today’s medical device product development cycle. Designers and manufacturers face increasing electronic and mechanical complications as they meet the need for personalization. This free e-book, “Transforming medical device design with NX,” shows how a holistic softwar

Contract Manufacturing Basics: Benefits, Challenges and Best Practices
Contract manufacturing can deliver significant benefits to a medical product commercialization strategy. However, there are variations in contract manufacturing business models and that can impact the value a contract manufacturer is able to provide. In this whitepaper, Forefront Medical Technology, a ver

Relationship Advice for Manufacturers
How to Tell When Your Contract Manufacturer is “The One”

Sustainable Teamwork
Design and Manufacturing Partnerships for a Circular Economy

MEMS and Manufacturing
How Tiny Microelectromechanical Systems are Sparking Innovations in a Big Way

The Circular Economy
What it is and Why Manufacturers Should Care

Ultra-High Accuracy, Precision, and Resolution in Micro 3D Printed Parts for Medical Devices
Breakthrough for miniaturized medical device components Prototypes and production parts have been difficult to make using 3D printing when miniaturization is a critical factor – until now. This white paper presents breakthrough results for micro-precision 3D printing with ultra-high accu

Case Study: Micro 3D Printing for a New Disposable Medical Device
This report, “Micro 3D printing for Disposable Medical Devices,” explains how designers and engineers at RNDR Medical developed a novel, single-use scope for endourology that will soon be launched. The device provides direct visualization and navigation to enable diagnosis and treatment of disorders in the ur

Clinical Study using Marvelous Stopcock
Elcam creates products to minimize infection as noted in the paper by Randy Loftus, MD, et. al, published in the November 2012 issue of Anesthesia and Analgesia using the Ultraport

SafeT™ Stopcocks Lipid Compatibility
The need for a more reliable stopcock increases in an ever-advancing industry objective towards a safer and efficient care-giving environment. Addressing lipid-induced cracking is one way to reach this objective. Lipid induced cracks and leakages are considered under-reported adverse events or mistakenly attr

Marvelous Stopcock clinical evidence

Improving Injection Molding Processability Using Transparent Medical ABS Resin
This White Paper presents processing and injection molding details for TOYOLAC® ABS transparent medical resin providing significant cost-advantages when injection molding TOYOLAC® due to lower operating temperatures and lower pressure requirements compared to polycarbonate.

Toray TOYOLAC MEDICAL TRANSPARENT ABS 909 MG1 White Paper
The Effects Of Electron Beam And Gamma Sterilization On Transparent Resin Used In Medical Devices

Toray RAYTELA™ Plastic Optical Fiber White Paper
RAYTELA™ Plastic Optical Fiber Is Ideal For Minimally Invasive Surgery

Engineering Fundamentals Metal 3D Printed Surface Finish
An Introduction to Surface Finish

Intelligent Layering Patented Metal 3D Printing Technology for High Volume Production
3DEO uses Intelligent Layering®, a patented “bind and sinter” technology. Competing with traditional processes, it was designed specifically to tackle the challenges of cost and low throughput typically associated with metal additive manufacturing.

The Economics of Metal Injection Molding Versus Metal 3D Printing
3DEO is a high-volume production supplier of precision stainless steel components, made with our patented metal 3D printing technology. With no molds, tooling, or lengthy setup times, 3DEO delivers production parts in weeks, not months.

Why Metal 3D Printing is Ideal for Surgical Device Components
This white paper explores how and when metal 3D printing is the ideal fabrication method for surgical device production, including distal device components and end effectors, robotics elements, and components for next-generation endoscopes. You will learn about the potential with additive manufacturing–even i

Testing and certification of consumer-grade wearable devices and body-worn medical devices
Manufacturers that produce smart wearables continue to strive for clinical validation and regulatory approval of their technology for use in detecting health conditions.

Healthcare robotics and automation
Robotics manufacturers need to be fully aware of how their designs, materials, and software could impact their ability to meet relevant standards, such as the IEC 60601 family of medical standards, when the product is considered a medical device.

Medtech Salary Survey 2022
With the unemployment rate nearing rock bottom and job vacancies soaring, employers today are scrambling to attract and keep workers. Given this environment, there's never been a better time for employees—including those working in the medical device and diagnostics industry—to re-evaluate what they want o

Dark Marking with Picosecond Lasers
Ultrashort pulse lasers create high contrast dark or black marks that are resistant to passivation, corrosion, and autoclaving and that meet federally regulated UDI standards for medical devices. 

Laser Stripping for Medical and Electronics Industry
Automated laser processes increase production efficiency, process control, and product innovation

Medical Device Security: Achieving Regulatory Approval
Regulators around the world are taking a larger and larger role in requiring and verifying that devices are as secure as possible both before and after release. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published guidance that outlines requirements for medical devices that mandate a num