Manufacturing
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2023.06.30
Will the Future of Pharmaceutical Packaging be Like a Star Wars Film?
Robots are a given for packaging lines. But what about the viability of the cloud and Industry 4.0? One scenario will ensure packaging production will continue when problems crop up.
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2023.06.27
Enhancing Patient Care: The Significance of Human Factors in Medical Device Design
Human factors and assessments in medical devices are becoming increasingly important to health systems and health services researchers. The evolving priorities within healthcare truly underscore the importance of practitioners gaining access to key contextual information to facilitate a more holistic view of the system.
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2023.06.19
How to Eliminate PCB Static in Medical Electronics
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is one problem that can severely affect electronic medical devices causing malfunctions and damage to the microelectronic components. An estimated one-third of PCB failures are attributed to ESD. Without controls and effective processes to eliminate electrostatic discharge in medical devices, it can cause serious hazards to human safety.
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2023.06.13
How Human Factors Engineering Can Contribute to Medical Device Packaging
Even though packaging for medical devices occurs when manufacturing is complete, planning for packaging must be applied at the very beginning of the product design and carried on throughout the development process.
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2023.06.12
Pain Points When Maintaining a Cleanroom
Since publishing the original article, a few additional pain points to maintaining a cleanroom have been pinpointed, such as stringent protocol compliance, cost of maintenance, and environmental factors.
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2023.05.23
Practical Strategies for Digitization and Integration in Medtech Manufacturing
Data science continues to evolve to support increasing demands for predictive insights and dynamic systems. The innovation in this field is welcomed and is changing all industry sectors, including medtech manufacturing.
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2023.05.17
Flexible Films for Medical Devices and Packaging—A Medtech Makers Q&A
Packaging for medical devices must accomplish a number of tasks. First, it must protect the device within from damage during transportation to the end user.
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2023.04.06
How Does Proactive Equipment Maintenance Improve Medical Product Quality?
we explore how proactive equipment maintenance enables your facility to produce medical products that meet the highest standards, reduces downtime, enhances safety, and increases your equipment’s lifespan.
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2023.04.04
Consider Phase Zero: The Importance of DFX to Meet Deadlines, Deliverables
In the medical device industry, there are huge pressures and incentives to file FDA 510(k) or PMA submissions to gain approval for market entry.
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2023.03.31
Designing for Manufacturing: 5 Common Startup Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)
Your medical device may be novel, easy to use, even groundbreaking. But it won’t have the chance to be any of those things to real users – and earn real revenue – if you can’t manufacture it rapidly, efficiently, and consistently.
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