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 Equipment

Nordson EFD supplies a wide range of printing and dosing solder pastes as an all-in-one solution with dosing equipment. The pastes are used particularly in medical engineering for manufacturing such devices as inhalation devices for asthma patients. Products include PrintPlus printable pastes and SolderPlus dosable solder pastes.

With the winter semester of 2012/2013, the Tuttlingen campus of Furtwangen University launches a new course of study to be offered each year during that semester, which begins in October. The subject is industrial materials engineering. Potential candidates have until July 15 to apply to the admissions office in Furtwangen.

Buyer’s Guide 2012 Update: IV Components

Qosina has added a 10-ml open-bore syringe and two 20-ml open-ended syringes to its extensive product line. These syringes have an ABS plunger, a silicone plunger tip, and a shatter-resistant polycarbonate barrel that ensures visual clarity. Configured for easy filling at their distal end, they can be used with viscous materials.

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.