HCR Versatility Helps Manufacturers Shape Medical Devices
Typically used to fabricate various components, such as tubing, balloons, sheeting, and molded parts, HCRs consist of a high molecular weight siloxane polymer combined with silica to produce a silicone that has a claylike consistency in its uncured form.
Philips Recalls MRI System Due to a Risk of Explosion
The FDA has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall. Use of these devices may cause serious injuries or death.
What is the Minimum Acceptable LRV for Medical Packaging?
The package must demonstrate strength, integrity, and microbial barrier properties to maintain the sterile barrier through the intended shelf life. However, it is left to the individual medical device manufacturers to determine how to meet the requirement and create acceptance criteria for their sterile barrier packaging validations.
Medical Device Maker Enhances its Packaging 3D Printing Workflow with a Benchtop Multiplier Pressure Former
In the realm of advanced medical device development, Switzerland’s Oertli Instrumente AG has transformed its prototyping and packaging processes by integrating the Mayku Mulitplier pressure former into its 3D printing workflow.
Manufacturing Considerations for Implantable Drug-Delivery Systems
Therapy developers are being asked to consider ways to deliver drugs for a longer time period with a single dose. This has spurred innovation in both the oral and parenteral spaces, but the greatest potential for long-acting delivery remains in implantable systems.
Medtec China 2024 will be held on September 25-27, 2024, in Shanghai China
Medtec China 2024 will be held in Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center from September 25 to 27, with the overall exhibition area further increased by 16.7% than the previous session. Medtec China 2024 will focus on the “Advanced Active + Quality Inspection” industry hotspot, during which will simultaneously hold the Advanced Active Device Tech EXPO and Quality Expo China , expected to attract 1,000+ enterprises.
Pioneering the Future of Healthcare: Meet the Trailblazing 2023 Medical Finalist and Honorable Mentions
The 21st annual “Create the Future” Design Contest for engineers, students, and entrepreneurs worldwide, sponsored by COMSOL, Inc., and Mouser Electronics, drew more than 500 innovative product ideas from engineers and students in from 60 countries from around the world. The Medical category itself received 54 innovative entries from 22 countries. Analog Devices and Intel were supporting sponsors, and Zeus sponsored the Medical category.
FDA Clarifies Recommendations on Cardinal Health Monoject Recall
The new letter by FDA aimed to expand the recall notice to PCA pumps, which the original recall did not mention. It’s that gap in information that concerned FDA.
Multimillion-Dollar Grant Awarded to Realeve for Post-Stroke Recovery Study
Company’s technology has already been clinically proven in more than 700 patients for treating a brain-related disorder.Realevehas received a multimillion dollar grant to support a Cleveland Clinic study focusing on post-stroke recovery.
Survey: 70% of Bluetooth RPM Users Report Issues Sending Glucose Readings
The 2023 National Diabetes Care Survey suggests that cellular RPMs could help, but according to the data, RPMs as a whole may have a visibility problem.
