Manufacturing & Packaging Articles

41. Giant Step Forward For Neural Bypass Technology 9/27/2017

    How recent accomplishments are taking science a step closer to realistically fixing paralysis.

42. OEMs: Do You Trust Your Medical Device Supplier’s Quality? 8/1/2017

    As an OEM, it is your responsibility to ensure the parts supplied to you are compliant with ISO regulations. Ideally, your supplier’s quality systems are strong enough to identify risks, prevent defects, and to catch defects quickly if they do occur. This requires a robust quality management system. 

43. The Coming Wave Of Dual-Chamber Systems For Drug Delivery 8/1/2017

    Selecting and validating the best dual-chamber design option for the delivery of a given pharmaceutical.

44. Managing The Unpredictability Of The Product Development Process 8/1/2017

    How development teams need to engage in the holistic, programmatic risk management necessary for a predictable development program.

45. Manufacturing Under Pressure: Is Lean Your Solution For Cost Savings? 7/5/2017

    Changes in today’s medical device market and political atmosphere are causing manufacturers to re-evaluate how they do business in order to reduce costs. Can the Lean manufacturing approach to productivity and efficiency be the solution your company needs?

46. Introduction To Liquid Crystal Polymers 8/23/2016

    Liquid polymer crystals are important in day to day use, especially in medical device fields and applications. This article introduces liquid crystal polymers and discusses their origin, structures, behaviors, and uses in thermoplastics and fibers with potentially broad applications.

47. Barcoding Standards And The Search For A UDI “Easy Button” 8/17/2016

    As the FDA’s next deadline for the unique device identification (UDI) of Class II devices draws closer, medical device manufacturing companies are looking to further their UDI implementation, whether they are well on their way to success or they haven’t even started. Barcoding, or identifying products via GS1 regulatory standards, is essential for companies wishing to be up to date on UDI implementation. Unfortunately, companies may be delaying UDI implementation because they view the new regulations as something an organization can address quickly. This is not the case. This article discusses the importance of viewing UDI implementation as process that encompasses the entire company rather than just as a “quick fix.”  

48. How To Select A Pump For Surgical Ablation Applications 7/21/2016

    Radio frequency (RF) ablation uses RF energy to ablate or destroy unwanted tissues. When delivered via a catheter, it offers a minimally invasive treatment for a wide variety of conditions, including atrial fibrillation (AF). These systems typically include a peristaltic pump to provide cooling or temperature control, and this pump must be able to produce and control the high pressures (up to 130 psi) required in this application.

49. An Introduction To Manufacturing Execution Systems For The Medical Device Industry 3/24/2016

    Manufacturing Execution System (MES) solutions have the potential to generate efficiencies, improve productivity, and simplify compliance within the medical device manufacturing industry. Used to manage production activities, this class of software typically provides the ability to schedule activity, deliver instructions to operators, synchronize manual activities with automated processes, and integrate with manufacturing computer systems to enable quality control, deviation management and effective enterprise resource planning (ERP), equipment management, and the documenting of floor activities for monitoring and reporting purposes.

50. Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) – An Introduction 2/9/2016

    Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2016
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    Duration: 90 Minutes - Online
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