Medical Device Designers Meet Out East

In 1983, exhibitors setup their booths at the MD&M East expo for the first time. Since then, it has grown into one of the world’s largest exhibitions for medical manufacturing, and it is expanding again in 2008 to keep pace with the growth of the U.S. OEM market.

Exhibitors represent a wide variety of technologies, including:  CNC machine tools; production machinery; metal & plastic component; fabrication; electronic; components/subassemblies; adhesives; motors/motion control; packaging equipment/materials; contract manufacturing/outsourcing; an array of services; and more.

Whether you design for anesthesiology and pulmonary medicine; obstetrics and gynecology; dental; ear/nose/throat; physical medicine; radiology; surgery; neurology; and more, this show can give you valuable resources to help you do your job smarter and faster.

A ticket includes complimentary admission to five additional industry-related, co-located shows: EastPack; Atlantic Design & Manufacturing; PLASTEC East; Green Manufacturing Expo; and Automation Technology Expo (ATX) East. The show will also feature special focuses on medical electronics, optics, lasers, and more.

The formulation is a low modulus, single-component acrylic adhesive that cures rapidly on exposure to UV or visible light. It can be used on glass, thermoplastic, and metal assemblies that must withstand extreme thermal cycling and environmental exposure.

The Series includes offerings for power, signal, and coax – each meeting or exceeding the magnetic permeability requirements for MRI usage. Features include high cycle life and self-cleaning with low insertion force. What’s more, fretting is never an issue because the contacts are not affected by shock and vibration.

They come in various combination kits to fully accommodate R&D projects for system to coil interconnects, internal coil and bed applications, and intermediary interconnect systems. Hypertronics’ cable assemblies come preloaded with non-magnetic Hypertac contacts in 8, 16, 32, and 64 channel designs.

The connector has a secure latch design, and it is easy to implement – users simply push the two halves together until they hear a “click” for added assurance of a secure, leak-free connection.

The SRC connector has a dual elastomeric seal that is integral to the body. It creates a smooth, gap-free flow path for improved flow characteristics eliminating areas where fluid could collect. It is made from Class VI materials and can withstand gamma, e-beam, and EtO sterilization.

Also, during the show, on the first level of convention center in Hall 1E, the company will conduct its Configurable Component Technical Seminar to demonstrate the advantages of configurable components to machine, equipment, and assembly system. Substantial cost and time savings will be documented through real-world examples, showing how the unique Misumi business model assists customers with configured components, in quantities as low as a single piece, with no tooling cost, no minimum order requirement and, in many cases, the option of same day shipment. 

Geometries that can be achieved through this new technology, that before now were not available, include holes as small as 10 µm (0.0004 in.); outer diameters from 0.3 to 5 mm; lengths from 0.5 to 100 mm; and wall thickness from 100 µm to 2.49 mm. Holes can be custom configured (need not be round). Tubes can be multi-lumen. Surface roughness can be less than 0.1 µm.

Practical medical applications include implantable devices, including those required to send or received radio transmissions, or devices requiring a small orifice that will not erode, or multi-lumen tubes or custom configurations.