Medical Devices Archives - Page 9 of 12

Bodycote expands electron-beam welding capacity at Cambridge facility

Bodycote, U.K., announces the installation of further electron beam welding (EBW) capacity at its facility in Cambridge.

Alcoa to invest $60 million to develop its Ampliforge 3D-printing plus forging process

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, is investing $60 million in its R&D center to accelerate the development of advanced 3D-printing materials and processes.

DOD awards $75 million to FlexTech Alliance for flexible hybrid electronics manufacturing

FlexTech Alliance, San Jose, Calif., announces that the U.S. Department of Defense has awarded it $75 million over five years in a Cooperative Agreement to establish and manage a Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Flexible Hybrid Electronics.

Materion to provide AlBeCast components to Lockheed Martin for F-35 jet

Materion Beryllium & Composites, Elmore, Ohio, announces that it has delivered the first finished AlBeCast aluminum-beryllium investment cast components to Lockheed Martin for the F-35 Lightning II Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS).

CoorsTek Medical to expand production of CeraSurf alumina matrix composites

CoorsTek Medical, Fort Worth, Texas, announces a five-year, multi-million dollar capital investment program to support the growing worldwide demand for its ceramic hip replacement components and turnkey hip arthroplasty solutions.

Lake City acquires new vacuum furnace from VFS

Lake City Heat Treating Corp., Warsaw, Ind., announces that it has acquired a new vacuum furnace, bringing the company’s vacuum heat treating line to seven.

Utitec expands heat treating capabilities with Ipsen Titan furnace

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that it recently shipped a Titan vacuum furnace to Utitec’s facility in Watertown, Conn.

Bioabsorbable magnesium wire for orthopaedic implants

nanoMAG LLC, Livonia, Mich., developed a high strength bioabsorbable magnesium alloy, BioMg 250, whcih is now available in wire form for biomedical orthopaedic procedures.

Alcoa acquires RTI International Metals to expand aerospace growth

RTI International Metals Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that its shareholders have approved a merger agreement with Alcoa Inc., also of Pittsburgh.

How heat treatment affects Nitinol wires

Researchers from Fort Wayne Metals, Fort Wayne, Ind., presented The Effects of Heat Treatment on the Properties of Shape Memory Nitinol Wires at SMST 2015.

Lumenous provides laser micro-machining for tube and sheet

Lumenous Device Technologies, Sunnyvale, Calif., provides laser-micromachining and premium finishing to the medical device and precision instrument industries worldwide.

Shape Memory and Superelasticity: Advances in Science and Technology

The new journal, Shape Memory and Superelasticity: Advances in Science and Technology, now has articles to view online.

Design for manufacturability reduces time to market for Nitinol devices

According to Norman Noble, Cleveland, Ohio, Design for Manufacturability and Concurrent Engineering can cut in half costs and time-to-market, while adding significant improvements to quality and delivery.

Dense yttrium oxide coats electronic devices via suspension plasma spray

Progressive Surface, Grand Rapids, Mich., recently installed three 100HE plasma spray systems in a semiconductor manufacturing facility.

Ultra 76 Plus tantalum alloy resists corrosion in hot concentrated acids

H.C. Starck, Newton, Mass., introduces the Ultra 76 Plus tantalum alloy, which is designed to combat aggressive hazardous-chemical corrosion in hot concentrated acids.

Ultra 76 Plus tantalum alloy resists corrosion in hot concentrated acids

H.C. Starck, Newton, Mass., introduces the Ultra 76 Plus tantalum alloy, which is designed to combat aggressive hazardous-chemical corrosion in hot concentrated acids.

Arcam invests in third plasma atomization reactor for titanium powder

Arcam AB, Sweden, announces that a third plasma titanium atomization reactor at its powder manufacturing subsidiary AP&C in Montreal is now operational.

LPW Technology and Metalysis partner to advance spherical tantalum and tungsten powders

LPW Technology Inc., Pittsburgh, and Metalysis, U.K., have formed a collaboration with the goal of developing an alternative supply chain for clean, spherical tantalum and tungsten powders for critical applications.

3D printed biogel

Stretchable, biocompatible hydrogels with complex patterning could be used in tissue engineering.

TA Instruments acquires assets of Bose ElectroForce Group

TA Instruments, New Castle, Del., announces that it has acquired certain assets related to the Bose ElectroForce Group, Framingham, Mass.

How microbes acquire electricity in making methane

Scientists at Stanford University, Calif., solved a long-standing mystery about methanogens—unique microorganisms that transform electricity and carbon dioxide into methane.

Harvesting energy from heartbeats

Researchers created thin, flexible electronic devices that efficiently harvest the mechanical energy from natural motions of the human body.

Ametek acquires Global Tubes for its high-precision small-diameter tubing

Ametek Inc., Berwyn, Pa., has acquired Global Tubes, a leading manufacturer of high precision, small diameter metal tubing, for approximately $200 million.

Lake City Heat Treating acquires VFS vacuum furnace

Lake City Heat Treating Corp., Warsaw, Ind., has acquired a VFS Model HIQ3836-6 furnace that can achieve vacuums of 10-6 torr and process temperatures up to 2400°F with a workload size up to 24 x 24 x 36 in.

Admedes Schuessler’s Blue Oxide surface treatment builds 15-nm oxide layer on Nitinol

Admedes Schuessler, Germany, reports that its Blue Oxide surface treatment for controlled thermal oxidation creates a 15- to 100-nm oxide layer on Nitinol with pure and dense TiO2, without causing performance-fading byproducts.

New Norman Noble facility doubles manufacturing capacity for prototype orthopedic implants

Norman Noble Inc., Highland Heights, Ohio, has opened a new process development center in Naples, Florida, that doubles the company’s capacity for manufacturing orthopedic implant and device prototypes.

Artificial hand functions by muscles made of bundles of nickel-titanium wire

Engineers at Saarland University have developed an artificial hand with muscles made from bundles of ultrafine nickel-titanium alloy wires that are able to tense and flex.

Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies system combines CNC machining with additive manufacturing

Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Ltd., Leicestershire, U.K., has developed a system that can be integrated into any CNC machine to allow for metal deposition (via laser cladding), as well as finishing and inspection of parts, all on a single machine.

Antimicrobial bone screw now available

Silver Bullet Therapeutics Inc., San Jose, Calif., received CE Mark approval for the commercial sale of its antimicrobial OrthoFuzIon Cannulated Bone Screw System for orthopedic reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) procedures in the European Union.