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37 Minimally invasive, big demand


Many surgical interventions that once required long stays in hospital a re now done as outpatient procedures. Fundamentally, this is down to the remarkable growth of minimally invasive surgery, with medical R&D departments refining equipment over a wide range of surgical areas. Andrea Valentino talks to Dr Paula Gomes of the British Standards Institution to learn about the advantages of minimally invasive technology, the role that contract manufacturers can play in meeting the demand for products, and how robotics and AI could bolster the field further.


43 Promoting hydrophilic coating Argon Medical


45 A global vision for medical moulding Rosti Group


46 Precision redefined: Catheter tip forming machines ONEX RF


48 Injection molding of thin wall cannulas Accumold


Manufacturing technology


49 Robotic automation When it comes to upgrading the suite of technology operating on


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53 The big barriers of small batch production Mikron Automation


Lasers & photonics 57 A spotlight on skin


As a field of study and a sector within the medical device industry, photonics has contributed significantly to public health in different ways: advancing rapid, cost-effective, personalised interventions; allowing the visualisation of different biological structures, functional units and infectious agents; or as the basis for specific diagnostic devices. In particular, the high resolution and speed of light waves, on top of their capability to penetrate various biological barriers without causing unwanted interactions, has been a boon to the field of dermatology – the branch of medicine that deals with skin conditions. Antonio Castelo, photonics technology


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the factory floors of medical device manufacturers, getting it right can be tricky. Between historically high investments costs and challenges around education and implementation, that’s especially true when it comes to robotics and automation. Yet if these difficulties have traditionally limited the ability of smaller companies to embrace the power of robots, things are changing fast. Andrea Valentino investigates, along the way speaking to experts across the sector.


52 3D-printed ceramic surgical and medical tools Lithoz


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54 A sound option There’s no shortage of research articles detailing the use of different materials for 3D printing, but how about advances that change the way we 3D print altogether? That’s what researchers at Concordia University discovered by using sound waves in the printing process. Sarah Harris speaks to Mohsen Habibi, research associate at Concordia University, as well as Shervin Foroughi, PhD student and engineer at Concordia’s Optical- Bio Microsystems Lab, to find out how they made the discovery and what possibilities it could open up for the world of medical device manufacturing.


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