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: Manufacturing Equipment

In cooperation with Engel and Transcoject, Zahoransky is exhibiting an adhesive-free, fully automatic production line for disposable syringes at the Medtec fair in Stuttgart. Zahoransky has developed a highly efficient needle separating system (the NFS) for this purpose, which can process as many as 400 needles per minute.

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.

The Medisiams trade show for West Switzerland suppliers will take place under the same roof as the World Medtech Forum Lucerne (WMTF) for the first time this year. This is the result of a decision made by Medical Cluster, Medtech Switzerland, Siams S.A. and Messe Luzern AG. The events take place in Lucerne September 25–27, 2012.

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).

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.