Medical Design & Manufacturing West 2004 will take place January 6-8 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA (www.devicelink.com/expo/west04/). Pavilions include Outsourcing/Contract Manufacturing; Assembly, Precision Manufacturing, and CNC Equipment; Medical Electronics; Packaging, Sterilization, and Cleanroom Equipment; Plastics/Disposables; Raw Materials; and IVD Suppliers. Specialty pavilions include MEDPAK medical packaging equipment and supplies; CAD/CAM/PDM; Automation Technology; PrecisionTec custom precision metal fabrication for medical device manufacturers; and, new this year, Enterprise Software information technology for supply chain management. The show is co-located with the Pacific Design & Manufacturing, WestPack, Plastec and Electronics West tradeshows. Designfax will be at Booth 746 — stop by and visit us. Here are previews of other companies displaying their wares at the show:

This company is a custom coater, converter and packager of medical, pharmaceutical and electrical products. Products available include thermally conductive, hydrophilic, drug delivery, Z-axis electrically conductive materials, coatings and skin contact adhesives. Products can be converted into any finished form including rolls, sheets, die cut parts or assemblies.

Polymer Science Inc, Monticello, IN.
www.rsleads.com/401df-164

The Micro-Coiler produces coils from 25-micron wire to coil diameters of 150 microns. The Sub-Micro Wire Feed, with its 6.35 mm diameter feed rolls, micrometer adjustable roll pressure and short wire guides, controls wire buckling. Precision tools are sized to the actual wire diameter. The coiling point has preset alignment and micrometer vertical and lateral positioning. It is suitable for catheter guide wires.

Kinefac Corp, Worcester, MA.
www.rsleads.com/401df-161

This company performs testing and analysis of materials, products and systems for manufacturers of medical devices. Testing results can be used to support material selection and component substitution, evaluate environmental and chemical compatibility, determine stability and ruggedness, validate performance claims and to investigate laboratory and field failures of products. The lab is accredited to ISO-17025.

Hauser Laboratories, Boulder, CO.
www.rsleads.com/401df-157

Catalog 11 offers information on this company’s tubing, hose, fittings, clamps and accessories products. The Nylobrade push-on hose has been added to the catalog. It is a PVC hose that attaches to fittings without the need for clamps. A glossary and expanded temperature conversion charts have been added to the catalog, as well as information on stainless steel overbraided PTFE hose.

NewAge Industries Inc, Southampton, PA.
www.rsleads.com/401df-138

The Mini-Rail LS self-lubricating miniature linear guides provide a low-cost linear or multi-axis motion control solution. There are six sizes to handle a range of loads and two drive mechanism variations to optimize speed and positioning. It maintains tight control and accuracy due to the ball bearings supporting the lead screw and a pre-loaded drive nut.

Pacific Bearing Co, Roscoe, IL.
www.rsleads.com/401df-151

Bioflex Rx632P is a woven fabric adhesive tape for direct skin application. It consists of a tan, woven fabric, single-coated with a medical-grade acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive. The adhesive is supplied on a 42# kraft release liner that allows easy die cutting. It provides good adhesion to skin, yet removes cleanly without causing skin trauma. Rx632P is suitable for roll-form and specialized bandage applications.

Scapa North America, Windsor, CT.
www.rsleads.com/401df-143

These electropolishers are used to polish and deburr small, precision-machined stainless steel and Cr/Co parts such as stents, cutters and needles. The polishing solution temperature is automatically controlled by a heater/cooling fan combination. The electrolytes are mild proprietary formulations and are available for stainless steel, chrome-cobalt and nickel-chrome.

ESMA Inc, South Holland, IL.
www.rsleads.com/401df-150

Measuring 1.4- x 3-in., the P5H7 scroll air compressor/pump delivers up to 10 psi with a no load flow of 0.14 CFM. Quiet and inherently vibration-free, the pump provides compressed air for small medical equipment such as portable nebulizers and suction devices. It can be adapted to pump liquids, rendering it suitable for low-cost disposable applications. The pump uses spinning scroll technology.

Air Squared Inc, Hamilton, OH.
www.rsleads.com/401df-136

Laser welding, Booth 1126

Clearweld laser welds clear, colored and opaque thermoplastics. It produces instant welds that eliminate particulates, flash and adhesives without adding unwanted color. It uses near-IR-absorbing material systems to convert laser energy into heat. A thin layer of these materials applied at the interface of two pieces of plastic to be joined absorbs the light, acting as a focal point for the laser.

Gentex Corp, Carbondale, PA.
www.rsleads.com/401df-153

SBC copolymer, Booth 1221

Two injection molding grades of K-Resin styrene-butadiene copolymer (SBC) have been found to improve injection molding flow length by up to 20 percent at the same temperature and pressure used with other like materials. K-Resin BK10 and BK15 provide parts with glass-like clarity, toughness and stiffness as well as high surface gloss. BK15 SBC has improved mold-release characteristics. These grades can be tinted.

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co, The Woodlands, TX.
www.rsleads.com/401df-145

Pressure-sensitive adhesives, Booth 1421

The MACbond IB series of double-coated tapes offers high tack for a solid bond with minimal increase in the total thickness of a product. A moisture-stable liner keeps the adhesive layer clean and flat during manufacturing and through many uses. It protects against dust, dirt or other particles that can invade a lens area. Included in the MACbond family are Blackbond and Clearbond.

MACtac Technical Products, Stow, OH.
www.rsleads.com/401df-144

For applications that must withstand vibration, impact and fatigue loads, Loctite 4851 and 4861 deliver excellent long term performance on flexible substrates such as tubing, o-rings, rubber, paper, leather and fabric. Both flexible cyanoacrylate products are clear and formulated to provide reduced hardness and improved thermocycling resistance.

Henkel Loctite Corp, Industry, CA.
www.rsleads.com/401df-137

The MediPure intravenous filter is a self-priming 0.2-micron bacterial retentive, air-venting filter. It is intended to provide a bacterial retentive barrier for intravenous solutions as well as to atmospherically vent existing or entrained air during use. The filter, hung in an intravenous administration set, requires no assistance in the initial priming or during restart of the set.

Filtertek Inc, Hebron, IL.
www.rsleads.com/401df-152

This company builds close-tolerance tooling for plastic injection molding applications. The molds are used in the medical, irrigation and connector industries. The company designs and manufactures high-cavitation, auto unwind, insert, stack, two-shot, shuttle, silicone and micro molds. The in-house engineering department provides full mold design, detailed drawings and part design capabilities.

Pyramid Mold & Tool, Rancho Cucamonga, CA.
www.rsleads.com/401df-159

SaniPure-60 is a clear, flexible tubing that is heat-sealable, bondable, weldable and moldable for custom assembly fabrications. It has an ultra-smooth inner bore that reduces potential particle entrapment and microscopic build-up. It also helps facilitate complete sanitation of the fluid transfer while improving flow characteristics. SaniPure-60 has a good peristaltic pump life and is autoclavable and sterilizable.

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp, Akron, OH.
www.rsleads.com/401df-146

This company has added several laser tools to its facility. In addition to excimer, tripled YAG and CO2 lasers, several frequency-doubled lasers, a fundamental frequency and a frequency-quadrupled laser are available for machining applications. The company can process different materials by using laser wavelengths from the IR through the visible to the UV.

Photomachining, Pelham, NH.
www.rsleads.com/401df-163

This patent-pending high-flow disc valve features positive shut-off to eliminate backflow, rendering it virtually leak-proof. Made from lipid-resistant Class VI polycarbonate, the valve is also latex-free. It can withstand 60 psi back pressure. Available in many tube-end and luer connection configurations, this disc valve joins the company’s fitting, hand pump, sealing die and tubing clamp products.

Halkey-Roberts Corp, St. Petersburg, FL.
www.rsleads.com/401df-156

The DECO 13a turning center is a single-spindle, automatic system that accommodates part diameters from 13 mm, making it suitable for small medical and dental implants and bone screws. It has 10 axes with a counter spindle and an interchangeable combination of 20 tools, 15 of which can rotate. These multiple, independent axes allow up to four tools to cut simultaneously.

Tornos Technologies US Corp, Brookfield, CT.
www.rsleads.com/401df-147

This company is building a biomedical polymer compounding facility that will produce nanocomposites, water-soluble polymers and other specialty formulations for catheters and other devices. The facility will include manufacturing software and bar coding systems for tracking material from incoming to finished goods. Additional production and development extrusion lines will also be added.

Foster Corp, Putnam, CT.
www.rsleads.com/401df-148

These 9-bit miniature magnetic rotary encoders are designed for long-life and reliability. The non-contact encoders are capable of speeds over 30,000 rpm and can operate in harsh environments. Encoders can improve the positioning accuracy of a range of medical and laboratory equipment. The company also offers a complement of rotary, linear tape scale and laser encoders for positioning applications.

Renishaw Inc, Hoffman Estates, IL.
www.rsleads.com/401df-160

Five families of polyurethane resins and tubing are available from this company. Tecoflex, Tecothane and Carbothane are available in durometer ranges from 75A to 75D. These resins are medical-grade materials, having passed USP Class VI, MEM Elution or other tests to establish their biocompatibility and biostability. Extensive testing is done involving property measurements and SEM observations.

Thermedics Polymer Products/Noveon Inc, Wilmington, MA.
www.rsleads.com/401df-162

The 3300 series single-column-testing system is designed to test tensile, compression and flexural properties of rubber, plastic and metals used in medical devices. The 3300 series includes a load frame with integrated control electronics, a load cell, surface mount circuitry and Series IX/s Materials Testing software. Automatic recognition, balancing and calibration of load and strain transducers increase productivity.

Instron, Canton, MA.
www.rsleads.com/401df-141

The ABS Twin Tube is a single quick-connection device for two distinct fluid- or air-lines. The panel-mount design makes the ABS Twin Tube suitable for use in patient monitoring equipment, pneumatic control circuits and ink jet printing. Manufactured with injection-molded ABS, the Twin Tube offers good chemical resistance and dimensional stability. It can be sterilized using E-Beam and Gamma irradiation.

Colder Products Co, St Paul, MN.
www.rsleads.com/401df-154

The Apex flexible vinyl compounds exhibit exceptional resistance to heat-generated discoloration or degradation. They incorporate heat stabilizers that are capable of withstanding the heat and shear of melt processing, enabling extrusion processors to run at higher rates and with fewer screen changes. The compounds are being offered as alternatives to the company’s conventional Apex formulations.

Teknor Apex, Pawtucket, RI.
www.rsleads.com/401df-139

VascuLAST is a surface treatment used to prevent the re-narrowing of vessels after medical intervention and can reduce restenosis after stent implantation. VascuLAST can be applied to virtually any stent design. The coating is uniform and does not bridge over any part of the stent; it stays intact once the stent starts expanding. The coating can also incorporate a number of bioactive compounds.

AST Products Inc, Billerica, MA.
www.rsleads.com/401df-142

These micron orifices are available in miniature fittings. One example of these orifices is a 0.001 ruby orifice (25.4 micron), with 5-micron filters on either side of the orifice. They are supplied complete in color-coded plastic (kynar, polypropylene or nylon) 1/16-in. barb x 10-32 thread. Fittings include inline, bulkhead, quick connects, push-to-connect or even retrofits of existing fittings.

Bird Precision, Waltham, MA.
www.rsleads.com/401df-158

This company specializes in manufacturing and finishing parts made from elastomeric and polymeric materials. The company uses laser machining processes capable of putting programmable features into 0.008-in. sheet to molded and overmolded components. All manufacturing is done in Class 100,000 clean rooms for additional machine and process capabilities.

Molded Rubber & Plastic Corp, Butler, WI.
www.rsleads.com/401df-149