Non-Silver Technology for PP, ABS, and PC Resins Could Help Resist Microbes
Evermoin technology from Lotte Advanced Materials offers a new means of protecting against pathogens and fungi.
Plastics Joining—Do You Know Your Options?
Take a process-neutral approach to solving plastics joining problems.
Fixating on PEEK: The Implant Advantage
t’s difficult to talk about spinal devices today without mentioning the popularity of polyetheretherketone, the thermoplastic more commonly known as PEEK. It was originally …
Smooth or Textured: A Lesson in Biocompatibility
Tissue response to an implanted device can be influenced by many factors.
Purified Fat Could Be an Alternative to Breast Implants
Solana Beach, CA-based Puregraft has developed a technology that would use a person’s own fat for breast augmentation or restructuring.
Smooth or Textured: A Lesson in Biocompatibility
Tissue response to an implanted device can be influenced by many factors.
It’s Time for New Medtech Materials—Could Academia Help?
A specialist in implantable structures offers ideas on how to drive new materials development.
New Thinking Informs Soft-Material 3D Printing
As 3D printing evolves, researchers have gone beyond mere fabrication processes to developing techniques for optimizing how particular materials can be printed. To that end, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering have developed a new approach to optimizing the 3D printing of soft materials. This approach combines expert judgment with an algorithm designed to search parameter combinations relevant for 3D printing, they said.
Adhesives: Enabling the Future of Wearable Medical Devices
Adhesives must continue to push the boundaries of what’s expected and thought to be possible to keep momentum in the wearable medical device market and to provide
ePTFE for the Cardiovascular Device Industry
For over 35 years, expanded PolyTetraFluoroEthylene (ePTFE) has been a mainstay of the cardiovascular device industry.
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