Manufacturing & Packaging Articles

91. Beyond The Quote: Total Cost Of Ownership With Supply Chain Partnerships 2/3/2020

    Critical components cannot be sourced like simple parts; they demand greater vendor/customer collaboration, profound depth of knowledge, and a supplier committed more to the relationship than the sale.

92. Why Extruded Tubes May Be Your Best Medical Device Packaging Option 1/31/2020

    Protecting your valuable medical products is of the utmost importance, but it often comes with a hefty price tag and unforeseen challenges. Rigid extruded tubes (ExT) can offer an affordable, customizable, durable, reusable, and sterilizable packaging option for your medical product.

93. There's No Crying In Medical Manufacturing! 12/10/2019

    Much like the game of baseball, medical manufacturing can be complex, demanding, and ever-changing. And it's hard. But "the hard... is what makes it great."

94. Less Is More: How LEAN Processes Can Bolster Profits And Sustainability 11/19/2019

    LEAN manufacturing is an important extension of controlled operations that comes with benefits in limiting costs, boosting profits, reducing waste, and improving sustainability. But how can device manufacturers learn, adopt, implement, and make LEAN manufacturing principles part of everyday operations?

95. Strategies Of Collaborative Co-Development Success 8/21/2019

    Co-development projects task the coordination of large groups of talented engineers, assay developers, and support personnel to guide the development activity, such as the development of a complex medical instrument. 

96. New Developments In Parylene Technology For Medical Electronics Advancement 3/15/2019

    Vapor phase polymers, particularly Parylenes, have become more important in the conformal insulation and biostability of medical electronics and enhancing their overall reliability because of the unique characteristics that are generally not available with other polymeric materials. 

97. 10 Ways To Improve Your Barcodes 12/7/2018

    Without barcodes to scan, the retail world would effectively grind to a halt. The dependency is understandable though, as barcodes are just that much more effective relative to labels… they can contain that much more information.

98. The Growth Of Biocompatible Silicone In Implantable Medical Devices 11/19/2018

    Silicone’s biocompatibility and stability when implanted within the human body for short-term or long-term applications have made it a highly popular material for implantable medical devices. This article offers a brief overview of the history of biocompatible silicone, new testing and standards, and the issues regarding biocompatibility and patient safety.

99. Choosing A CMO: Find The Best Match By Asking The Right Questions 11/8/2018

    When selecting a CMO, it’s important to look at organizational alignment, senior leadership engagement, program management, commitment to projects large and small, and processes in place to manage risk. 

100. The Only Validation Approach That Gets — And Keeps — Your Molded Part In Spec 11/1/2018

     When subcontracting medical or optic injection-molded components, do you carefully evaluate your molder’s validation process? There is only one approach that is proven to keep your molded parts “in spec”: decoupled molding.