Manufacturing
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2023.03.27
Common Paratubing Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
Also known as peel-apart tubing, paratubing entails a set of tubes bonded to remain bundled together until device assembly, patient care, or other pre-determined point of separation.
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2023.03.24
Could this 3D printing method create bone-like ortho implants?
Researchers in Switzerland have developed an ink that could potentially 3D print virtually any shape and gradually mineralize in a few days.
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2023.03.14
Sourcing Silicone Parts: Injection Mold or 3D Print?
Medical device manufacturers have plenty of materials to choose from when designing parts, but one of the most popular and widely used is liquid silicone rubber (LSR), more commonly and somewhat inaccurately referred to as silicone.
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2023.02.17
How Top Trends in Cleaning are Impacting Medical Device Design
Ongoing advances in medical device design are meeting patients’ demands for more portable and wearable technology. Bulky external health devices, like ECG monitors, spinal stimulators, and insulin pumps, are now slim and discrete. The patient benefits of these advances can be life-changing with improved physical comfort and mental well-being. However, for manufacturers, it is a challenge to design and build these new miniaturized complex devices.
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2023.02.15
9 Challenges Facing Device Manufacturers & How to Minimize Them
To optimize the product change workflow, it’s essential for these various functions to integrate their actions. This integration allows them to implement a rugged solution to overcome the challenges and move the product modifications forward to allow global distribution and importation of the finished manufactured product.
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2023.01.11
4 Ways to Use Injection Molding in Medical Device Manufacturing
Manufacturing medical devices is one of the most critical processes in the global economy.
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2022.12.12
‘Smart’ Bandage Monitors and Accelerates Wound Healing
A wireless “smart” bandage that combines advanced electronics with an engineered hydrogel shows promise in accelerating tissue repair by simultaneously monitoring the healing process and treating the wound……
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2022.11.22
Could minimally invasive neuromod tackle the opioid epidemic?
Officials at Spark Biomedical and AcuityMD think their partnership could accelerate the commercialization of Spark’s potentially game-changing platform……
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2022.10.26
Surface Mount Technology for PCB Assembly Use Case and SMT in Healthcare Systems
SMT assembly eases the constraints of the board space…….
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2022.10.17
Medical Device Coatings: 10 Things to Consider
When disposable medical equipment manufacturers design precision mechanical devices, friction between moving parts can be difficult to manage……
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