The Covid pandemic has increased demand for wearable medical devices that can be used for remote monitoring and diagnostics applications. That's good news for adhesive suppliers that provide biocompatible materials for joining or sealing plastic and fabric parts.
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry faced a large-scale shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), which put frontline workers at risk of infection.
Management theory and practice don't always match, and few people know this better than the individuals who oversee assembly lines. Their real-world experience has taught them that the best method to achieve success always depends on several application-specific factors. Among them are part size and shape, available automation, required cycle time and the materials being joined.
WASHINGTON—In conjunction with Health Canada and the United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published 10 guiding principles for Good Machine Learning Practice in the development of medical devices.
CHAPEL HILL, NC—Scientists at Stanford University and the University of North Carolina have created a 3D-printed vaccine patch that reportedly provides greater protection than a typical vaccine shot.
We don’t often think about the impact our operations have on the lives of our customers and employees. Sometimes, our operations can literally be the difference between life and death.
Medbio is an ISO 13485:2016-certified contract manufacturer of medical devices and injection-molded plastic parts. Headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI, the company operates six manufacturing locations throughout Michigan and New York.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a massive surge in demand for a variety of medical devices, not the least of which are N95 respirators and other personal protective equipment. To meet that need, manufacturers worldwide are building new factories and installing new automated assembly lines. Two of those companies are Breathe Medical Manufacturing in Kelowna, BC, Canada, and Husco International Inc. in Waukesha, WI.