January/February
2008
Medical Product Manufacturing News
Selected Contents
Medical Product Manufacturing News
Selected Contents
EDITOR'S PAGE
BREAKTHROUGHS
- Color Change Answers Question, ‘Is It Cured?’
- Manually Retractable Needle Promotes User Safety
- Interconnects Enhance Flexibility of Monitoring Systems
SPOTLIGHT
Flow Control
Tubing and Tube Processing
OUTSOURCING OUTLOOK
NEED TO KNOW
- Researchers Apply CAD to Nanostructures
- Machine Tool Producer Creates Online Training Courses
- Materials Database Incorporates Orthopedic Devices
- Partnership Broadens Medical Outsource Offerings
- Merger Consolidates Testing and Manufacturing Needs
- In Brief
FOCUS ON EQUIPMENT
Testing and Inspection
MD&M WEST 2008 FIRST-TIME EXHIBITORS
- Muscles Put Medical Devices into Motion
- Company Is Wired for Medical Manufacturing
- Prototyper Develops Sister Company to Meet Production Demands
- Filter Designer Streamlines, Expands, and Goes Green
- Coating Company Refocuses Business from Frying Pans to Functional Coatings
- Firm Travels West to Blaze Path to Far East
- Tooling Company Celebrates 70 Years on the Cutting Edge
- Cables and Assemblies Enable End-Users to See the Light
ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS
Linear Rails Bear the Weight of Revamped X-Ray Table
Redesigned for use with overweight patients, an imaging table required rails with a high load capacity and extended stroke.
PRODUCT UPDATE
Stainless Steel Takes a Backseat to Newer Biomaterials
Shana Leonard
As evidence of proven applications mounts, nitinol and PEEK push traditional biocompatible metals to the periphery.
