(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: 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
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.
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.”
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.
(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
(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 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.
(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.
Teams are complicated, complex structures because they are comprised of individuals with different personalities, biases, strengths, and weaknesses. Before people can form into an effective team, they must first learn to work together.
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