Medical devices

Articles examine materials and machinery used to package devices used in surgical and/or clinical procedures; sterile barrrier tests and standards involved in developing devices for medical, dental, and wound care applications.

Combination product packaging task group forming

IoPP’s Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee’s new task group plans to explore combination product packaging issues. Your input is welcomed…...

Medical devices | July 9, 2010

Drug delivery device developments

Film strips, electrical current, silicon particles, and gold nanorods: Futuristic drug delivery methods are in use or in development today....

Medical devices | June 17, 2010

Peering into medical device packaging trends

Package/product integrity, costs, counterfeiting, sustainability, and design issues add complexity to medical device manufacturer challenges today and tomorrow....

Medical devices | June 15, 2010

Medical monitoring device design concept introduced

At a June 8 press conference in New York, a team of suppliers unveiled a mobile, wireless, vital signs monitoring system....

Medical devices | June 9, 2010

Labeling a focus of FDA’s new Medical Device Home Use Initiative

Recognizing the aging U.S. population and shifts toward shorter hospital stays, the agency looks to protect patients using medical devices at home....

FDA, regulatory and legal | May 27, 2010

Transparent box brings differentiation for LifeStyles

Ansell Healthcare introduces new THYN-brand condoms in a transparent APET box that reflects the product’s sheer nature....

Medical devices | May 24, 2010

SouthPack provides a lesson in communication

Packager-supplier discussion provides a win-win lesson at SouthPack 2010, says Jennifer Neid in this event report....

Medical devices | May 16, 2010

Plastics market for healthcare packaging forecast to reach five billion lb by 2015

Study predicts steady growth U.S. plastics packaging market for pharmaceutical and medical products in the next five years....

Pharmaceuticals and biologics | May 5, 2010

Sustainability growing as a medical device packaging concern

Designers may carry the burden of developing ‘greener’ medical devices and packaging to help offset hospital waste and increased environmental concerns....

Sustainability/environmental | March 26, 2010

Package design: A matter of life or death

In the chaos and stress of an emergency room or operating room, package design must help busy healthcare professionals....

Structural and graphics package design | March 17, 2010

Dialyzer package forming web wins FPA award

The Flexible Packaging Assn. issued a Gold award to a structure viewed as an innovative packaging solution for dialyzers....

Flexible films, lidding and foils | March 12, 2010

Packaging, medical devices critical to emergency room procedures

HealthPack 2010 conference sessions report that packages, devices must work in life or death situations. Meanwhile, ER nurses evaluate medical device packages....

Medical devices | March 3, 2010

HealthPack 2010 focuses on medical device trends

Global standards, operating room nurses survey/focus group, and package design innovations highlight this year’s event in San Antonio....

Medical devices | March 3, 2010

Wound care receives ‘cutting-edge’ packaging

Hydrocolloid dressings, biosynthetic dressings, and growth fibers exemplify the exceedingly complex materials used for wound care materials....

Medical devices | March 1, 2010

Applaud efforts for innovative packaging that benefits patients

To increase patient compliance, there’s a pill vial cap with a timer, a pill bottle that flashes orange and plays a melody, and a pill with a sensor chip that works with a cell phone. All demonstrate that innovation is...

Patient Compliance | February 25, 2010

Injectable system delivers for Watson Pharmaceuticals

Reconstitution device simplifies drug delivery for physicians, while reducing pain for patients with advanced prostate cancer....

Ampules, vials, syringes and tubes | February 24, 2010

Video: Wet ink printing system

Provides cost-effective printing on porous surfaces for medical devices....

Coding, marking, printing | February 22, 2010

Video: In-line printing equipment for medical devices

Rotary platen printer suited for medical device package printing applications....

Coding, marking, printing | February 22, 2010

Medical device copolyester

• Tritan™ copolyester MP100 is an enhanced-performance polyester for rigid medical packaging introduced at the MD&M West trade show Feb. 9 • maintains the properties of Eastar™ copolyester 6763, providing a balance of design, processing, and performance advantages through higher...

Medical devices | February 10, 2010

Safety device for prefilled syringes

• Safe’n’Sound™ is a four-component system (sleeve, body, plunger, and spring) for staked and luer-lock -mL-long prefilled syringes • provides healthcare professionals and patients with protection from needlesticks to prevent accidental contamination. • when the injection is complete, the syringe...

Ampules, vials, syringes and tubes | February 9, 2010

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