Today's Medical Developments


	Current Issue: July 2009 The medical manufacturing market's growth continues at a rapid pace - providing tremendous opportunity. We're proud to have been on the forefront of the industry by with Today's Medical Developments. More of this issue

2009 Buyer's Guide

The 2009 Medical Manufacturing and Design Reference Guide is a comprehensive list of companies that can assist you in meeting your design, manufacturing and assembly requirements for medical devices and components.

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Online Exclusives

FULL STORY - MATERIAL INNOVATION IN MEDICAL DEVICES
By Ravi Rathod, Medical Devices Market Development Director, CERAM

Materials are playing an increasingly active role in medical applications. Read about their impact!
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FULL STORY - WILL MEDICAL BLASTING GO ROBOTIC?
By J. C. Carson, Group Leader on the Applications Team, Guyson Corp., Saratoga Springs, NY

Blast cabinets are a common sight in most medical manufacturing plants where metalworking and machining processes are performed. In some operations, the fleet of hand-operated blast machines numbers in the dozens.
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Editor's Page

Don't be afraid of the light

There appears to be some light coming from the other end of the tunnel. The good news is that it does not appear to be an oncoming train.
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Rietermann to Lead Siemens Healthcare in U.S.
Siemens Healthcare has named Michael Reitermann CEO of its U.S. operations.

Intertek Assists Medical Device Manufacturers Meet EU Regulation Changes
Intertek, a leading global provider of quality and safety solutions, is working with medical device manufacturers who are currently under pressure to stay compliant under widespread changes to European Union (EU) regulations.

Accelerate Time-to-Market by up to Eight Months
Medical electronics manufacturers are looking to speed up new equipment designs to meet healthcare providers' increasing need for the most advanced devices that offer sophisticated features in a battery-powered, portable design.

Clemex Enters the Medical Instruments Market

Silicon Run Film, MEMS: Making Micro Machines
Filmmaker Ruth Carranza has done more to document semiconductor and computer manufacturing than almost anyone in the business. With a seven-part educational film series on the subject already under her belt, Carranza will soon showcase the first in a trilogy of films about microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, and nanotechnology. Premiering at SEMICON West on July 15, the new Silicon Run film, MEMS: Making Micro Machines, offers a rare close-up of MEMS design, fabrication, testing and packaging.

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Contributor's Corner

Nanotech Safety
By Dr. David W. Hobson, CSO nanoTox

How the new regulatory environment will affect manufacturers in the United States and abroad.
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Speaking Out Against the Employee Free Choice Act
John A. McFarland

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Emerging Technologies

Custom Workholding Manufacturing
Hardinge Inc.

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ENCODER APPLICATIONS
HEIDENHAIN Corp.

HEIDENHAIN will showcase applications for linear and angular encoders in order to show the importance of accuracy on machine tools. continue reading

MICRO MINIATURE METAL BELLOWS
Servometer / Precision Mfg. Group, LLC

Nickel bellows manufactured with diameters as small as 0.020 inch(0.5 mm)that are dynamically flexible. continue reading