Buyer’s Guide 2012 Update: Manufacturing Equipment

Otec Präzisionsfinish GmbH supplies drag-finishing systems. The company has developed special mass-finishing processes for drag finishing that enable users to give artificial hip and knee joints a homogeneous, very flat, and precisely fitting contact surface. Series DF drag-finishing units perform both wet grinding and dry polishing.

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.

Philipp Wittmann has taken over the management of the Austrian healthcare cluster Gesundheits-Cluster (GC), effective January 1, 2012. Wittmann has been active within the network for more than five years and, as an experienced project manager, was viewed as the outstanding candidate during the multipart job application process.

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.

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.

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.