Contents 45


45 Quality and efficiency Depending on what they’re assigned to make, the modern-day contract manufacturer must be prepared to produce highly-customised single units or high numbers of the same product with repeatable quality. In order to achieve this level of predictability, they employ numerous digital and physical tools. Jim Banks speaks to supply chain expert Dan Dodd to better understand how contract manufacturers instil operational excellence throughout the production process.


51 Predictable medical micro moulding Accumold


53 Medical Device Developments / www.nsmedicaldevices.com Manufacturing technology


53 Opportunity realised through crisis


Industry 4.0 has been the source of much excitement during the past decade – but the pandemic might have finally been the spark the field needed to really soar. Not that the path ahead is straightforward, with insiders forced to face a number of manufacturing and security challenges. Andrea Valentino speaks to Dr Vladimir Popov at Tel Aviv University to learn about his revolutionary work on 3D printing, how the resulting implants can transform the fortunes of patients and manufacturers alike – and what it all says about the broader difficulties and


opportunities of Industry 4.0 in the medical devices field.


59 Automating to facilitate for any circumstance ATS Automation


61 A leader in the assembly of on-body injectors Mikron


62 Automating production of pre- filled syringes Staubli


63 Diagnostics on a testing deadline ATC Automation


64 Targeting the dose Radiotherapy is one of the most effective treatments for cancer. But it can also damage the surrounding healthy tissue. Historically, the devices used to protect healthy tissue have had limitations, often because they fail to match individual patient anatomy. 3D printing makes it possible to create tailored devices that better protect the patient. Kim Thomas speaks to James Robar, professor and chief of medical physics at Dalhousie University, and James Byrne assistant professor of radiation oncology at the University of Iowa, about the types of devices used and the processes used to create them.


67 A longer lasting


ceramic bone substitute Lithoz


68 3D printing enables improvements in spinal surgery 3D Systems


70 Applications for micro waterjet technology Finepart


Lasers & photonics


72 Ocular innovation Sight helps to make sense of the world. The eyes are complex organs that work together to bring objects into focus and send visual information to the brain, but they’re prone to numerous


7


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80  |  Page 81  |  Page 82  |  Page 83  |  Page 84  |  Page 85  |  Page 86  |  Page 87  |  Page 88  |  Page 89  |  Page 90  |  Page 91  |  Page 92  |  Page 93  |  Page 94  |  Page 95  |  Page 96  |  Page 97  |  Page 98  |  Page 99  |  Page 100  |  Page 101  |  Page 102  |  Page 103  |  Page 104  |  Page 105  |  Page 106  |  Page 107  |  Page 108  |  Page 109  |  Page 110  |  Page 111  |  Page 112  |  Page 113  |  Page 114  |  Page 115  |  Page 116  |  Page 117  |  Page 118  |  Page 119  |  Page 120  |  Page 121  |  Page 122  |  Page 123  |  Page 124  |  Page 125  |  Page 126  |  Page 127  |  Page 128  |  Page 129  |  Page 130  |  Page 131  |  Page 132  |  Page 133  |  Page 134  |  Page 135  |  Page 136  |  Page 137  |  Page 138  |  Page 139  |  Page 140  |  Page 141  |  Page 142  |  Page 143  |  Page 144  |  Page 145  |  Page 146  |  Page 147  |  Page 148  |  Page 149  |  Page 150  |  Page 151  |  Page 152  |  Page 153  |  Page 154  |  Page 155  |  Page 156  |  Page 157  |  Page 158  |  Page 159  |  Page 160  |  Page 161  |  Page 162  |  Page 163  |  Page 164  |  Page 165  |  Page 166  |  Page 167  |  Page 168  |  Page 169  |  Page 170