Puller and Cutter Produces Medical Tubing : Company Offers Service Package To Support Meeting Stringent Industry Standards : Bar Code Reading Technology Boasts Small High-Resolution ImagerPuller and Cutter Produces Medical Tubing : Company Offers Service Package To Support Meeting Stringent Industry Standards : Bar Code Reading Technology Boasts Small High-Resolution Imager

Originally Published MPMN October 2006
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Puller and Cutter Produces Medical Tubing A servo-driven puller and cutter produces small-diameter medical tubing, including heart and brain catheters. The MedLine puller and cutter from Conair (Pittsburgh; www.conair.com) includes controls to simplify the production of tubing features, such as tapers and bubbles. Read more...
Company Offers Service Package To Support Meeting Stringent Industry Standards A transparent methacrylate/acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene (MABS) for external medical and diagnostic equipment applications is now commercially available in North America. BASF (Florham Park, NJ; www.basf.com) launched its Terlux 2802 HD resin in Europe in 2005. Read more...
Bar Code Reading Technology Boasts Small High-Resolution Imager A miniature solid-state imager is fully contained within a special lightweight but durable alloy case. The MS-4 imaging device from Microscan (Renton, WA; www.microscan.com) has powerful algorithms and can accurately decode both linear bar codes and 2-D symbols, such as Code 39, Data Matrix, PDF417, and RSS. These can be read omnidirectionally on multiple surfaces and at close range. Read more...
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