medical injection device Articles
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A better auto-injector with Covestro polycarbonate
Auto-injectors, drug delivery medical devices that automatically administer an injectable dose for a patient, have grown in popularity over the past decade. This is in part due to their ability to simplify self-administration, improve safety and encourage compliance for patients. Unfortunately, many patients still experience anxiety associated with affordability, portability and usability when ...
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Sustainability considerations for end-to-end drug delivery device solutions
In this article, Barbara Lead, Chief Executive Officer of Cambridge Pharma and Oval Medical Technologies, outlines the sustainability efforts undertaken by SMC Group associated companies, including facilitating the transition from hospital to at-home treatment and investment in greener facilities. At the 2021 COP26 summit in Glasgow, further cuts to carbon dioxide emissions were agreed to ...
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Developing Research and Medical Diagnostic Products
The demand for research and MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC products grows annually. Because medical diagnostic devices are used in the testing, treatment, prevention, monitoring, studying, and diagnosis of diseases and other biological human conditions, companies that develop and manufacture such diagnostic products are well positioned to serve an important and vital role in health and healthcare, the ...
By BMP Medical
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Needlestick Injury - the pointy end of a preventable pandemic
The Challenge Every 60 minutes, of every day, six people suffer a needlestick injury somewhere in the world. Every day, 3 people die as a result of those injuries[1]. The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports in the World Health Report 2002, that of the 35 million health-care workers world wide, two million experience percutaneous exposure to infectious diseases each year[2]. WHO estimates ...
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Investigation into the Feasibility of a 2 mL Needle-Free Injector
The current paradigm of injectable drug delivery has stagnated since the early 2000s. Despite recent innovations, like the launch in Europe of the first electromechanical reusable and connected auto-injector (UCB’s CIMZIA ava Connect® in early 2021), almost all new biologic drugs are launched with specific and undifferentiated self-injection options: a spring-based ...
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What Material Is PP Plastic?
PP plastic refers to plastic made of polypropylene (PP for short). Polypropylene is a thermoplastic polymer, a synthetic plastic made by polymerizing propylene monomer. During the polymerization process, the molecular structure of propylene monomers are repeatedly connected to form polymer chains, ultimately forming polypropylene. PP is a very common and versatile plastic with many excellent ...
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IMCAS Americas 2019 Shined in Sunny Cartagena
The third annual IMCAS Americas, held in Cartagena, Colombia in August, attracted a motivated crowd of more than 900 delegates from 30 countries who came to learn and network with colleagues and key opinion leaders. “The congress faculty featured 110 international experts leading 85 scientific sessions for a total of 88 hours of scientific learning dedicated to the most important topics in ...
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