Porous Titianium Plasma: A New Generation of Porous Titanium Coating on Metallic Substrate for Medical Devices
This study reports the experimental characterization of the topography, microstructure and mechanical strength of the TPS - Porous coating. These results provide quantitative guides for new designs of orthopedic implants, for which such coating may be used to enhance the long-term anchorage of the implants to

Four Strategies for Mitigating Supply Chain Disruption
In a perfect world, component suppliers increase production as demand increases. In the real world, component supply and demand is a delicate equation that can become imbalanced for a number of reasons. In 2020, COVID-19 driven supply chain disruption was balanced by reductions in demand as global shutdow

Key Considerations for Selecting a Medical Pump
When it comes to selecting a pump for medical use, there is a lot to consider beyond pressure and flow rate requirements. This whitepaper explains critical factors that medical device designers must consider to ensure that the correct pump is chosen for every application.

Maximizing Employee Potential to Create a Lean, Quality-Focused Culture
A key concept of Lean manufacturing philosophy is differentiating between value-added and non value-added activity. Within that category is the concept of necessary non value-added activity or activities that are necessary, but don’t add value to the products being built. Supervision is considered a neces

Creating a Culture Focused on Cost Reduction: Burton Industries’ Approach
There is no question that supply chain costs are increasing across the board in 2021. That said, electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers who focus on working smarter can help balance out those increases. The team at Burton Industries has always had a culture focused on finding ways to reduce co

3D Printing & Injection Molding: Same Team, Different Roles
These complementary processes can be adapted to serve countless prototyping and full-production demands, boosting medtechs’ bottom lines and speeding time to market.

3D Printing & Injection Molding: A Cost Comparison Analysis
When determining which technique to use at different points in the product development process, a cost comparison analysis can be helpful to provide a sense of when to start thinking about 3D Printing or Injection Molding for your prototypes or production run.

Case Study - New Material Formulation for Point-of-Care Diagnostics
Rapid response to urgent COVID-19 patient needs with a seal that meets strict chemical and mechanical requirements.

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

Mitigating Design Risks - Considerations for Medical Device Development and Manufacture
Medical original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are at the forefront of the global effort to empower consumers and their physicians to be more proactive in diagnosing the risk or onset of chronic disease to improve treatment outcomes and lower costs. This effort represents nothing less than the transformation

HENIAPORE™-K VPS-TITANIUM COATING ON PEEK SUBSTRATE FOR MEDICAL DEVICES
Porous titanium coatings onto polymers are of great interest to medical industries. A vacuum plasma spray (VPS) process has been developed to coat PEEK with a micro porous biomimetic titanium coating. This study reports the experimental characterization of the topography and microstructure and of the mechanic

Coating Technologies Review: How Orthopedic Implants Get Coated
Orchid Orthopedic Solutions focuses on both bone on-growth coatings and bone in-growth coatings with expertise in sintered coatings, spherical, asymmetric and porous foam used in on-growth coatings. In-growth coatings are usually done with plasma spray, using titanium hydroxyapatite, or titanium on PEEK (poly

Case Study - Medical Device Sealing Solutions
What Designers and Manufacturers Need To Know, Avoid And Consider When Planning Seals In A Device

The Complete Guide to Plastic Injection Molding
Plastic injection molding is a manufacturing process to produce plastic components or devices ranging from hundreds to millions of parts at a time.  The guide provides information, resources, and tools to understand the elements of injection molding so you can move from the design phase to a full pro

The Goldilocks Problem - Cell Selection for Emerging Applications
When designing a battery pack for a new device, a common question that engineers may find themselves asking is "Which is the best cell to use for my application?" When choosing the cell for a battery, an engineer must decide what variables are most important to the final application of the battery and mu

Navigating Materials Constraints: Burton Industries’ Formula for Minimizing Supply Chain-Related Disruptions
What is significant about the 2021 is the number of constraint drivers likely to be present during the year. Pent-up consumer demand is driving spikes in products across multiple sectors that were in short supply in 2020 due to the pandemic. The automotive sector is seeing both pent-up demand across all mo

Automation: The Future of Medical Device Manufacturing
In a perfect world, medical devices would be manufactured in a process with zero errors. Today, customers’ expectations for zero defects are higher than they have ever been and medical device manufacturers are looking for error-reducing solutions. Automation offers great promise. While automation is frequentl

Keys to Successful Design for Manufacturability
A product’s manufacturability is influenced by the materials used, requested tolerances, part geometry, process control limitations, and more. A successful DFM process considers each of these factors from the start.

Clearing the Hurdles of Medical Device Prototyping
Medical device engineers are tasked with finding straightforward solutions for complex problems that can bring medical devices to market and enrich patients’ lives. However, material costs, functionality, and turnaround times can present mid-design and prototyping impediments to final components and products.

The Criticality of Process Validation
Process validation is a critical part of medical device manufacturing, but it often doesn’t get the attention it requires. This article explains why validation is imperative in medical device manufacturing, illuminates some regulatory changes currently underway, outlines the steps of creating validation proce

Case Study: Tekni-Plex Helps Companies Commercialize Swab Sticks for COVID-19 Testing Needs
Quick turnaround for form-fill-seal material, coupled with technical support from Tekni-Plex enabled first-time swab stick manufacturers to quickly ramp up production

Precision Ball Screws for Efficient Linear Motion
For a vast array of industrial applications including milling-machine tables, robotics, medical equipment and semiconductor manufacture, ball screws deliver extremely accurate and durable linear motion solutions. They provide very high rigidity, smooth and near-silent operation, accuracy grades from C0 to C7,

Maximizing Machine Efficiency with Linear Guides
For designers and engineers of industrial machines that employ linear motion functions, achieving high load capacities, high speed positioning accuracy, and a compact form factor is the holy grail. NH/NS-series linear guides from NSK achieve these outcomes while substantially extending service intervals, espe

Compact, Accurate Motion For Medical Equipment
Nowhere is the need for smooth, precise, repeatable and reliable linear motion more critical than with medical devices and equipment. With friction-free motion, high-accuracy positioning and high operating efficiencies, the NSK Motorized Ball Screw Actuator offers considerable advantages versus conventional s

Second Evaluation of the Wear Duration of Acrylic Wearable Device Adhesives on Healthy Human Volunteers

Catalog: Adhesives for the Medical Industry
For an overview of Master Bond’s most popular medical grade epoxies, please browse this easy to read catalog organized by chemistry, key properties and curing schedules. From the prototype stage through the manufacturing process, each compound in this 20 page catalog is designed to meet specific applicatio

When To Use a Fast Cure Adhesive
To reduce assembly costs, why not consider a fast cure adhesive? But one caveat might be to question the need for speed when selecting the appropriate adhesive for an application. In this white paper, you’ll find an overview of the different types of fast cure adhesives, including one and two part epoxies,

Innovative Medical Adhesives Simplify and Improve Fastening in Medical Devices
Modern adhesives offer medical device engineers a leg up with new options to simplify fastening and improve performance as medical devices and materials continue to advance. When faced with often hostile environments of human bodies and hospitals, modern, well-designed structural medical adhesive compounds

Case Study - UV15: For Fabrication of Polymer Optical Waveguides
With its outstanding light transmission properties and optical clarity, Master Bond UV15 is widely used for a variety of bonding, coating and sealing applications in the optical, electronic and optoelectronic industries. In fact, it has been effectively used by RMIT University, the University of Texas at Aust

Epoxies Safeguard Medical Electronic Devices
The combination of increasingly complex assemblies and exacting quality requirements is compelling design engineers to be extremely diligent when selecting materials for the assembly of medical electronic devices. In this white paper, we explore various polymer chemistries and what the different families of c