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Verathon launches new reusable GlideScope AVL system

The new laryngoscope system features a digital color monitor with DVD-clarity, an anti-fogging mechanism that resists clouding and lens secretions,…

Choosing the right EMS partner

When you consider the lead time, cost and resource pressures medical device manufacturers are currently under to get products off…

Acoustic micro-devices make sound progress

A new technological approach based on the strategic application of ultrasonic waves has been developed to isolate and extract circulating…

Down to the wire: health IT infrastructure gets smart

Hospitals have been using wireless networks – in their earliest form – since the late 1960s. But the industry has…

Injection moulders pump up the volume

Ground-breaking new products and emerging markets are driving record growth in the global healthcare industry. Better technology is improving billions…

Better by design: keeping the user in mind

It is well established that medical devices should be designed to fulfil the requirements of their users. Research has demonstrated…

Patently obvious: the importance of a strict IP regime

Unlike in other industries, patents in the medical device business have never been a cast iron guarantee of protection. For…

Value judgements: Q1 medical device deals

A definitive report, ‘Medical equipment quarterly deals analysis – M&A and investment trends, Q1 2011’, by industry analysis specialist GlobalData…

Top ten green medical devices

1. FLEXBUMIN, Baxter Field: Flexible packaging Albumin is processed from human plasma and is a treatment for critically ill patients…

Injection of pace: the insulin delivery devices market spikes

According to GlobalData’s new report, ‘Insulin delivery devices – global pipeline analysis, opportunity assessment and market forecasts to 2016’, the…