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RTC Group Taps Industry Leader Clarence Peckham, Brings His Technology/Market Expertise to Publications Team as Senior Editor
SAN CLEMENTE, CALIF., NOVEMBER 28, 2012 – RTC Group, Inc.,—foremost supplier of marketing resources to the embedded computing industry and publisher of premier industry technology publications including RTC, MEDS and COTS Journal —announces industry leader Clarence Peckham has joined the RTC Group’s editorial team. With more than 30 years of engineering and senior management expertise…
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Embedded Technologies Help Make High-Speed DNA Testing More Intuitive
Embedded Technologies Help Make High-Speed DNA Testing More Intuitive DNA analysis has gone from mere theory to a heavily relied upon analytic and diagnostic tool in just a few short decades. But as invaluable as DNA can be, its longtime drawbacks have been the time required to replicate enough of it from very small samples…
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Ten Truths about Building Safe Software for Medical Devices
Obtaining pre-market approval for a medical device is arduous. Manufacturers must look beyond the strictly technical challenges and focus on the needed environment and culture. They must consider ten fundamental truths—truths that we must tell and truths that we must face—about building and gaining approval for medical devices. by Yi Zheng and Chris Hobbs, QNX…
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UL Acquires Wiklund Research & Design, Adds Human Factors Engineering Expertise to Life & Health Offerings
Leading human factors engineering business enables UL to fully support medical and diagnostic device manufacturers throughout the product lifecycle NORTHBROOK, Ill. / Concord, Mass. – November 9, 2012 – UL, a world leader in advancing safety, announced today the acquisition of Wiklund Research & Design, Inc. Wiklund Research & Design provides user research,…
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Interview of OCTANe
OCTANe is a large medical device consortium based in Orange County, CA . They hold more than 50 events a year to bring together people, capital, ideas and technology in southern California. Their signature event, the Medical Device Investor Forum (MDIF, http://www.mdif2012.com/main.html), connects investors and many medtech companies together to form partnerships, raise funds, develop…
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TI introduces the industry’s first weigh scale and body composition analog front end
DALLAS (August 1, 2012) – Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today unveiled the industry’s first fully integrated analog front end for both weight and body composition measurement (BCM). The AFE4300 is an easy-to-use, precision, low-power front end solution, which allows engineers designing weigh scales that incorporate body composition meters, body impedance…
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Philips and RAD-AID demonstrate commitment to women’s healthcare at 2012 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting
September 24, 2012 Philips and RAD-AID demonstrate commitment to women’s healthcare at 2012 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting New York, N.Y., U.S. – Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) announced today that the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) is featuring Asha Jyoti, a collaborative women’s healthcare outreach program established by RAD-AID International, Philips Healthcare, and…
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UL 2560 and Emergency Call Systems: Expanding the standards framework
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MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURERS ADDRESS COMPLIANCE MANDATES WITH PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT
MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURERS ADDRESS COMPLIANCE MANDATES WITH PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT By Eric Marks Based on industry statistics, it is obvious that intensified regulatory scrutiny has become a harsh reality for medical device manufacturers. Over the last several years, medical device companies have been hit with injunctions, undergone product recalls, or found themselves operating under the…
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Philips and Corindus announce distribution agreement to sell Corindus’ robotic-assisted interventional cardiology system in the United States
August 23, 2012 Philips and Corindus announce distribution agreement to sell Corindus’ robotic-assisted interventional cardiology system in the United States Philips becomes the exclusive distributor of Corindus’ CorPath® 200 System, the world’s first robotic-assisted system for the minimally invasive treatment of obstructed coronary arteries. Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Natick, Mass., USA – Royal Philips Electronics…