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From Medical Design & Outsourcing

• These speedy BD robot arms store and retrieve medications in seconds
  It’s not difficult to see hospitals and pharmacies challenged by dispensing thousands of drugs with speed and accuracy. As the number of drugs rises, so do security issues. To address both, the Rowa Division of BD in Germany has introduced two machines. The Rowa Vmax provides for the automatic storage and retrieval of boxed pharmaceuticals […]
• DSM Biomedical and Cerapedics partner for peptide enhanced bone graft
  DSM Biomedical has partnered with Cerapedics to create and manufacture the next generation of peptide-enhanced bone graft. The partnerships allows for DSM’s regenerative materials capabilities to be used with Cerapedics’s proprietary synthetic small peptide (P-15) technology developed by Cerapedics. Designed for fast and predictable remodeling in bone graft substitute applications, DSM’s newest bioceramic platform is […]
• What is micromolding?
  Micromolding is a very specialized art form. It is the tiny-scale molding form of injection molding that entails building a cavity to match the shape of the part you want to make, sort of like the plastic molding that makes Lego bricks. Very small, high precision plastic molding goes into micromolding for medical devices, according […]
• How to select a micro-MIM supplier
  With the development of increasingly smaller medical devices comes the challenge of identifying the best supplier and manufacturing method to meet extremely tight tolerances. Raghu Vadlamudi, Donatelle With the development of increasingly smaller medical devices comes the challenge of identifying the best supplier and manufacturing method to meet extremely tight tolerances. Millimeter-sized components with micron-sized […]
• Solvay adds polymer portfolio for single-use biopharmaceutical processing
  Five new medical-grade polymers for biopharmaceutical manufacturing have recently been added to Solvay’s offerings. Solvay hopes to support the industry’s shift toward single-use peripherals, filtration, bioreactors and containment by adding a new portfolio of polymers to its product family. The company created its new biopharmaceutical manufacturing portfolio using five product families in its offerings including […]
• Hermann Ultrasonics touts HiQ Dialog welding machine
  Hermann Ultrasonics is touting its HiQ Dialog ultrasonic welding machine that helps increase manufacturing efficiency. Since cycle time, change over and downtime are three factors that affect manufacturing efficiency, the HiQ Dialog looks to optimize those factors. The HiQ Dialog has a programmable stroke selection that can be adjusted for needed weld tasks and the […]
• Less than half of healthcare professionals think medtech brands meet needs
  Roughly two-fifths of healthcare professionals say medical device brands aren’t meeting expectations, and failure to offer flexible contract options is also a problem, according to a new survey from Vennli (South Bend, Ind.). The survey, called “Differentiating to Win in Medical Device Marketing,” polled over 9,000 physicians, dentists and other clinicians to figure out what […]
• These 7 antique medical devices will make you shudder
  It’s a good thing we live in the times of modern medicine. Historically, medical devices have been scary and unorthodox – and sometimes amounted to downright quackery. Surprisingly, a lot of these devices were thought to be useful in their era, long before the U.S. FDA started preapproving devices (which wasn’t until the 1970s). You […]
• Webinar: Methods and tools to reduce innovation risk – November 14
  Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017 11:30 a.m. Eastern time / 8:30 a.m. Pacific time     Early identification and mitigation of programmatic risk elements is the key to predictable, efficient execution.  Ximedica has developed and refined its early phase development process to achieve this goal.  In the session we will demonstrate the tools we use for […]
• How targeting a gene mutation could treat aggressive lung cancer
  Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found a gene mutation that could help treat an aggressive form of lung cancer that is known to be “undruggable.” Gene mutations in the KEAP1 gene could help treat mutations in the KRAS gene that causes certain lung cancer types to be undruggable. KEAP1 mutations occur with […]
• Gerresheimer expects revenue recovery after lackluster third quarter
  Gerresheimer AG expects to have a recovery in revenues for its fourth quarter after having lackluster numbers in the third quarter. The company raked in 331.5M Euros in its third quarter, which is 5.4% less than the year prior. The company suggests that the decrease in revenue it partly due to a lower demand doe […]