Recently added articles from Medical Equipment Designer:
Transparent welding: new laser technique eliminates tell-tale weld lines. (Editor's Choice).
Jul 01, 2002; Gooch, Stephanie ... A new process for transmission laser welding of both clear and colored plastics works without the use of opaque materials nor the addition of unwanted color. The process can be used to join a wide range of rigid and flexible plastics, making it suitable for assembling electronic and ...
Ten in the bed: ten motors drive medical imager's print mechanism. (Application Ideas).
Jul 01, 2002; Gooch, Stephanie ... The Horizon Multi-Media Dry Imager from Codonics, Middleburg Heights, OH, is capable of developing printed images and reports for MRI, CT, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, oncology, PACS and nuclear medicine units. It handles three, easy-to-load, sealed, disposable media cassettes at once, ...
The brain show: viewing system provides surgical staff with front-row seats.
Jul 01, 2002; Mandel, Richard ... The surgical suite is not the roomiest shop floor for working. It's not intended to be--most procedures are on a single region of the patient, precluding need for excess movement. To serve the surgeon and staff, the remaining floor space is taken up by equipment trays and support systems, ...
Miniature emitter and detector assemblies. (Medical Products).
Jul 01, 2002 ... Designed for medical applications where selection of the peak or centroid wavelength is a strict requirement, the ELM series of emitters and EPM series of detectors can be combined in a complete assembly for various non-invasive sensor ...
Damped vinyl materials. (Medical Products).
Jul 01, 2002 ... Highly-damped vinyl Isodamp C-1000 series thermoplastics provide vibration isolation, shock protection and noise control for a variety of medical device applications. Standard and custom-molded isolators, such as grommets, bushings and equipment mounts, are ...
Capillary tubing. (Medical Products).
Jul 01, 2002 ... This company's precision bore glass capabilities include high-volume production of round borosilicate capillary tubing. Capillaries can be produced in varying lengths, with or without microfilament. Multi-bore tube configurations up to 7 bores are available ....
Compact linear actuator. (Medical Products).
Jul 01, 2002 ... Designed for applications that include medical pumps, the MaxJac line of compact actuators delivers variable speed control for thrust applications. Various features suit them for throttle control, fine lift adjustments and valve actuation. The 12 VDC gearmotor ...
Plastic medical packaging. (Medical Products).
Jul 01, 2002 ... Designed to be weather- and impact protective, this company's line of durable, recyclable polyethylene and polypropylene packaging products can he customized for specific requirements. Detailed consultation is available for packaging materials ...
Progressive scan camera. (Medical Products).
Jul 01, 2002 ... Designed for use in medical imaging and other vision systems, the CV-M77 one chip 1/3-in. RGB-output color CCD camera provides approximately 2.5 times higher pixel resolution than the company's previous model. An RS-232C communication protocol, using short ASCII ...
Large connectors. (Medical Products).
Jul 01, 2002 ... Designed for use with 3/8-and 1/4-in. dia. tubing, these larger connectors are suited for high flow medical applications. The barb design has no parting line on critical sealing surfaces and the configurations include tees, elbows and ...
Miniature step motors. (Medical Products).
Jul 01, 2002 ... The Portescap P110 series features a 2-phase, 24-step motor that is 16 mm in dia. and 19 mm long with a holding torque rating of 7 mNm. Disc-magnet technology creates very low rotor inertia of only 0.4 x [10.sup.-7] kg-[m.sup.2] resulting in high dynamic ...
Multilayered flexible tubing. (Medical Products).
Jul 01, 2002 ... Designed as an alternative to PVC tubing, non-yellowing BioPath flexible tubing is coextruded using polyurethane and Ecdel elastomer. The thin external layer of Ecdel provides a tough, chemically inert and clear polymer layer that is solvent bondable and ...
Medical TPEs. (Medical Products).
Jul 01, 2002 ... Designed for medical applications requiring a PVC-free or latex-free alternative, this line of TPEs is available with high clarity, temperature resistance, tensile- and tear-strengths. Extrusion grades 223-007 and 223-008 offer PVC-like kink-resistance and snap-back, whereas ...
Inert tubing. (Medical Products).
Jul 01, 2002 ... Combining extreme chemical resistance with flexible tubing, formulation SE-200 Tygon tubing contains an inert FEP liner, which allows its use with aggressive chemicals. The crystal clear Tygon jacket suits the tubing for applications where tight bends, clarity ...
Fiber-optic illuminator. (Medical Products).
Jul 01, 2002 ... Offering 400% increase in lamp life over conventional halogen fiber-optic illuminators, the Mile Luce Model 1000 illuminator provides 1000+ hours of shadow-free, glare-free cool illumination without significant loss of light output. A quick-change positive locking ...
Compact medical cable. (Medical Products).
Jul 01, 2002 ... Designed for use in ultrasound cable assemblies, Comfort Cable alleviates pain and discomfort reported by sonographers while handling transducers during exams. The cable features 40 or 42 AWG true coaxes in 112 to 208 count configurations, with ODs as small as ...
Power entry module. (Medical Products).
Jul 01, 2002 ... The EF series has expanded its high power range of power entry modules to include an AC inlet and circuit breaker, UL rated up to 20A at 250V. The circuit breaker provides manual reset of the circuit and status indication depending on the I/O switch position. Filter options meet ...
Digital servo drives. (Medical Products).
Jul 01, 2002 ... Suitable for use in medical robotic equipment, DigiFlex CANopen servo drives allow the user to connect 110 modules, sensors, and motion control devices on a single network. DSP technology is used to close digital current, velocity and position loops to ...
