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The Shifting Shape of Medtech Liability Coverage
The financial success of a medical technology company depends in part on how effectively company executives anticipate and budget for the cost of financial protection. One key component of such costs is the expense of liability insurance.
Bioceramics: The Future of Joint Healing
Within the next decade, routine total joint replacement may become obsolete, replaced by new orthopedic bioceramics that allow the joint to heal itself.
Sunshine and Its Glare
Across nearly every business function, today's medical device firms face a greater degree of public, regulatory, and congressional scrutiny than they did just a few short years ago.
Low-Volume Dispensing of Biomaterials for Biosensors and IVD Tests
Following advances in microelectronics, biosensor designs have become increasingly complex and focused on miniaturization.
Cartoning and Labeling: A Focus on Presentation
As packaging is tasked with supporting patient education and product marketing, drug industry interest in evolved carton and label styles is at high pitch.
Rapid Medical Advances Challenge the Tooling Industry
Miniaturisation is the principal driver of advances in medical technology. This is particularly true for the less invasive medical procedures such as arthroscopic and heart surgeries that have become increasingly popular.
Minimally Invasive Means Big Market Potential
Patients have little appetite for going under the knife and manufacturers are always hungry for a challenge. Minimally invasive procedures satisfy patients’ desire for a quick recovery.
Spool-to-Spool System Offers Continuous Guidewire Grinding
A recently introduced system can take a spool of raw material weighing as much as 30 lb, grind the material down to 0.010 in. diam, and feed the resulting wire to a second spool while rotating at 2000 rpm.
Microwire Use in Catheter-Based Medical Device Applications, Part 1
Wires can create conductive pathways that transport electrical energy down the length of invasive catheter devices.
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Healthcare Unbound Conference and Exhibition
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Intellectual Property for Technology and Business Development
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The American Society for Virology 27th Annual Scientific Meeting
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Norman Noble Expands Orthopedic Implant OperationsNorman Noble Inc., a medical device contract manufacturer, will undergo a major expansion of its orthopedic implant manufacturing operations.
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Specialty Chemical Manufacturers in $15.3 Billion DealThe combination of Dow Chemical and Rohm and Haas will make medical device adhesives, among many other things.
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Intraoccular Lens Avoids Eye ContactAt the World Ophthalmology Congress, Marie-Jose Tassignon, MD, spoke about her work with an intraoccular lens.
New Possibilities With Polyurethanes
This webinar will describe how new polyurethanes can satisfy the material requirements of tomorrow’s medical devices.
Date: Thursday, September 11
Time: 10:00 a.m. BST
Sponsored By: Qosina
Medical Device Design Trends
Medical devices are getting more sophisticated. Yet complex designs aren't necessarily the best designs.
Originally Broadcast: 6/24/08
Sponsored By: Creganna, Med-Tech Group, and Sabic Innovative Plastics
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