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. 

Incorporating User Needs into Medtech Design
User-centered design is not a new concept for medical devices, but it can be a challenging one. Designers need to consider a wide range of end-user skills, a variety of use environments, and all the associated risks. In this ebook, MD+DI has gathered advice from design experts on building human factors and

Cubis® II Balances - Pharma Compliant by Design
Sartorius’s Cubis® II is designed to follow US FDA data integrity principles that require data to be accurate, legible, contemporaneous, original, and attributable (ALCOA). The Cubis® II balance, with pharma package, contains all the technical controls to support compliance with common regulations. Full co

Optimizing Usability in Augmented Reality Medical Devices
Augmented Reality (AR) is fast becoming the future in the medical and healthcare world as intraoperative patient data continues to flood physicians’ clinical decision making. It has been said that AR has the potential to revolutionize how physicians access, view, and analyze data while caring for patients, wh

The Value of ISO 13485 in a Design Centric, Medical Product Development Firm
This article explores the value that ISO 13485 Certification brings to both the medical design and development firms that maintain certification and to the clients that benefit from them. Common misconceptions about a Certified QMS include that it adds expense to the project and that it is

Eliminating Adhesives in Medical Tubing Assemblies
EJ BioMed, an Eldon James Company, released information on the successful testing and application of PVC FREE tubing and fittings that do not require adhesives. Working alongside their supplier, Teknor Apex, the assemblies were tested for pull-off force, flow test, and leak test. The EJ BioMed fittings c

Eldon James shelf-life determination for products produced with Flint Hills Resources 13R9A polypropylene random copolymer and tubing produced with FX polymer.
DENVER, COLORADO  – August 12, 2016 – Eldon James Corporation – a leading, U.S. based manufacturer of plastic tubing and fittings – announced the successful results of accelerated aging test results for their polypropylene fittings and FX polymer tubing.

Rapid Sterility Testing: A New Solution for Short Shelf Life Products
All drug products undergo sterility testing to comply with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). Parenteral drug products go through especially rigorous testing to ensure sterility and safety, otherwise risking contamination, which can lead to expensive reputation-damaging recalls and illness. Until recently

Developing Cost Effect Refurbishment/Remanufacturing Solutions to Extend the Life of Legacy Products
While the wealthier nations of the world want the latest technology in their medical products and have the budgets to pay for it, developing nations are often happier with the price points of older technology, provided it has been refurbished and meets appropriate quality standards. In a perfect world, thi

Is Made in Seychelles a Solution for Lowest Cost Entry into African Markets?
While medical technology can make a big difference in the overall health of developing nations, these nations have the smallest budgets for that technology. Medical device manufacturers often address this with lower cost, more basic product versions manufactured through contract manufacturers or joint ven

Production Inefficiency: Can A Specialized Medical Contract Manufacturer Be a Solution?
Most sourcing teams and many production managers have run into a common issue: manufacturing projects whose lower volumes, near end-of-life status or specialized manufacturing processes make them outliers in the overall sourcing or manufacturing strategy. When forced on contract manufacturers as part of ov

Five Areas to Audit when Utilizing a Low Cost Medical Contract Manufacturer
Medical device manufacturers face a significant challenge in the market-driven need to reduce cost without sacrificing quality. This has driven sourcing teams to seek suppliers in lower cost labor regions. The lowest cost regions may lack suppliers with quality systems, procedures and production infrastruc

Safety in medical electrical equipment starts with the power input
Electrical equipment used in medical technology must not place patients or medical staff in danger. This, in turn, requires that designing safe equipment starts at the point where the power is supplied. Power connectors and power entry modules with or without a power-line filter must fulfill the requiremen

Medtech Mergers & Acquisitions of 2019
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) continued to change the landscape in the medical device and diagnostics industry in 2019. See which companies were bought, sold, or spun-off last year with our comprehensive list of 2019 medtech M&As. Information in the report includes the following: Buyers

Self-Monitoring
As Demand for Self-Monitoring Devices Surges Custom Converters Need Release Liner Experts

What Causes Wrinkles in Heat-Sealed Pouches?
Wrinkles in the seal area can cause a package to be rejected. Let's look at somethings that can be done to avoid packaging failures.

Is Heatsealing Art or Science?
The evolution of heat sealing perfection from hot bars, to impulse to VRC TOSS Technology. Today's heat sealers provide much more than just sealing the pouches.  Advanced security, information downloading, recipe storage, easy validation.....  

The Real Story About Controlled Impulse Heat Sealing of Polymeric Materials
Toss VRC Technology is an improved method of impulse heat sealing that overcomes the limitations of simplistic convention methods. It brings advantages to the fabrication and packaging requirements of the Medical/Pharmaceutical/Healthcare and Biotech Industries. Advantages that are not available with oth

Avoid Pouch Sealing Disasters - The 9-Steps to Heat Sealing Perfection
Step 1 Heat Sealing Configuration. Determine what is expected from the seal. What does one expect from a heat seal? Wide, narrow, shaped, or just seal or seal and cut? Before a satisfactory sealing system can be designed it is necessary to decide what seal configuration is desired. Step 2 Heatseal Ban

Less is More: How Lean Processes can Bolster Profits and Sustainability
Medical device manufacturers are just like every other business regarding their desire to maximize profits and sustainability by reducing waste and losses. However, unlike most businesses, medical device manufacturers don’t use specific, proven methodologies to achieve these goals.

Going (Well) Beyond Product Safety Standards
Medical manufacturer GCX outlines safety tests that every hospital or medical device manufacturer should conduct before a solution is put into production.

How to Select a DC Motor: Coreless and Iron Core Brushed DC Motors
Considering a coreless DC motor for your next application? Can’t decide between brush and brushless? Despite their simplicity, selecting a small DC motor for an application can still be a daunting task. There are many other variables to take into account including dimensions, load, duty cycle, etc. This white

Calculations & Formulas for Brush DC Motors
When selecting a brush DC motor for an application or developing a powered prototype, there are several basic motor physics principles which must be considered to produce a safe, well-functioning, sufficiently-powered precision drive system. This guide includes important methods, formulas & calculation detail

Top 100 Medical Device Companies of 2019
See which companies lead the pack in the medtech industry with our free 2019 ranking of the top 100 public medical device and diagnostics companies by sales. Information in the report includes the following: Company name Exchange ticker Exchange 2019 revenue

Surgical Robotics: The Market Landscape Today and Tomorrow
Robotic surgery has been a reality since Intuitive Surgical came to market in 2000, but recent innovations are transforming the landscape significantly. Both startups and traditional medical device companies have introduced robotic approaches for a range of surgical procedures, while Intuitive has already

Motor Type Selection
Parameters that define a motor type are the mechanical output power, the shaft bearing system, the commutation systemused, and the possible combinations with gearheads and sensors. The most important criteria include the speed andtorque requirements, and the commutation system.

High Efficiency Motors
To understand the concept of high efficiency motors, you must first know how to calculate efficiency and the losses associated with the motor components themselves.

Simulation of Radiation Sterilization: Choosing the Best Packing Configuration
For cost reduction, it is beneficial to choose a packing configuration that allows for the highest throughput. Typically, the ideal arrangement is found through experimental trial-and-error. In addition to being expensive and time-consuming, such an approach might miss the packing configuration that finds the

Simulation of Radiation Sterilization: Guiding Product Design
In a typical product design process, testing to ensure that the sterilization regulations are met is only performed after the product has been fully designed, built, tested, and readied for mass production. There is an inherent risk to this approach: a great deal of effort and resources have been invested in

Simulation of Radiation Sterilization: Selection and Optimization of the Right Source
When using radiation sterilization, medical device and pharmaceutical companies are faced with the choiceof gamma, electron-beam, or x-ray sources. But which one to choose? While it may be tempting to go withthe familiar option, each of these techniques has its own benefits that might make it the ideal choice