Electrically Conductive Silicone in Medical Devices
Silicone rubber has many physical properties which make it an attractive material for medical applications: excellent biocompatibility, flexibility, high chemical resistance, stability over a wide temperature range, and ease of manufacturing.

A Comparison of Lubricious Materials & Additives for Extruded Medical Tubing
This paper helps medical device designers understand the lubricious material options that can be used as a tubing liner, as an alternative to hydrophilic coatings, or as a way to improve bonding to other components. We conducted testing to understand the performance of several lubricious additives compared to

Thin-Wall Polyester Heat Shrink Tubing in Medical Device Manufacturing
The demand for less-invasive medical procedures is a major driving force in the medical device industry today. Smaller and thinner is better, especially in catheters, endoscopes, and other devices inserted into the body. Designers are looking for new ways to downsize existing devices and satisfy the requir

Top 5 Applications for Ultrathin-Wall Heat Shrink Tubing in Medical Device Design & Manufacturing
Medical device engineers are always looking for new ways to make devices smaller and thinner, especially catheters, endoscopes, and other devices for minimally invasive procedures. The industry is also under pressure to build more features into devices without increasing their profile (size). Ultrathin-wall

Case Study: Parker Hannifin Brings Robotic Exoskeleton to Life with Digital Manufacturing
Design analysis paired with quick-turn molding helped motion and control tech leader accelerate development

Adhesives for Gentle Removal from Skin
A novel medical pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) and tape has been developed to reduce pain upon removal from variety of skin types. The new technology provides a solution to medical device manufacturers who require PSA tape to hold the medical device securely in place, while being able to remove it gentl

Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Life Definitions
Manufacturers have many definitions for how long you can use Pressure Sensitive Adhesive (PSA). These definitions are dependent on the manufacturer; there are no industry standards. First, we will look at the definitions and science behind PSAs and then define use, life and expiration.

Company Profile
Innovize offers custom development and manufacturing solutions – including converting, contract manufacturing and packaging – for components or finished medical devices.

Repairing the Heart Without Opening the Body
Richard Gribbons, Global Business Unit Manager for Structural Heart & EP at Creganna Medical; and Maura Leahy, Marketing Manager at Creganna Medical, discuss recent advancements in heart surgery and how we can repair the heart without opening the body. 

Successful Medical Device Cleaning Validations: What You Need to Know
Validating cleaning instructions for a tray of reusable orthopedic devices is an important milestone on the path to obtaining FDA clearance for those devices. Although the process of validation can seem daunting at first, medical device manufacturers seeking to successfully navigate this process can do so

Single Use & Newly Manufactured Device Cleaning Validations
Performing a cleaning validation during the initial phase of a device’s lifecycle aids manufacturers in complying with current good manufacturing practices (CGMP) and quality system (QS) regulation as set forth by FDA for medical device manufacturers. The data gathered during cleaning validations helps manufa

Comparing Prototype Techniques
Prototyping can improve the product development life cycle. Designers must understand different prototyping methods for mechanical and industrial design. 

How Chemical Characterization Can Supplement & Support Biocompatibility Testing
Download this whitepaper to examine the various ways in which chemical characterization can augment and refine the biocompatibility testing process. Using analytical chemistry and data from the compound libraries to assess the finished device can yield more specific data about these extractable com

AMT Pte Ltd
AMT Pte Ltd is a Contract Manufacturer that offer turnkey solutions for the MedTech industry. With more than 27 years of experience, we offer services from concept to manufacturing through our three business units namely AMTMIM, AMT3D and AMTMedical. We are ISO 9001, 13485 and 11135 certified and adhere to t

Catheter Transfer Case Study
Cardiac catheters are used for both diagnostic and interventional purposes. During diagnostic procedures, catheters monitor blood flow and pressure within the heart, as well as provide a conduit to deliver radiopaque media that enables visualization of vascular system.

Get a Grip! An Introduction to Hose Barbs
Fittings with hose barbs offer a simple, dependable and inexpensive means for terminating tubing or hoses. Hose barb fittings may have one barb or several barbs (see figures below). Barbs may be spaced evenly or with extra space behind, between or in front of each barb. The fitting itself may be constructed o

What you need to know before selecting high tech adhesives
Discussion of the proper selection process to determine the most appropriate adhesive.

Sensor Solutions for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Haptic Feedback or Haptics refers to sensing and manipulation throughtouch. Such tactile technology adds an edge to the use of the medical capital equipment, allowing the surgeon to get a great feel of the end effector of the instruments inside the body. Utilizing a load cell and torque sensor based solu

How to Select Illumination (Lighting) Systems for Stereo Microscopes
Free whitepaper focusing on how to choose illumination systems that produce the best imaging results. The illumination used for microscopic observation has a very important effect on the final image quality. Choosing the illumination to achieve the best results depends upon the type of sample and i

Micro Molding with Bioabsorbables
Not Your Average Thermoplastics

Design for manufacturing breakthroughs: Producing Innovative Micro Medical Devices
Everyone wants to be innovative, to find the next big idea in their field. Innovation doesn’t strike like a lightning bolt out of the blue. It takes collaboration and a deliberate search process.

How To Avoid the Top 8 Micro Design Mistakes
Recommendations for creating successful design from start.

http://isomicro.com/whitepaper/
Micro-sized components are often the key enabling elements of Class II or Class III medical devices and drug delivery devices, and because of their size, they often require micron-level tolerances. With 30 years’ experience in micro injection molding, Donna Bibber of Isometric Micro Molding has developed a be

Features, Benefits and Applications of ecoGenesis RF Welding Technology
This Paper: Presents an overview of ecoGenesis, Genesis Plastics Welding’s proprietary RF technology, including capabilities and applications Offers third-party validation of the technology Offfers third-party identification and support for end-use applications across many

Large & Thin Dies
New die sorting techniques target large, low-thickness die in microelectronics assembly

Challenges of Wire Bonding White Paper

Why Your Medical Microelectronics Development Partner Needs Both Particulate - and Microbial-Controlled Clean Rooms
Microelectronics technology is increasingly ubiquitous, even within the human body, as medical researchers develop new approaches to monitoring and treating a growing array of illnesses and injuries. A variety of implantable medical devices are now used routinely, ranging from

Advanced Metrology Solutions Offer Advantages to Medical Manufacturers
Know Your Options When Selecting a Metrology System to QC Medical parts

Three Things Medical Device Designers Need to Know About UVC LEDs
Though relatively new compared to other UVC technologies, UVC LEDs offer medical equipment designers an exciting new way to develop hand-held or portable disinfection devices to combat HAIs in a wide range of healthcare applications. Importantly, the design and operating flexibility of UVC LEDs means that the

Disinfecting Microbes with Crystal IS Klaran UVC LEDs
Established data-based evidence about Klaran’s performance for disinfection determined by Pathogen testing on various microbes.