Medical Devices Archives - Page 3 of 12

Nikon super-resolution structured illumination doubles resolution of widefield microscope

Nikon Instruments, Melville, N.Y., describes super-resolution structured illumination microscopy (SIM) as a revolutionary imaging technique for doubling the resolution of a widefield microscope in 3D. It is a user-friendly super-resolution technology easily applied to a variety of sample types.

Jeol acquires IDES to enable TEM image capture in nanoseconds and femtoseconds

Jeol Ltd., Peabody, Mass., recently acquired all shares of Integrated Dynamic Electron Solutions Inc. (IDES), an entrepreneurial venture specializing in technologies related to transmission electron microscopy, and made the company its wholly owned subsidiary.

Stratasys forms coalition of more than 150 organizations to produce 3D-printed face shields

Stratasys Ltd., Eden Prairie, Minn., announces that a coalition of companies and universities assembled by Stratasys to produce face shields by leveraging 3D printers now numbers more than 150.

Palladium added to NiTiHf shape memory alloys raises strength/transformation temperature

Researchers from the University of Kentucky and University of Arkansas discussed the effects of palladium on NiTiHf shape memory alloys at MS&T 2019 in Portland, Oregon.

Crystal orientation of shape memory alloys evaluated by nanoindentation studies

Researchers from Georgia Tech and the Indian Institute of Science studied crystal orientation anisotropy of Ti-Pt-Ni-Hf shape memory alloys, and reported results at MS&T 2019 in Portland, Oregon.

Norman Noble provides proprietary automated electropolishing of Nitinol in all forms

Norman Noble, Cleveland, provides complete, single-source contract manufacturing of medical implants and devices made from superelastic and shape-memory Nitinol.

Medshape DynaNail Mini features Nitinol compression element to promote bone healing

MedShape Inc., Atlanta, reports on initial clinical outcomes with the DynaNail Mini Fusion System for subtalar fusion procedures.

Norman Noble provides proprietary automated electropolishing of Nitinol in all forms

Norman Noble, Cleveland, provides complete, single-source contract manufacturing of medical implants and devices made from superelastic and shape-memory Nitinol.

Thermo Fisher Scientific diagnostic test for COVID-19 receives emergency approval

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham, Mass., announces that on March 13 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for its diagnostic test that can be used immediately by CLIA high-complexity laboratories in the United States to detect nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and not for any other viruses or pathogens.

Ametek Gatan K3 camera provides first 3D atomic-scale map of coronavirus structure

Ametek Gatan, Berwyn, Pa., reports that researchers at the University of Texas at Austin and the National Institutes of Health created the first 3D atomic-scale map of the 2019 novel coronavirus.

Thermo Fisher to acquire Qiagen for its life science and molecular diagnostic solutions

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham, Mass.; and Qiagen N.V., Netherlands, announce that their boards of directors have unanimously approved Thermo Fisher’s proposal to acquire Qiagen for $44 per share in cash.

High-intensity ultrasound applied to 3D-printed Inconel increases tensile strength by 12%

Researchers from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia, report that they have exploited ultrasound vibrations to increase strength of metal alloys by shaking grains into smaller formations during 3D printing.

Birmingham University develops long-lasting antimicrobial coating for steel and plastics

Researchers at the University of Birmingham, England, announce that they have developed an antimicrobial peptide coating that adheres to steel after the surface has been modified by a specially-designed surface engineering process to activate the metal.

Solar Manufacturing builds furnaces with all-metal hot zones for 3D printing and medical

Solar Manufacturing, Sellersville, Pa., recently built and shipped two furnaces to Tennessee, for service to the medical and additive manufacturing industries.

Retech Systems EB melting and vacuum arc remelting furnaces installed at titanium supplier

Retech Systems LLC, a Seco Warwick company, Ukiah, Calif., announces that its titanium melting equipment has been installed at the Pennsylvania facility of the Perryman Company, a leading global supplier of titanium to the aerospace, medical, consumer, and other industries.

Kymera to acquire Reading Alloys for its aerospace, defense, and medical materials

Kymera International, a specialty materials company headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, has entered into a definitive agreement with Ametek Inc., Berwyn, Pennsylvania, to acquire its Reading Alloys business.

Grupo Mess becomes exclusive Buehler distributor for metallographic and hardness equipment in Mexico

Buehler, an ITW Company, Lake Bluff, Ill., announces a partnership with Grupo Mess, Queretaro City, Mexico, a leading Mexico supplier of scientific equipment and services specializing in metrology. The partnership provides local support to Buehler customers and other manufacturers for all their metallographic product and service needs.

Leica Microsystems LIBS enables visual and chemical inspection in one step

Leica Microsystems, Morrisville, N.C., offers an additional function to optical analysis for determination of cleanliness in materials: laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), a chemical analysis tool based on laser technology.

Cirtec Medical leases new 85,000 sq. ft. facility for Neuromodulation Center of Excellence

Cirtec Medical Corp., Minneapolis, announces that it has signed a lease on an 85,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility near its current facility in Brooklyn Park that will focus on active implantable device manufacturing.

Seisa Medical acquires Burpee MedSystems for its complex stents and delivery devices

Seisa Medical Inc., El Paso, Texas, announces that it has acquired Burpee MedSystems LLC, a leading manufacturer of stents and delivery devices.

Picosun plasma-enhanced ALD coating process replaces ions with low-energy radicals

Picosun Group, Finland, reports excellent results obtained with its next generation PEALD (plasma-enhanced ALD) technology, which enables deposition at low temperatures and of several materials that could not be deposited with thermal processes only.

Salt template made by 3D printing enables magnesium bioresorbable bone implants

ETH Zurich researchers announce that they have succeeded in producing magnesium scaffolds with structured porosity that are suitable for bioresorbable bone implants, with the help of a 3D printed salt template

Accurate Brazing to invest $13 million to upgrade and expand heat treating operations

Accurate Brazing, Greenville, S.C., a subsidiary of Aalberts N.V., announces that it will invest $13 million to expand operations in Greenville County by upgrading approximately 20,000 square feet of an existing facility to install a new world-class hot isostatic press.

Solar installs all-metal hot zone heat treating furnace for aerospace/medical alloys

Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., recently installed another unique, all-metal hot zone vacuum furnace at its facility in Souderton to increase its capacity for processing sensitive materials such as PH stainless, nickel-chrome-base superalloys, titanium, and ferritic and austenitic stainless steels.

Dept. of Energy to invest $32 million in projects to develop new functional materials

The U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, announces that it will invest $32 million over the next four years to accelerate the design of new materials through use of supercomputers.

New Olympus digital microscope analyzes samples with 20 to 7000X magnification range

Olympus Corp., Tokyo, announces the global launch of the DSX1000 digital microscope with guaranteed high- and low-magnification accuracy and precision in a single instrument, for industries such as electronics, metals, semiconductors, automotive, aerospace, and medical devices.

Rave mask repair/cleaning business now part of Bruker semiconductor metrology division

Bruker Corp., Billerica, Mass., announces that it has acquired the semiconductor mask repair and cleaning business of Rave LLC, a leading provider of nanomachining and laser photomask repair equipment. For calendar year 2018, the acquired business was profitable and had revenues of approximately $25 million. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed, and the business has now become part of Bruker’s semiconductor metrology division.