From Medical Design & Outsourcing

• How Ambu seeks to hold its top spot in single-use scopes
  Ambu’s CEO seeks to “Zoom In” on what the Danish company has done best. More than a year after she took over the corner office at Ambu, Britt Meelby Jensen recalls what brought her into leadership. She already had a seat on the board at the maker of single-use endoscopes, anesthesia and airway management devices,… […]
• Qosina introduces RondelO stopcock manifolds
  NEWS RELEASE: Qosina Introduces RondelO™ Stopcock Manifolds Ronkonkoma, NY, USA, September 21, 2023—Qosina, a global supplier of OEM single-use components to the medical and pharmaceutical industries, is pleased to introduce the RondelO™ stopcock manifold. The RondelO modernizes drug infusion protocols through an innovative, patented design. The RondelO is the world’s first medical stopcock manifold that… […]
• Superior Sensor expands CPAP pressure sensor family
  NEWS RELEASE: Superior Sensor Technology Expands CPAP Pressure Sensor Family to Drive Better Patient Synchrony New CP Series Sensors Offer Faster System Response Time and New Safety Measures for PAP Devices, Providing a Higher Quality Patient Experience Los Gatos, CA,  September 27, 2023 – Superior Sensor Technology today announced two new CP Series pressure sensors for Positive Airway Pressure (PAP)… […]
• CUI releases medical grade dc-dc converter with 2:1 input voltage and extended temperature range
  NEWS RELEASE: CUI Releases Medical Grade DC-DC Converter with 2:1 Input Voltage and Extended Temperature Range Tualatin, OR. [September 27, 2023] CUI Inc, a Bel group company, today announced the release of its PTP15 Series—a 15 W, 5 Pin DIP isolated dc-dc converter, specialized for medical instrumentation and home medical supplies. Offering 4000 Vac isolation… […]
• Surface Solutions Group introduces sustainable, compliant GlideMed medical device coating
  NEWS RELEASE: Surface Solutions Group to Introduce Sustainable, Compliant GlideMed™ Medical Device Coating at MD&M Minneapolis CHICAGO, September 26, 2023 – ISO 13485 certified Surface Solutions Group, LLC (SSG), a leading provider of coating technologies for the medical device industry, today announced that it will be showcasing its GlideMed™ sustainable, compliant coating along with its… […]
• RWE tips from Boston Scientific Peripheral Interventions CMO Dr. Michael Jaff
  Real-world evidence (RWE) is a transformational concept for medical device design and engineering, says Dr. Michael Jaff, the chief medical officer and VP of the Boston Scientific Peripheral Interventions business. “Every really great technological advancement in the vascular space has come from a physician’s recognition that they would like to be able to do something… […]
• Resonant Link and Cirtec partner on implantable medical devices
  Resonant Link and Cirtec Medical have entered into a strategic partnership to serve developers of implantable medical devices. The two medtech suppliers said today that the partnership will combine Resonant Link’s next-generation wireless power technology with Cirtec Medical’s product design, development and manufacturing expertise to “offer medical device makers the best technology, fully integrated components,… […]
• Johnson & Johnson MedTech plans manufacturing facility in Costa Rica
  Johnson & Johnson MedTech will build a 200,000-sf² manufacturing facility in Alajuela, Costa Rica, the medical device developer said today. It’s the largest investment J&J MedTech has ever made outside the U.S., according to Procomer, the agency that promotes Costa Rican exports. J&J MedTech — Johnson & Johnson’s medical device business, which by itself is… […]
• The secret behind Intuitive’s surgical robotics success
  Intuitive Surgical has pioneered robotic surgery since the 1990s, continuously driving innovation and collaboration through data to advance patient care. Teamwork between surgeons and engineers has been a crucial factor behind Intuitive developing effective surgical platforms that solve real-world problems that surgeons face. Multibillion-dollar companies including Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson — and smaller up-and-comers… […]
• 3D-printed ventricles made from fiber-infused gel ink mimic heartbeats
  Researchers have found a way to use fiber-infused ink to 3D-print a functional heart ventricle that mimics the beating of a human heart. The team included researchers from Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. They reported on their new… […]
• Synchron’s plan to beat Neuralink in the neuroprosthetic BCI race
  Competing brain-computer interface (BCI) developers Synchron and Neuralink both announced big news this month as they move their dueling neuroimplant technologies forward. The device developers each have FDA investigational device exemption (IDE) for their experimental BCIs. They’ve also got billionaires backing their R&D and regulatory efforts, with Neuralink owned by Elon Musk and Synchron funded… […]