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Making medical devices: Everything you need to know

September 2, 2021 By Chris Newmarker

Materials

pacemaker dissolves John Rogers Rogers Lab Northwestern University

The dissolvable pacemaker, seen here mounted on the heart, could benefit post-cardiac surgery patients. [Image courtesy of Rogers Lab/Northwestern University]

Could people one day get pacemakers that dissolve into the body?

Wireless, battery-free, fully implantable pacemakers made of bioresorbable components could represent the future of temporary pacing technology.

Rogers Lab/Northwestern University – 2021

 

Wearable devices and fragile skin: How to select the right adhesive

Design considerations are crucial when choosing an adhesive to stick wearable medical devices to fragile skin.

3M’s Medical Solutions Division – 2021

 

How to choose the right rubber material and process for your medical parts

Creating a medical component with a rubber material requires careful attention to various factors that will affect performance and manufacturability. Material choices and manufacturing options present many trade-offs.

Minnesota Rubber & Plastics – 2021

 

How laser inversion enables multi-materials 3D printing

Researchers invented a new technique that could transform additive manufacturing processes, potentially enabling the printing of circuit boards, electromechanical components, and perhaps even robots.

Columbia University – 2020

 

How to successfully switch medical device materials

Breaking the hold on single-source suppliers creates a less costly and more sustainable material supply chain for medical device manufacturers.

Freudenberg – 2020

 

This rubber thermoset works well in fluid control components

Synthetic polyisoprene has become an important polymer for medical fluid control components.

Vernay Laboratories – 2020

 

How anodizing can make aluminum suitable for reusable medical devices

High-performance aluminum anodic surface treatments offer medical device manufacturers greater options for sterilization-resilient medical devices.

Florida Anodize System & Technologies – 2020

 

Biomedical textiles can drive innovation in orthopedics

Orthopedic OEMs are looking to medical textiles for minimally invasive approaches to applications ranging from soft-tissue tears to bone grafts to spinal stabilization — and more.

Cortland Biomedical – 2020

 

High-consistency rubber adds shape to medtech manufacturing

High-consistency rubber (HCR) offers medical device manufacturers an established biocompatibility pedigree, broad processing parameter ranges and excellent physical properties.

NuSil – 2019

 

How Toray Industries’ Toyolac ABS resin compares with polycarbonate

Toray officials think the resin could be ideal for any sort of connector in a fluid application requiring resistance to lipids and oils.

Toray Industries – 2019

 

What is aluminum anodizing?

Aluminum anodizing is the electrochemical passivation process by which the surface layer of an aluminum substrate is converted into an aluminum oxide layer.

Florida Anodize System & Technologies (FAST) – 2019

 

Could Biocoat’s hydrophilic coating promote vascular catheter innovation?

Biocoat officials say their Hydak coatings deliver competitive durability and lubricity — and they’re made out of a naturally occurring substance.

Biocoat – 2019

 

What is kolsterising?

Kolsterising is a low temperature, thermo-chemical, diffusion-based surface hardening technology that is used to enhance the inherently poor mechanical and tribological properties of austenitic stainless steel

Bodycote – 2019

 

The right adhesive can help people manage their diabetes

Learn how the science behind sticking to skin affects a device’s success and how to mitigate three diabetic device design challenges with adhesives.

3M – 2018

 

Here’s how you can keep bacteria from colonizing silicone

Three production techniques can reduce the colonization of bacteria on devices made of silicone for placement inside the body. Tests have shown that the newest method shows promise.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions – 2018

 

How to address common challenges that affect extended device wear time

As they look to enhance patient comfort, convenience and clinical outcomes with longer wear times, device makers must manage factors such as bodily fluids, skin regeneration, movement and friction. Luckily, there are material and device design solutions.

Vancive Medical Technologies – 2018

 

What to consider when manufacturing a silicone soft skin adhesive coating

All stages of the manufacturing process are important to obtain the soft skin adhesive or wound contact layer that meets both the manufacturer’s productivity targets and the customers’ quality requirements.

Elkem Silicones – 2018

 

Materials for needle-free injection technology: What you need to know

Specially formulated polycarbonates help advance drug delivery innovation that improves patient experience and promotes better medication compliance.

Covestro – 2018

 

What are high-heat thermoplastics and how do they work?

High-heat thermoplastics are a group of polymers that receive this designation because of their elevated processing temperatures, typically between about 550 °F to 750 °F.

Spectrum Plastics Group – 2018

 

PEEK formulations for new implantable devices

Since the late 1990s, polyether ether ketone has become a go-to material for companies that manufacture orthopedic implants, thanks to its radiolucency and anatomical properties. Now, custom formulations of PEEK are enabling new potential applications for the polymer.

Foster Corp. – 2017

 

How to add recyclability and sustainability into medtech plastics

Recyclability and sustainability have become very important to the medical device marketplace, and some companies are taking note.

Ray Products – 2017

 

The trouble with tooling LSR and how to get molding costs down

Liquid silicone rubber (LSR) is great for medical device applications, but is the tooling worth the trouble?

Robin Industries – 2017

 

PEEK formulations for new implantable devices

Since the late 1990s, polyether ether ketone has become a go-to material for companies that manufacture orthopedic implants, thanks to its radiolucency and anatomical properties. Now, custom formulations of PEEK are enabling new potential applications for the polymer.

Foster Corp. – 2017

 

How plasma treatments are driving up the value of plastic labware

By altering the surface properties of polymer labware through plasma treatments and coatings, manufacturers are improving the quality of test results while increasing value of products they create.

PVA TePla America – 2017

 

How a versatile epoxy is enabling brain stimulation

In but another example of how useful and critical epoxies can be, researchers in Israel used a two-part epoxy to construct a magnetic coil to stimulate animal brain neurons via a magnetic field.

Master Bond – 2017

 

Repeat sterilization for adhesives in reusable and non-disposable devices

Here’s a review of the common adhesive materials and their reaction to sterilization processes.

Henkel – 2017

 

What are orthopedic coatings?

Here are some important facts medical device designers need to know about orthopedic coatings, courtesy of Orchid.

Orchid – 2017

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