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FDA Master Files For Raw Materials Used In Medical Devices
1/7/2011
Medical device manufacturers usually do not make the component materials that go into their devices, and yet they are responsible for demonstrating that the materials in the devices are safe. Product clinical...
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Get a Grip! An Introduction to Hose Barbs
1/6/2011
It is easy to take the humble hose barb for granted. After spending careful hours evaluating chemical compatibility and calculating peak pressure and flow rate, a decision is made on just the right tubing or hose for...
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Non-Spill Quick Disconnect Technology
1/6/2011
Traditionally, non-spill quick disconnect couplings have served the high pressure, industrial hydraulic market. Existing commercial designs are characterized by minimal air inclusion at connection and low spillage at...
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How Successful Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Selections Are Made
1/6/2011
For manufacturers looking to add, upgrade or replace Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, one of the most apparent concerns is what the system can do. For example, can the system handle the company’s...
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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in a Recovering Economy
1/6/2011
ERP delivers benefits such as the streamlining and automation of manual processes; heightened visibility over business production and data; compliance and control of financial reporting and product traceability;...
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Advancements in MRI Architectures Reduce Design Complexity While Improving Image Quality
12/21/2010
MRI designers are leveraging advances in IC technology to create simpler designs with higher performance, greater integration, and lower power—improvements are being realized system-wide, from gradient control and...
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Chip Scale Packaging Helps Portable Medical Devices Save Size and Weight
12/21/2010
Wafer-level chip scale packages are allowing designers of portable healthcare equipment—such as invasive sensing, medical implants, and disposable monitors—to reduce size and power requirements.
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The Essential Laser for Orthopedics
Lumenous Device Technologies Inc.
12/20/2010
Ask any orthopedic surgeon to show you the tools of the trade, and the evidence of laser processing is not difficult to spot. Most devices and tools, even single-use items, bear the telltale traces of marking lasers...
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Silicones for Medical Applications; Selecting the Proper Grade and Test Protocol
12/17/2010
Due to inherent low toxicity, pure silicones present a low risk for unfavorable biological reactions and have gained wide industrial and medical recognition and acceptance. The primary difference between suppliers of...
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Engineering Thin Medical Parts through Photo Etching
12/15/2010
Photo etching, also called chemical milling, photochemical machining and chemical machining, offers many advantages for manufacturing thin metal or polymer film medical parts, including improved accuracy, low-cost...
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Single-Event Upsets (SEUs) and Medical Devices
12/14/2010
As process nodes for integrated circuits (ICs) continue to shrink, their susceptibility to single-event upsets (SEUs) due to high-energy particles rises. Specifically, it is the static RAM structures within these...
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Low Noise Signal Conditioning for Sensor-Based Circuits
12/10/2010
Minimizing system noise in low power, cost conscious designs is critical. To attain the lowest noise floor and best performance from signal conditioning circuitry, designers must understand component level noise sources...
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Design Made Easy With Mixed-Signal FPGAs and State of the Art Software Tools
12/9/2010
Since the early years of embedded processor design and FPGA design, silicon advancement and design techniques for each have evolved independently. In the real world there are many FPGA designs without embedded...
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Incredible Shrinking Medical Devices
12/9/2010
Increasing healthcare costs, the prevalence of chronic diseases, an aging “baby boomer” community, and large emerging markets in countries such as China, India, and Brazil, are creating tremendous demand for...
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Putting Low Power and Flexibility Where It Matters Most: Handheld Portable Applications
12/9/2010
In the short span of three decades, electronics have not only proliferated in our world, but have also gotten smaller and more portable. The march of Moore’s Law has brought portability to the consumer, industrial...
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Intelligent Mixed Signal FPGAs in Portable Medical Devices
12/9/2010
Home-based and consumer medical devices have traditionally been used for testing and monitoring. Examples of these devices include digital blood pressure meters, blood gas meters, and blood glucose meters. Today,...
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SmartFusion in Clinical Applications: Hemodialysis Machine
12/9/2010
Clinical medical devices such as patient monitors, blood analyzers, and dialysis machines are primarily used in clinical and laboratory settings. Many of these devices are microcontroller or microprocessor based electro...
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Actel SmartFusion: Intelligent, Innovative Integration
12/9/2010
The whole point of an FPGA is flexibility. We could also mention integration and say instead that the whole point of an FPGA is flexibility and integration. But then there is cost savings. So the whole point of an FPGA...
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Power-Aware FPGA Design
12/9/2010
Power consumption requirements in new, autonomous, multimedia-savvy consumer products that can store, transmit, and receive information have catapulted system architects and board and chip designers into a new realm....
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Design Considerations for Pressure Sensing Integration
12/7/2010
Where required, a growing number of OEM’s are opting to incorporate MEMS-based pressure sensing components into portable device and equipment designs, as a means of ensuring reliability, safety and quality. The...
