Supply Chain
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Tubing & Extrusion
PPE Moves into New Manufacturing Facility
New building is twice the size of the old one.Charles Sternberg, Assistant Editor 01.21.21
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Molding
Freudenberg Medical Expands Injection Molding Operations
Adds new machines at its Baldwin Park, California facility.Freudenberg Medical 01.21.21
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Materials
Researchers Successfully ‘Fine Tune’ New Thermoplastic Biomaterial
Enables both the rate at which it degrades in the body and its mechanical properties to be controlled independently.University of Birmingham 01.20.21
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Digital Health | Software & IT
Philips Buys Capsule Technologies in $635M Deal
Capsule offers vendor-neutral Medical Device Information Platform with an SaaS business model.GlobeNewswire 01.19.21
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Electronics
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.Online Exclusives Sven Richter, Vice President Analytical & Medical, Fluid Control & Pneumatics, Emerson 01.13.21
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Digital Health | Software & IT
FDA Releases Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Action Plan
Outlines FDA’s next steps toward furthering oversight for AI/ML-based "software as a medical device."U.S. Food and Drug Administration 01.13.21
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Contract Manufacturing
Vonco Products Receives ISO 13485:2016 Certification
Both a packaging company and a components company, Vonco started as a custom equipment and packaging pioneer.Business Wire 01.12.21
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Packaging & Sterilization
STERIS to Buy Cantel Medical for $4.6B
Complementary to STERIS’s product and service portfolio, focused on infection prevention.GlobeNewswire 01.12.21
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Materials
Momentive Performance Materials Acquires KCC Corp.’s Silicones Business
Further strengthens its global capabilities in advanced silicones.PRNewswire 01.11.21
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Software & IT
Censis Technologies, Cantel Medical Partner on Endoscope Reprocessing Software Solution
Companies developing an enhanced integrated workflow solution designed to provide superior infection prevention and practice optimization.Business Wire 01.07.21
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Electronics
Hermetic Solutions Acquires Cristek Interconnects
Complements Hermetic Solutions’ engineered component and microelectronic packaging solutions.Hermetic Solutions Group 01.06.21
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Packaging & Sterilization | Surgical
Olympus Releases ScopeLocker Endoscope Storage Cabinet
HEPA hinged door endoscope storage system addresses infection prevention needs in busy GI suites.Olympus 01.06.21
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Cardiovascular | Electronics
Medtech Matters: A Non-Contact ECG Sensor
MPO's Sean Fenske speaks with Dr. Jesse Wheeler of Draper about the R&D organization’s project involving non-contact ECG monitoring.Sean Fenske, Editor-in-Chief 01.05.21
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Packaging & Sterilization
Nelipak Promotes President & COO to CEO
Pat Chambliss will succeed Roger Prevot as the company’s CEO.Globe Newswire 01.04.21
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3D/Additive Manufacturing
Researchers Develop New Combined Process for 3D Printing
Enables active medical agents to be incorporated into pharmaceutical products or luminous liquids to be integrated into materials.Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 12.18.20
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Electronics
Molex Acquires Fiberguide Industries
Purchase extends optical fiber portfolio and drives delivery of customized, integrated solutions.Molex 12.18.20
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Packaging & Sterilization
Centerpiece to Open New North American ETO Sterilization Facility
The company will launch the new ethylene-oxide sterilization facility in Tijuana, Mexico early next year.Centerpiece 12.14.20
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Patient Monitoring | Software & IT
AI Metrics' Liver Imaging Software Earns FDA Nod
Early-stage startup approved for low-cost, low-risk, non-invasive procedures for chronic liver disease patients.University of Alabama at Birmingham 12.09.20
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Materials
DURECT to Sell LACTEL Absorbable Polymer to Evonik for $15M
Expands Evonik's position as a global CDMO for drug delivery solutions.PR Newswire 12.08.20
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Molding
A 'Trial and Error' Approach to Micromolded Parts
The medical industry's stringent requirements makes innovation difficult for injection-molded components.Online Exclusives Michael Barbella, Managing Editor 12.07.20
