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Meeting Critical Ventilator Product Requirements Amid Pandemic

One supplier serves as a case study in how to service OEMs during potentially catastrophic disruptions to the supply chain.

Sven Richter, Vice President Analytical & Medical, Fluid Control & Pneumatics, Emerson 01.13.21

Impact of COVID-19 on the Medtech Supply Chain

Agility, reliability, and resiliency all describe objectives of a company’s supply chain management system.

Joe McBeth, Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Jabil 12.16.20

Finding the Upside to a Challenging Year

Despite its complete transfiguration of modern life, COVID-19 had important lessons to teach the medtech industry.

Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 12.11.20

Preparing Your Design Controls for FDA Approval

Design controls are a set of procedures to build into medical device design and development.

Adam Freeman, Freelance Medical Device and Combination Product Design Specialist, Kolabtree 12.09.20

Molding

A 'Trial and Error' Approach to Micromolded Parts

The medical industry's stringent requirements makes innovation difficult for injection-molded components.

Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 12.07.20

Machining & Laser Processing

Social Distancing Badge Lights Way to Return to Work

Fleetwood Electronics’ Instant-Trace system uses machining, on-demand injection molding to speed to market.

Rob Young, Sr. Manager—Injection Molding, Protolabs 12.04.20

Digital Health

Expert Roundup: Achieving Success in the 2021 Medical Device Landscape

Industry experts share their advice on factors medical device manufacturers need to consider for the coming year to stay ahead.

Nick Tippmann, Vice President Of Marketing, Greenlight Guru 12.04.20

Molding

Tooling Precision is Key to Micromolding Success

Tool quality dictates part quality for all sizes of medical components.

Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 12.03.20

Materials

Setting the Standard: Protective Nanocoatings for Today's Medtech

Ensuring medical products are safe from the outside environment is a significant challenge that nanocoatings can help resolve.

Zsolt Pulai, EVP, Technology & Development, HZO Inc. 12.02.20

Software & IT

Leveraging Virtual Technology for Customer Service and Support

VR/AR solutions enable contactless interactions with customers to address a variety of needs.

Dijam Panigrahi, Co-Founder and COO, Grid Raster Inc. 12.02.20

Molding

Medtech Miniaturization is Becoming a 'Way of Life'

Micromolding suppliers should be ready to take on potential roadblocks when designing small parts.

Michael Barbella 11.30.20

Molding

Smaller Cavity Features Not Always Sensible for Micromolded Products

Though the need to reduce size is crucial, small cavity characteristics may be challenging to reproduce in volume.

Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 11.24.20

Chronic Disease

Increasing Comfort for Chemotherapy Patients

Leveraging a freelance researcher in bringing the Chemo Mouthpiece to market—A case study.

Ramya Sriram, Digital Content Manager, Kolabtree 11.24.20

Reducing Exposure During Customer Audits

Two audit streamlining methods are highlighted to help suppliers reduce exposure from outside visitors associated with customer audits.

Nicolle Cannon, Founder/CEO, Cannon Quality Group 11.23.20

Molding

Miniaturization of Medical Devices Creating Big Assembly Challenges

Extremely tight tolerances leave no room for error.

Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 11.20.20

Cardiovascular | Surgical

Prospects of AIMDs in the Implantable Medical Device Industry

Active implantable medical devices (AIMDs) are a significant player in the medical implant market.

Sunil Jha, Research Content Developer, Global Market Insights 11.18.20

Software & IT

Medtech’s Path Toward Paperless, Patient-Centric Trials

The “year of evaluating everything” represents a significant opportunity to modernize clinical research.

Seth J. Goldenberg, Ph.D., Vice President, Vault Medical Device & Diagnostics; Kevin Liang, Ph.D., Sr. Director, Strategy, Medical Device and Diagnostics, Veeva Systems 11.18.20

The Big Challenges of Medical Device Miniaturization

Demand for micro-sized products is prompting micromolders to develop new processes and methods that are outside the norm of standard injection molding.

Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 11.17.20

Diagnostics | Patient Monitoring