November 2001
Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry
Selected Contents
EDITOR'S
PAGE:
Medical Errors: Leading Cause of Death
or Urban Legend?
COVER STORY:
How
Small is Small?: A Guide to the New Microfabrication Design and Process Techniques
Bill Evans and Robert Mehalso
Medical device manufacturers need to catch up on the rapidly
evolving field of microfabrication to determine which processes and components
are right for their product.
MOLDING:
Innovations
Remake Plastic Injection Molding
William Leventon
New materials and equipment improve the molding process and the
parts it produces.
CHANGE
ORDERS:
ECO Process Improvements:
Making a Change for the Better
Gregory Lanides and Karen Watson
Streamlining engineering change-order processes can increase
quality, reduce burdensome paperwork, and get changes made more quickly.
OUTSOURCING:
Outsourcing:
Staying Afloat in the Transition Process
Larry Strauss
What it takes to avoid the rocks when moving some or all of an
in-house manufacturing process to a contract manufacturer.
R&D DIGEST:
A
monthly review of new technologies and medical device innovations
| THIS MONTH: |
Creating
Nanotubes as Strong as Diamonds |
Sidebar: Grant
Awarded to Develop Infection-Resistant Coatings
WASHINGTON
WRAP-UP:
Wrong
Again: Disputes Panel Decides against FDA
James G. Dickinson
Unanimous vote calls device center review process into question.
NEWS & ANALYSIS:
- Ensuring Blood Supplies in Uncertain Times
- Medical
Device Manufacturing Groups Address National Preparedness Issues
- Larry
R. Holden Named to Lead MDMA in the Coming Year
- HHS
Will Invest $50 Million to Improve Patient Safety
- U.S.
Trails in Use of Electronic Patient Records
- FDA
Web Site Update
Sidebars: Medicare
Bill Gains Bipartisan Support | Anaesthesia
and Respiratory Equipment Makers Must Adapt to European Market | NIBIB
Web Site Launched
Epoxy material
for small electronic packages.
Dip molding
developments explained in product literature.
Release films designed for ceramic casting, and more!
