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Tutorial: How To Select A DC Micromotor

9/19/2008 12:07:00 AM

Selecting a DC motor for a particular application can be a rather involved process and should be done in close onsultation with Micro-Drive's applications engineers. However, it is often useful to be able to "ballpark" a motor selection on one's own.

Tutorial: Motor Calculations

9/18/2008 11:28:00 PM

It is important to consider the units involved when making the power calculation. A reference that provides conversion tables is very helpful for this purpose. Such a reference is used to convert the torque-speed product to units of power (Watts).

Material Safety Data Sheet: Zymit® Low-Foam Liquid Enzyme Cleaner

8/27/2008 4:57:00 AM

Zymit Low-Foam is a liquid dual-enzyme and detergent formula for removal of protein- and starch-based soils. Zymit Low-Foam is used to clean diagnostic and surgical instruments, labware, photographic film equipment, hospital and daycare furnishings, filter membranes, and many other surfaces.

Material Safety Data Sheet: Micro® A07 Citric Acid Cleaner

8/27/2008 4:21:00 AM

Micro A07 is a powerful blend of chelating citric acid and anionic surfactants that is designed to remove milkstone, hard water scale, rust, mineral deposits, and other inorganic soils from filter membranes, labware, and industrial equipment, Micro A07 is phosphate free and non-corrosive.

Material Safety Data Sheet: Micro-90® Concentrated Alkaline Cleaner

8/27/2008 3:29:00 AM

Micro-90 is a mild, yet powerful multipurpose, alkaline cleaner that has long been used for laboratory cleaning, industrial applications, and critical cleaning processes.

Product Paper: EtQ Receiving And Inspection EtQ Supplier Rating

7/3/2008 12:29:00 PM

In today's dynamic business environment, suppliers play an important role in bringing products to market. As businesses continue to evolve and improve efficiencies in the production process, the supply chain plays an ever increasing role in ensuring business objectives are met.

White Paper: Taking Quality Outside Your Four Walls: An Integrated Approach To Supplier Quality Management

7/3/2008 12:21:00 PM

In today's dynamic business environment, suppliers play an important role in bringing products to market. As businesses continue to evolve and improve efficiencies in the production process, the supply chain plays an everincreasing role in ensuring business objectives are met

White Paper: An Insider's Guide To Selecting A Quality Management Software System

7/3/2008 12:16:00 PM

In today's dynamic and demand-driven market, the need to implement enterprise technology to keep pace with rapidly evolving operational, production and compliance environments is key to success. In recent years, enterprise technology has become more prevalent in its penetration of all operational areas within a business

White Paper: Cleaning Validation For Medical Device Manufacturing

7/11/2008 2:48:00 AM

Cleaning validation is the documentation that establishes that a cleaning process will consistently result in devices that are clean to an acceptable level of cleanliness. In the medical device manufacturing industry, cleaning validation is generally performed by examining the finished device rather than the process equipment used to manufacture the device. Submitted by Alconox

White Paper: Aqueous Critical Cleaning — Applications In Medical Device Manufacturing

7/11/2008 1:56:00 AM

Aqueous cleaners are suitable for a range of cleaning methods commonly employed in medical device manufacturing including ultrasonic, manual, soak and automated. The range in formulation from acidic to basic, high emulsifying to low foaming, and availability of liquid concentrates to powder blends ensures that a cleaner can be found to clean whatever residues are encountered using whatever the cleaning method is being used. Submitted by Alconox

Spec Sheet: BreakAway™ Coupling Series

6/5/2008 11:26:00 AM

Colder's new BreakAway™ coupling provides safe and easy fluid transfer and protection from costly product loss and equipment damage. These high quality, leak-free connectors are designed to disconnect when pull force is applied without depressing a latching mechanism, allowing users to make a clean, fast, and easy break at critical moments.

White Paper: Reducing The Documentation Burden In FDA Design Control Process By Using A Web-Based System

6/17/2008 8:55:00 AM

The design and development of medical devices is a challenging endeavor in and of itself. Add to that the regulatory environment in which medical device developers must operate, and the task can seem insurmountable. This white paper will explore ways of reducing the documentation burden and accelerating overall project timelines by taking advantage of the technology offered by Web-based document management systems.

Product Sheet: Warehousing And Worldwide Logistics Solutions

5/30/2008 7:43:00 AM

Product Sheet: Warehousing And Worldwide Logistics Solutions

Case Study: Truly Global Complaint Tracking: Consolidating Into A Single Streamlined System

5/30/2008 7:11:00 AM

Case Study: Truly Global Complaint Tracking: Consolidating Into A Single Streamlined System

Manufacturing Software

5/30/2007 9:55:00 AM

Manufacturing Software- EtQ Manufacturing software is an integrated quality and compliance management system that has been pre-configured to specifically address the needs of the Manufacturing industry and ISO 9000 processes.

Product Sheet: Alcotabs: Critical-Cleaning Detergent Tablets

5/14/2008 8:19:00 AM

Product Sheet: Alcotabs: Critical-Cleaning Detergent Tablets

Product Sheet: Alconox: Powdered Precision Cleaner

5/14/2008 7:46:00 AM

Product Sheet: Alconox: Powdered Precision Cleaner

Detergent 8: Low-Foaming Ion-Free Detergent

5/14/2008 12:05:00 AM

Replace solvent cleaning. Concentrated to save you money. Biodegradable and readily disposable. Penetrating wetting power to save you time. Free rinsing to give you reliable results and no interfering residues. Contains no phosphate, sulfur, chlorine, metal cation, halide, borate, silicate, carbonate, chlorocarbon, fluorocarbon, or chelating ingredients.

Motion Controller

4/6/1999 5:36:00 PM

A motion controller can provide control of motion, velocity, and position via serial or interfaces with a range of brush type and brushless DC motors.

Pyrochrome� Chromogenic Endotoxin Testing Reagents

4/13/2006 3:13:51 PM

Pyrochrome� was developed specifically for chromogenic assays. The LAL reaction releases a chromophore, paranitroaniline (pNA) when exposed to endotoxin, and the concentration of endotoxin is determined by the increase in the optical density, relative to a standard curve.

Clean Room Extrusion Services From IDEX Medical

4/1/2005 8:39:00 AM

IDEX Medical offers clean room extrusion services performed in their Class 100,000 clean room facility.

Associates Of Cape Cod - Supplier of Analyte Detection Products

3/23/2006 9:37:00 AM

For over 30 years, Associates of Cape Cod, Inc. (ACC) has been a leading global supplier of analyte detection products, including Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) for the detection and quantification of bacterial endotoxins

Smith & Nephew Endoscopy Expands Line Of CLEAR-TRAC Surgical Cannulas

12/6/2008 4:40:00 AM

Smith & Nephew's Endoscopy Division recently announced the launch of a redesigned and expanded family of CLEAR-TRAC Disposable Cannulas, with a new, triple-seal system that reduces fluid leakage and helps surgeons manage sutures during arthroscopic surgery

PLC12 Series: Couplings

12/18/2007 10:49:00 PM

The 1/4" flow polypropylene PLC12 offers many of the same configuration options as the PLC. The polypropylene material adds greater chemical resistance for more demanding applications. PLC12 couplings are also gamma sterilizable.

Flyer: Developing A New Device? Think Endotoxin Now ... Think ACC!

11/3/2008 9:17:00 PM

Associates of Cape Cod offers an accurate, cost-effective solution for testing your medical device for endotoxin contamination.

St. Jude Medical Announces Japanese Approval And Launch Of Victory Family Of Pacemakers

11/18/2008 4:23:46 AM

St. Jude Medical, Inc. today announced regulatory approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), in addition to reimbursement approval, for its Victory� family of pacemakers

Xcorporeal, Inc. Announces The XCR-6 Dialysis Platform For Self-Directed Kidney Hemodialysis

11/18/2008 4:16:55 AM

Xcorporeal, Inc. announced today the XCR-6 Dialysis Platform for self-directed kidney hemodialysis. The XCR-6 will be the smallest, lightest, and easiest to use dialysis machine ever conceived, using Xcorporeal's proprietary closed loop, regenerated dialysate technology platform

Ascent Receives Only 510(k) Clearance For Reprocessed Biosense Webster LASSO Variable Circular Mapping Catheters

11/18/2008 4:07:58 AM

Ascent Healthcare Solutions, a leader in the medical device industry, promoting sustainable solutions to device procurement, announced today that it has received the industry's first 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reprocess the LASSO 2515 Variable Circular Mapping Catheter manufactured by Biosense Webster

NeuroNexus Technologies And Philips Partner To Research Next-Generation Deep Brain Stimulation Devices For The Treatment Of Central Nervous System Disorders

11/18/2008 3:59:32 AM

NeuroNexus Technologies and Philips Research today announced that they have signed a joint research agreement to develop next-generation deep brain stimulation devices with the ambition to improve the treatment of neurological diseases and psychiatric disorders

Singapore Medicine - Singapore Doctors Use Hi-Tech Implant To Add Space To Narrowed Spinal Canals

11/18/2008 3:42:00 AM

Singapore's ParkwayHealth is the first healthcare group in Southeast Asia to offer the In-Space percutaneous interspinous distraction device, a revolutionary spinal procedure

Medtronic Launches Endeavor Sprint Drug-Eluting Stent System On Rapid Exchange In United States

11/18/2008 3:33:00 AM

Building on its reputation for excellence in the deliverability of its angioplasty products, Medtronic, Inc., announced today the U.S. market launch of the Endeavor Sprint drug-eluting stent (DES) on a rapid exchange (RX) delivery system

New Study Confirms The Role Of ErecAid As Supplemental First Line Treatment For Erectile Dysfunction

11/17/2008 3:50:00 AM

Plethora Solutions Holdings PLC, the specialist developer of products for the treatment and management of urological disorders, announces results of a study confirming the role its product, ErecAid, as a supplemental first line treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED)

Future Looks Bright For Non-Invasive Diagnosis Of Skin Cancer; Study Shows Novel Light Device Detects Cancerous Lesions From Normal Tissue

11/17/2008 3:29:00 AM

Researchers report promising results for the viability of a portable, handheld device using a specialized light technique that may enhance the differential diagnosis of non-melanoma skin cancers, inflamed scar tissue and normal skin in vivo. Recently published in "Lasers in Surgery and Medicine" (August 2008 issue), the peer-reviewed professional journal of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery

Voler Expands Medical Device Design Capabilities

11/13/2008 3:09:00 AM

Voler announced recently that it is expanding current medical device design capabilities beyond prototypes and custom test systems to include the design of production medical devices for human use

Radar Breast Imaging System Could Revolutionize Breast Cancer Screening

11/12/2008 12:59:00 AM

The world's first radar breast imaging system developed at Bristol University that could revolutionise the way women are scanned for breast cancer, is being trialled at North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT)

Mpathy Medical Introduces Restorelle Y

11/11/2008 4:20:41 AM

Mpathy Medical, a rapidly growing medical device company which has developed and brought to market a range of surgical solutions used to restore pelvic health to women, is pleased to introduce its newest product - Restorelle Y - which is the premier solution for enhanced laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy procedures to treat pelvic organ prolapse

Medtronic Data Presented At American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2008 Supports Utility Of Painless Pacing Therapies In ICD Patients

11/11/2008 4:14:00 AM

New data presented today at Scientific Sessions 2008 from Medtronic shows that survival among patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) treated only with anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) was superior to patients who experienced at least one shock-treated episode, further demonstrating the clinical benefit of ATP

Essex Dental Benefits To Cover Zila's ViziLite Plus For Oral Cancer Screenings

11/11/2008 4:06:47 AM

Zila, Inc. today announced that Essex Dental Benefits has begun offering coverage for ViziLite Plus with TBlue, Zila's proprietary screening device for the early detection of oral abnormalities that could lead to cancer

Nomir Medical Technologies Granted European Patent On Core Noveon Technology

11/11/2008 3:52:55 AM

Nomir Medical Technologies, a leader in the development of optical energy technologies for medical applications, announced today that The European Patent Office has granted a patent to Nomir which protects its core Noveon technology

CNSystems Medizintechnik AG Receives FDA Approval For CNAP Monitor 500

11/11/2008 3:44:12 AM

CNSystems Medizintechnik AG, a medical device company marketing CNAP, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the 510(k) notification for CNSystem's CNAP Monitor 500, permitting the sale of this product in the United States

Intel Announces Its First Home Medical Device To Better Connect Clinicians With Patients

11/11/2008 3:39:00 AM

Intel Corporation today announced its Intel Health Guide, a care management tool designed for health care professionals who manage patients with chronic conditions

Global Therapeutics Initiates Trial Of Next Generation Drug-Eluting Stent Using RNA Therapeutic Agent To Treat Coronary Artery Disease

11/11/2008 3:35:41 AM

Global Therapeutics, a leading developer of innovative solutions for the cardiology market, today announced initiation of the world's first clinical trial of a drug eluting stent that uses an antisense RNA therapeutics agent aimed at silencing one of the genes (c-myc) responsible for causing arteries to reclose after stenting (restenosis)

ReGen Biologics 510(k) To Be Considered By FDA Orthopaedic Panel

11/11/2008 3:31:38 AM

ReGen Biologics ("ReGen") announced today that the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") has scheduled a meeting of the Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Advisory Panel ("Orthopaedic Panel") to discuss and make recommendations on the ReGen collagen scaffold 510(k)

New Nanomaterial Could Be Breakthrough For Implantable Medical Devices

11/11/2008 10:57:28 AM

A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has made a breakthrough that could lead to new dialysis devices and a host of other revolutionary medical implants.

Product Overview: Value-Added Services

10/6/2008 1:06:25 PM

Corry Micronics recently announced the introduction of its RF housing machining, assembly, and testing services. The turn-key program includes machining and plating the housing, installing the solder-in filters, hermetic seal and environmental testing services, and electrical and mechanical qualification. Product performance testing services, after the filters are installed into the housings, include temperature cycling, gross and fine leak testing, and capacitance and voltage break down testing.

Brochure: Endotoxin Testing Solutions

10/28/2008 1:13:20 PM

Developing a new Medical Device or Combination Product? If the device will be in contact with blood, lymph, or cerebrospinal fluid then think Endotoxin. Consider endotoxin contamination at the very beginning of product development for product release.

Corry Micronics: Feedthru Filters, Capacitors and Filter Plates

10/22/2002 3:36:00 PM

Corry Micronics, located in northwestern Pennsylvania, has been producing Feedthru Capacitors and Radio-Frequency Interference (RFI) Filters since 1970...

Datasheet: Spinal Stabilization Rods

10/15/2008 12:56:00 PM

Available now from IDEX Medical-Spinal Stabilization Rods for medical device manufacturers developing high-quality, ultraclean implantable alternatives to titanium stabilizers.

Multifunctional Ties

1/27/2006 4:58:30 PM

Qosina is pleased to introduce advanced polymer multifunctional ties. The tie design is based on modern cabling, a chain of cells terminated by a threading tongue. The tongue can be inserted through any cell, and the entire strip pulled through to form a closed loop. These releasable ties can be double wrapped or formed into multiple loops, adaptable to many different configurations. Additionally, the unused tail can be cut and reused as a new tie. These reusable, releasable ties are an economical, waste-free and versatile option for connecting tubing, cables or as a closure.

CATSWeb College Training Courses

1/27/2006 2:17:00 PM

Limited class sizes! Contact your sales representative for further details. All classes are held in Northbrook, IL