Medical device innovator Seacoast Technologies Inc. (www.seacoasttechnologies.com) has announced the first human application of its ChillerStrip product used to create localized profound hypothermia during brain aneurysm surgery.
Pall Corp. (www.pall.com) is appealing a recent ruling by the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, which issued an order in favor of Mykrolis Corp. (Billerica, Mass.; www.mykrolis.com) on its motion for a preliminary injunction to stop Pall Corp. from manufacturing and selling its PhotoKleen EZD-2 Filter Assembly products.
A collaborative work between separations technology vendor Whatman, Inc. (www.whatman.com) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA; www.fda.gov) seeks to devise a faster and more accurate method of detecting food-borne pathogens by using size-exclusion filtration in combination with Whatman's proprietary FTA filter technology.
Intel Corporation (www.intel.com) has begun a $2 billion "clean construction" project to convert a 200-mm fabrication facility to a state-of-the-art 300-mm facility here.
A strategic alliance between two infection prevention companies, and an EPA approval for a pioneering antimicrobial technology have quickened the pace to combat health care-related infections and pathogens.
Extraction Systems Inc. (www.extractionsystemsinc.com), a provider of molecular contamination control and measurement products, recently doubled its manufacturing capacity at its headquarters here in anticipation of a market upswing and changes in the competitive landscape.
Well, I'm officially on the job for a week. And, first of all, it's great to be back and to begin reconnecting with many of my old contamination control industry friends. There's also a lot to do and no time to waste.
Health care organizations that compound sterile formulations are getting a head start on compliance with the USP 797 guidelines, courtesy of the JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations).
A recent innovation extends the cost, labor and safety benefits of disposable processing to critical clarification and pre-filtration steps used in pharmaceutical manufacturing
Whether on the new-auto assembly line or in a retrofit shop, a paint booth requires contamination-control techniques and technologies that ensure a flawless, finished product.
From robotic arms to FOUPs and tweezers, semiconductor automation processes are more than just individual wafer-handling components—they're even becoming a unified wafer management solution.
