This article traces the origin and explains the advantages of the use of disposable material, i.e. paper and linen cloths, for the packaging of medical items such as dressings and bandages, which is not new and probably goes back to the beginning of the 20th century. It is highly likely...
Since gamma sterilization is a crucial element in achieving product confidence in approximately 40% of medical devices, security of supply of this critical raw material is understandably of primary concern to the users in the market place. Due to the two-year lead time for Co60 production it is not possible...
As knowledge and understanding of the composition of air and the nature of airborne contaminants and their effect on people has grown, so has the desire to minimize exposure to airborne contaminants. Alongside this, it has been necessary to consider how to measure the effectiveness of the air filters designed...
Establishing biocompatibility of medical devices and their materials is of vital importance in ensuring product safety. Another important consideration is that the product or material has the essential properties to carry out its proposed function. This article states that to evaluate these two fundamentally important issues, it is necessary to...
For medical device manufacturers, the arrival of a device to the patient in a sterile condition is of paramount importance. To achieve this, the device manufacturer works in conjunction with the providers of sterilization packaging materials to ensure the use of materials best suited to the sterilization method and intended...
This paper focuses on different medical devices sterilization processes. Sterilization processes act on microorganisms in a chemical or physical way. The macromolecules of biomedical polymers can be attacked by the same mechanisms, and different forms of sterilization may result in hydrolysis, oxidation, softening, melting, chain scission, and depolymerization. Research has...
This article illustrates the benefits and characteristics of Pentamed films, which protects medical devices from contamination and damage. Pentamed films are tough and impact resistant, yet versatile enough to accommodate a wide range of sealing and sterilization options. Specially formulated films include polyvinyl chloride PVC, polyethylene terephthalate glycol PETG, amorphous...
Throughout the history of filtration and separation processes, many variants of textiles have been used to improve the quality, purity, consistency, and performance of end-products. As technology developed, textile capabilities increased dramatically. Abilities that were not even considered 40 years ago are now commonplace, and new capabilities are being developed...
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The Business & Financial Services practice at Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce its 2008 Quarterly Analyst Briefing Presentation on the U.S. medical devices industry to be held on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. PDT. The underlying fundamentals of the U.S....
SHENZHEN, China, May 16 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mindray Medical International Limited , a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices worldwide, today announced that Mr. David Gibson, president of Datascope Patient Monitoring, a Mindray company, Mr. Cheng Minghe, Mindray's executive vice president of strategy and business development and Ms. May...
Elsevier acquired Windhover Information, Inc., a healthcare business intelligence company and publisher of journals for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Windhover will operate within Elsevier's Pharma Business Intelligence Unit, which includes F-D-C Reports and Inteleos (www.elsevier.com...
Doctors discover there is strength in numbers To practice medicine today, doctors have to have both clinical expertise and a dose of business know-how. Unfortunately, business isn't part of the medical school curriculum. "Health care has been overrun by major...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c88230) has announced the addition of Executive Brief -- Home Health Monitoring for Heart Failure Patients to their offering. Heart failure represents a costly and debilitating burden on families and health system alike. This report analyzes an emerging solution that remotely monitors...
M&F Worldwide Corp. New York has entered a definitive agreement to acquire the Data Management (Bloomington, MN) business of Pearson (Upper Saddle River, NJ) for $225 million in cash, subject to post-closing adjustments. Data Management is a Pearson unit that designs, manufactures and...
Business News IN BRIEF --Consort Medical, the medical device maker formerly known as Bespak, reported a slump in profits yesterday. The company, which was hit by 4m in costs associated with Pfizer's decision to scrap its Exubera insulin product, said it had made a pre-tax profit of...
Business News IN BRIEF --Smith&Nephew is recalling a number of knee implants after some were found to have a higher than specified iron content. The medical devices group said about 275 of the affected products had been implanted and that the recall process was working to determine...
Business News IN BRIEF --Consort Medical, the drug devices firm formerly known as Bespak, said yesterday it was no longer in talks about a possible offer for the group. The company, which revealed it had received a preliminary bid approach in late September, said it has since...
Although the modern high-tech industry is less than 50 years old, patterns already have emerged that present key inflection points to accelerate innovation and expand markets. These patterns offer a brief history lesson that can serve medical device OEMs well. Consider, for example,...
SpectralSight Receives $500K NSF Grant SpectralSight, a start-up company spun off by the Infotonics Technology Center, recently received a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant of nearly $500,000 from the National Science Foundation. The funding will allow the Canandaigua-based company to develop a...
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The Surface & Mount Technology Group at Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce its 2007 Quarterly Analyst Briefing Presentation on the North American medical electronics manufacturing services EMS market to be held on Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 10:00 am CDT / 11:00 am EDT....
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