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 Emerging Technologies
What's on Your Mind? This Device Will Tell You
An EEG-based device that translates brain waves into words and phrases is featured at the IMEC stand at MEDTEC Europe. It can help people with speech or language disorders to communicate. While other communication devices exist for people with severe impairments, they typically require arduous calibration and are very costly. The Mind Speller is a cost-effective generic device that can be easily adapted to different users, according to IMEC. Read more |
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Conference
Changes in Global Supply Chain Management
Part of the conference programme on the second day of the show is a presentation that will focus on major changes in global supply chain management including regulatory and quality aspects in R&D. Presented by Hermann-Josef Boch, Electrical Engineer and Regular Affairs Coordinator at Carl Zeiss Group, the speech will focus on what it means to be a solution provider, the installation of hubs, introduction of local sourcing and consideration of the factory inspection by external test houses. Read more |
Exhibition
Clariant Unveils Risk Management Emphasis for Medtech Manufacturers
The compounder spotlights a new approach to help customers comply with regulatory requirements. On the horizon: specialist centres of competence in the United States, Europe and Singapore certified to ISO 13485 with segregated production lines for the medical and pharmaceutical sectors. Read more |
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Exhibition
Bayer MaterialScience Launches New Brand
The materials supplier has chosen MEDTEC Europe to officially introduce its Baymedix brand to the European market. By combining its biomaterials and a dedicated development team under a single banner, the company wants to highlight its long-term commitment to the device industry. Read more |
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Conference
Legal Experts Compare and Contrast EU and US Regulatory Systems
 "It is a common misconception that medical device regulation is simpler in the European Union than it is in the United States," says Elisabethann Wright (pictured), Partner, Hogan & Hartson LLP. "The obligations are different rather than simpler." Wright explores those obligations at an all-day session that she is scheduled to co-chair today. In the session, Wright and Datloff will conduct a master class on the differences between EU and US law as it relates to medical devices. Read more
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Innovation Forum
Actively Driven Prosthesis - The Need for New Drive Concepts
On day two of the show, the first presentation on the orthopaedic track will be covering actively driven prosthesis. Here, Bernhard Budaker, Group Manager Motion Systems at Fraunhofer Institute Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA will talk about the necessity of developing new drive concepts for a new generation of prosthesis systems. Read more
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| Canon Communications, which produces this e-newsletter and publishes Med-Tech Machining News, is introducing two new events in 2010 that are dedicated to the rapidly expanding orthopaedic manufacturing sector, an industry that is currently valued at €28.3 billion worldwide. OrthoTec Conference & Exhibition will debut in Europe (www.OrthoTecEU.com) on September 29–30 at the Mövenpick Hotel Zürich-Regensdorf in Switzerland. The US event is scheduled for May 12–13 at the Orthopædic Capital Center in Winona Lake, Indiana (www.OrthoTec.com). The events will include an exhibition showcasing the world’s top suppliers to the orthopaedic industry and a comprehensive line up of regulatory and technical sessions. |
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