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1998

• Medical Plastics Failures from Heterogenous Contamination, Michael Ling (MPB, Mar 1998, p. 45). Keywords: Materials Failure.

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1997

• Materials Characterization as an Integral Part of Global Biocompatibility, David Albert (MPB, Jul 1997, p. 16). Keyword: Biocompatibility.
• Regulatory Guidelines for Biocompatibility Safety Testing, Lise S. Bollen (MPB, May 1997, p. 16).
• Measuring Residual Stress in Transparent Plastics, Alex Redner (MPB, Jan 1997, p. 16).

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1996

• Evaluating Irradiated Polypropylenes by Strain-Rate Dependence of Tensile Properties, Norris Tollefson (MPB, Nov 1996, p. 34).
• In Vitro Methods for Evaluating Toxicity, Sharon Northup (MPB, Nov 1996, p. 20).
• Conducting Risk Assessment of Medical Materials, Jeffrey Lohre (MPB, Jul 1996, p. 20).
• Literature Review: Biological Safety of Parylene C, Nancy Stark (MPB, Mar 1996, p. 30).

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1995

• Key Principles of Metallurgical Failure Analysis, Andrew Blackwood (MPB, Sep 1995, p. 64).
• Validating Materials for Packaging: Controlling the Front End, Bertram J. Hudson (MPB, Apr 1995, p. 14).
• Servohydraulic Testing Systems for Biomaterials, Lito C. Mejia (MPB, Jan 1995, p. 22).
• Using Contact-Angle Measurement to Characterize Biomaterial Surfaces, Ed Francisco (MPB, Jan 1995, p. 16).

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1994

• Documenting Test Material Characterization, Nancy Stark (MPB, Sep 1994, p. 50).
• Designing and Evaluating a Biocompatibility Test Program, Regina Malczewski (MPB, Sep 1994, p. 46).
• Why Medical Devices Fail: Biocompatibility Testing and the State of the Art, Sharon J. Northup (MPB, Sep 1994, p. 42).
• Scoring Biological Safety Tests: What's a Pass or a Fail?, Richard F. Wallin (MPB, Sep 1994, p. 38).
• Failure Analysis of Polymeric Medical Devices, John Moalli (MPB, Sep 1994, p. 26).
• Failure Analysis of Polymeric Medical Devices, Susan P. James (MPB, Sep 1994, p. 26).
• Measuring Stiffness of Materials for Catheter Design, George Schael (MPB, Sep 1994, p. 12).
• Using Burst Testing to Evaluate Sterile Blister Packaging, David Bohn (MPB, Jul 1994, p. 14).
• Materials Analysis Techniques for Medical Devices, Robert D. Cormia (MPB, Jul 1994, p. 8).

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