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Design & Materials: Page 327
Medical Device/Packaging
11607 compliance requires strategic planning
Compliance with ANSI/AAMI/ISO 11607-parts 1 and 2 involves more than crossing items off of a checklist. It requires a medical device company to understand its applications and processes, the ability to read, visualize, and understand both parts of the standard, and the development of a strategic plan. That was the message from Randall J. Troutman, CPP and senior engineering manager with medical packaging supplier Oliver Medical during a Feb. 15 presentation at the Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) show.
March 23, 2007
Medical Device/Packaging
Ring-hinge protects dental polishing discs
Kerr Dental wanted to improve package durability and functionality for its OptiDisc Finishing and Polishing Disc Set, used by dentists. Plastic vacuum-formed lids the company was using in conjunction with an unspecified grade of board tray created a risk of contamination and the possibility of polishing discs falling from the tray. Contaminated discs had to be discarded. Kerr Dental answered this challenge by...
March 23, 2007
Medical Device/Packaging
China presents medical device opportunities
Growth in the medical device business in China is a mixed blessing, according to Chang-Hong Whitney, president of Whitney Consulting Ltd. "There is a belief that the country is growing too fast for its infrastructure," she said in a presentation entitled "China: Opportunities in an emerging giant," March 9 at HealthPACK 2007 in New Orleans. "But China has $1 trillion in foreign currency reserves, so it has the money to take care of this."
March 16, 2007
Package Design
Bag making and sealing system
* Magnum-MD automatically forms and seals Tyvek, polyester, polyethylene, metallized and other barrier films including HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, PP, and nylon with a chevron seal
March 16, 2007
Containers, ampoules, closures
Bottles, tips, and closures
* for bottling packages of liquid or dry products into Boston round, cylinder, square, blake, or custom bottle styles and shapes, in HDPE, LDPE, PP, and PE materials
March 16, 2007
Medical Device/Packaging
Medical device packaging films
* Optym film line includes forming web materials, peelable lid stock, and other customized film-based disposable products and packages
March 10, 2007
Labeling/Printing
ISPE addresses pharmaceutical packaging
Late last year, the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering introduced a new packaging Community of Practice (COP). The COP held its first meeting at ISPE's annual meeting in Orlando, FL. Chairing the packaging COP's Steering Committee is Linda McBride, senior director of regulatory affairs for Leawood, KS-based medical firm Enturia, Inc. (formerly Medi-Flex). McBride is a former columnist for Healthcare Packaging.
March 10, 2007
Package Design
Single-dose HIV pack earns FPA recognition
The Flexible Packaging Association awarded a Special Citation for Social Responsibility for a multilayer foil-laminated pouch that allows HIV-positive mothers in Kenya, Africa to give their newborn babies a dose of Nevirapine oral suspension within 24 hours of birth, when the fast-acting drug is most effective in reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1. The award was announced February 28 during the FPA's 2007 Achievement Awards at the association's annual meeting in Aventura, FL.
March 1, 2007
Medical Device/Packaging
Medical device package distribution tips and insights
Jan Gates, principal packaging engineer at Abbott Vascular, offered the following advice during her presentation, "Medical Device Distribution Package Testing," during the Medical Device & Manufacturing MD&M West show.
February 27, 2007
Packaging/Filling
End-user input critical to tray manufacturing
Defining the end-user /device maker's needs is the most crucial step of the entire thermoforming process, said MD&M West speaker Jason Crosby, medical business manager for thermoformer Plastic Ingenuity . Crosby's comments were made at a conference session Feb. 15 at the Anaheim Convention Center during the Medical Device & Manufacturing (MD&M West) show.
February 23, 2007
Labeling/Printing
Carton coders
* BDSV family of off-line coders are available with either thermal-transfer or hot-foil printing technologies
February 23, 2007
Pharmaceuticals
Repackaging 'releevs' theft woes
Merix Pharmaceutical Corp. switched its retail packaging for Releev 1 Day Cold Sore Symptom Treatment to the BlisterGuard security package from Colbert Packaging to thwart tampering and pilferage and meet retailer demands. This new format introduced last September is now used nationwide at Walgreens and Kmart stores, with expanded retail distribution planned throughout 2007.
February 19, 2007
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