FDA and Industry Reach Agreement in Principle on Medical Device User Fees
(FDA: Silver Spring, MD) -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and representatives from the medical device industry have reached an agreement in principle on proposed recommendations for the third reauthorization of a medical device user fee program.
ISO/DS Handbook Demystifies Geometrical Product Specifications
(ISO: Geneva) -- The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and Danish Standards (DS, the ISO member for Denmark) have jointly published a handbook on geometrical product specifications (GPS) for which nearly 120 ISO standards provide a globally harmonized base for technical drawing
What’s Wrong with This Picture?
As Eastman Kodak begins to adapt to the challenges of bankruptcy, David A. Glocker’s company, Isoflux, is expanding, thanks to technology he developed in Kodak’s research labs. He didn't steal anything.
How to Talk With Your Kids About… Quality Improvement
My six-year-old came home from school one day very excited to let me know that Maggie’s mommy was a doctor and she helped sick people get better. Seems Maggie’s mommy was a “community hero.”
Workplace Health Care Is a Growing Trend
In an era of soaring medical costs, providing health care to employees at or near their workplace is gaining new momentum, according to an article in the Winter 2012 issue of MIT Sloan Management Review.
CNC Tool Storage Cabinets and Transporters
(Lista: Holliston, MA) -- Lista International Corp., manufacturer of industry’s broadest line and customized storage and workspace solutions, offers its heavy-duty CNC tool storage cabinets and tool transporters, which form the core of the most complete storage system for the modern machining cen
Defects and Defectives Can Ruin a Good Day’s Work
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- The order is set, supply has arrived, and your team has momentum. After you’ve done everything else right, don’t let defects and defectives take success away by adding time, costs, and effort to what should be an easy win.
LayerWise builds the world’s first patient-specific lower jaw from CAD
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LayerWise applied Additive Manufacturing (AM) to produce an Titanium total lower jaw implant reconstruction directly from CAD. The award-winning implant was developed in collaboration with project partners from medical industries and academia. To treat a senior patient’s progressive osteomyelitis of almost the entire lower jaw bone, medical specialists and surgeons opted for such a complete patient-specific implant the first time ever. AM technology specialists at LayerWise printed the complex implant design incorporating articulated joints and dedicated features.
CoreView 6.0 Software for Cognitens Released
(Hexagon: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has released CoreView 6.0 for the Cognitens WLS400 series. Winner of Photonic Tech Brief’s 2011 Reader’s Choice Product of the Year, the WLS400 white light series is available in both automated and manual configurations.