By Joe Rotino

Moving medical products around the world is no easy task, so it’s not surprising that healthcare supply chain professionals have a number of concerns keeping them up at night. Chief among them are healthcare reform and legislation, regulations...

By applying heat to a sheet of oxidized graphite(GO), the same material in carbon-based pencil lead, graphite becomes an electrically-conducting material called reduced graphite oxide (RGO). Researchers have been studying GO for the past decade...

A manufacturer of ceramic-to-metal assemblies has expanded its production cleanroom for feed-throughs for such medical implant applications as cardiac rhythm management, neuromodulation, and cochlear and middle ear hearing devices. The cleanroom...

A global contract manufacturer is doubling the size of its ISO Class 7 (Class 10,000) cleanroom devoted to the production of plastic medical devices and supplies via radio-frequency (RF) welding. The cleanroom facility currently houses equipment...

What criteria should an OEM consider when selecting an outsourcing partner with cleanroom capabilities? Bob Lord, sales and marketing director at Quality Tech Services (Bloomington, MN), provides some insights.MPMN: What advantages do medical...

From small garage shops to vertically integrated global suppliers, there is an abundance of contract manufacturers to choose from. So what should the medical device OEM look for when choosing an outsourcing partner? Is it the supplier's equipment...

MD&M Midwest 2010 First-Time Exhibitor Coverage

LSA’s cleanroom will include several laser systems for precision processing.