Igus bearings are helping to take the load off of surgeons by way of Airframe exoskeletons from Levitate Technologies. Airframe exoskeletons are designed to support the arms of those who encounter repetitive motions or stationary arm elevation for an extended period of time. The exoskeletons help transfer the weight of the arms from the shoulders,
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Phillips-Medisize will be exhibiting at the Drug Delivery to the Lungs Conference in Scotland next month, providing a chance to further tout its respiratory device capabilities. The Hudson, Wis.–based contract manufacturer boasts more than 30 years at the forefront of inhalation technology. The company’s experience ranges from feasibility to selecting the right components – all the way through
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Tegra Medical has announced that it has appointed Randy Sible as the general manager of its Hernando, Miss. facility. Sible will be responsible for the local management team and plant operations and will report to the company’s president and CEO J. Mark King. “We are delighted to have Randy lead operations in our Hernando facility,
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Bill Betten, Betten Systems Solutions It’s tough enough to be a startup developing and launching innovative products. For medical device startups, there’s the added burden of operating in a highly-regulated industry. The cost of developing a medical device ranges from $25 million to $100 million, according to a 2010 research study out of Stanford University.
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Fluid Metering Inc.(FMI) is touting its new 400 µl Dispensing Pump, which it says is ideal for medical, analytical and biotech instrumentation. Having the identical compact design dimensions as their STH & STF OEM Pump lines, the STF1-9 expands dispense and metering capabilities of previous STH designs by 100% while maintaining 0.5% precision, according to
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Adding disinfection with UVC LEDs is a viable alternative to chemicals, according to Crystal IS. Here are three examples of how they can make a difference. Rajul Randive, Crystal IS In 2017, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) reported significant progress in many areas commonly associated with hospital acquired infections (HAIs). However, on any
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A California research team has developed a smartphone-based microscope technology that can help diagnose and treat river blindness. River blindness is a disease that is caused by parasitic worms. The END Fund reports that about 37 million people had the disease in 2010 with more than 102 million people being at risk in Africa alone.
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Philips today announced new imaging products and services, as well as a 10-year, strategic partnership with Children’s Hospital & Medical Center of Omaha, Neb. The news is latest of a slew of announcements out of Philips during the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference that is taking place this week in Chicago. Philips yesterday announced three new
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Steute Meditech has recently launched new medical table and chair foot switches. The new designs make the new additions easy-to-navigate and ergonomic for better ease-of-use and user comfort. Each of the units are customizable for both functionality and cosmetics for certain chair/table capabilities without the need for additional engineering or tooling costs. Steute medical-grade foot
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Gardner Denver’s Thomas brand of diaphragm liquid and gas pumps are available in miniature form for use in sterilizers, anesthesia monitoring, dialysis, gas detection, inkjet printing and industrial washing. Gardner Denver (Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany; with Thomas offices in Sheboygan, Wis.) boasts that the Thomas pumps are compact and lightweight, chemically resistant, designed for use with liquids and
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Among the world’s largest medtech companies, these 10 spent the largest portion of their budgets on research and development. So what have they produced? Every year, Medical Design & Outsourcing pulls financial regulatory filings and reaches out to major, companies in some cases to create a list of the 100 largest medical device companies in
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CUI‘s Power Group recently released five new open frame series for its line of internal ac-dc medical power supplies. The series ranges from 180 W to 550 W and is certified to the medical 606011 edition 3.1 standards for MOPP applications and fourth edition EMC requirements. The VMS180, VMS225, VMS275, VMS359 and VMS550 also have
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AliveCor said today that the FDA cleared its KardioBand electrocardiogram device for the Apple Watch, designed to monitor for early signs of atrial fibrillation. First introduced in March 2016, KardiaBand is the first medical device accessory to be cleared by the federal safety watchdog for the Apple Watch, Mountain View, Calif.-based AliveCor said. It’s designed to display […]
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In today’s medical device market, more and more companies are using outsourcing as a product development strategy. Stuart Karten, Karten Design There has been a fundamental shift in the way companies develop medtech products because of advances in digital technology, medical industry economics and public policy – such as the Affordable Care Act’s withholding of
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BIOMEDevice San Jose is an opportunity for thousands of medtech engineers and executives to come together and network. The annual event, created by UBM, is an industry showcase that allows various medtech manufacturers and suppliers to tout their expertise. This year’s event takes place at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, Calif., Dec. 6
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Alpha Source announced that it has acquired BC Technical. The financial details of the deal were not immediately disclosed. The acquisition helps Alpha Source (Milwaukee, Wis.) double the size of its full service, imaging services and equipment repair solutions in the U.S. The company also says that the deal will expand its ultrasound and bone
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A San Francisco jury yesterday acquitted the defendant of charges that he killed former Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) sales rep Kate Steinle. Steinle, 32, was walking along the waterfront of the Embarcadero in San Francisco with her father and a friend on July 1,. 2015, when she was shot in the back, allegedly by Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, an […]
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday finalized cuts to a trio of bundled payment pilot programs aimed at lowering healthcare costs and improving outcomes. The federal health insurer cut the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model, or CJR, effectively in half, from 67 geographic areas participating to 34, meaning about 470 hospital participants instead of 800. […]
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The nonprofit healthcare competition and accelerator MedTech Innovator is calling on startups and emerging-growth companies to apply for its 2018 competition. The application deadline is Jan. 26, 2018, deadline. MedTech Innovator (Los Angeles) plans to award more than $500,000 in cash prizes and scholarships during the competition. The competition does not charge an application fee and does
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FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb provided an update today to the work that the agency is doing to help medical device manufacturers in Puerto Rico in the weeks following Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The FDA chief noted that even though some major medical product manufacturers have regained power, many firms continue to run on generator
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