Buyer’s Guide 2012 Update: Electrical/Electronic Components

Comp-Mall offers medical equipment manufacturers the compact Model EBC-2102 fanless embedded automation PC, which is equipped with a choice of Intel Atom D525 1.8-GHz dual core, a D425 1.8-GHz dual-core or N455 1.66-GHz single-core processor. Low power consumption allows fanless operation between –10° and 50°C.

Buyer’s Guide 2012 Update: Electrical/Electronic Components

Though it looks like a high-quality remote control unit for a consumer item, and has comparable functionality, a wireless hand control for medical devices is based on technology developed by the Meditec business of Steute that is fundamentally different from that in the wireless devices used to operate stereo systems and garage doors.

Thuringia is home to a new biotech consortium working toward development of bioactive, functionally stable devices for medical implantation. The growth core, called Basis (for BioAnalytics and Surfaces for Integration in Systems), is organizing its first public workshop, to be presented in Erfurt, Germany, February 23 and 24.

Buyer’s Guide 2012 Update: Manufacturing Services

Teleflex Medical OEM, a global leader in surgical instruments for orthopaedic and spinal procedures, has introduced a high-performance device specifically designed for cutting extremely strong cobalt chromium and titanium rods. Custom-configured rod cutters are the sort of products the contractor specializes in developing and producing.

An introduction to medical device law and current legal issues will be provided by MedInform on March 27 and 28, 2012, in Bonn, via the “Foundation and Advanced Seminar on Medical Device Law.” MedInform is the medical technology information and seminar service organized by BVMed, which supplies the seminar moderator.

A major challenge for manufacturers of artificial tissue for implantation is the provision of multiple cell layers that can be fed nutrients via a supply system. This is the focus of efforts by a consortium of 16 European industrial and research partners under the direction of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT).