Custom Lead frames can be manufactured from virtually all metals and alloys, such as medical-grade alloys, titanium, platinum, stainless steels, and copper alloys. Custom engineered, they can include selectively plated precious metals, inlays, and special design characteristics, such as strain reliefs and “ears up” crimp sections for automatic termination equipment. Available in prototype to production […]
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Heat Sink Screw Dissipates up to 16 Watt
Ironwood Electronics has recently introduced a series of heat sink screw for its high performance GHz BGA socket family. The HS-SG-6002 heat sink screw is designed for 31 x 31 mm to 42.5 x 42.5-mm package size and dissipates up to 16 watt with additional fan mounted on the top. In addition to heat dissipation, […]
LED Custom Solutions Ideal for Surgical Lighting
Combining Molex’s LED and printed circuit assembly design and manufacturing expertise, these dependable and efficient custom-lighting solutions work seamlessly for LED subassemblies across several industries. The LED Printed Circuit Assemblies support rigid and flexible circuits used in packaging LED products. Molex’s custom LED assemblies support backlighting applications with polyester circuits that support lower power consumption […]
Desk Stations Developed for Ergonomic Handheld Enclosures
OKW have added a range of desk stations to the highly successful “Smart-Case” series of handheld enclosures. Handheld electronics often require frequent battery charging, or connection to a PC or machine for data transfer. OKW have provided a professional solution for this by developing specific desk/charging stations for the “Smart-Case” enclosures, which fit the cases […]
Tinnitus study looks for cure to ‘ringing in the ears’
The NIH has granted a University of Texas at Dallas researcher and a university-affiliated biomedical firm $1.7 million to investigate whether nerve stimulation offers a long-term cure for tinnitus. Described as a ringing in the ears, tinnitus affects 20 percent to 40 percent of recently returned military veterans and about 10 percent of all people […]
NC chemical firm buys Medford’s Doe & Ingalls
Doe & Ingalls Inc., a chemical distribution firm in Medford, has been acquired by Doe & Ingalls Management LLC, an independent operation headquartered in Durham, N.C. Both the Massachusetts company, founded in 1921, and Doe & Ingalls of North Carolina, the roughly 25-year-old subsidiary of the buying company, focus the chemical distribution business in the […]
The Essential Laser for Orthopedics
The “futuristic” technology of lasers is not so far fetched anymore. In fact, most don’t give them a second thought. They are used in a variety of industries, including both the manufacture of medical devices and in the finished devices themselves. This article reviews the critical role of lasers in the development of orthopedic implants […]
Authentication IC provides copy protection and license-management security
Maxim Integrated Products introduces the DS28E10, a challenge-and-response secure authentication IC that includes user-programmable nonvolatile (NV) memory. Authentication is implemented with the industry-proven FIPS 180-3 secure hash algorithm (SHA-1) combined with commands that operate on a programmable private secret and random challenge from a host controller. The device provides flexibility to implement private secret sizes […]
Dicerna rounds out $25M Series B financing
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Inc. a Watertown-based RNA interference platform development company, has closed a $25 million Series B funding round led by new backer Domain Associates, based in New Jersey and California. Return investors Oxford Bioscience Partners, Skyline Ventures and Abingworth joined in the financing as well. The funds will support the company’s oncology-focused program and […]
Genzyme in the red amid more discarded drugs
Genzyme Corp. has discarded some batches of four of its drugs, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing, bringing the company to a net loss for the second quarter. The Cambridge-based biotechnology company updated its second quarter earnings statement to reflect a $6.5 million charge associated with “additional inventories that did not meet our quality […]