surgical tools

How to make self-folding surgical tools

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) requires small instruments so ETH Zurich researchers have developed a method to transport large devices through a narrow catheter, expanding design possibilities for MIS tools.

Ensuring the lifetime of a DC gearmotor with systematic reliability testing

Systematic Reliability Demonstration Testing (RDT) doesn’t just assure confidence but creates actual reliability for real-world use.

Solvay partners with Ostium in single-use surgical instruments material recycling

Value chain collaboration aims to foster a circular ecosystem and reduce the carbon footprint of single-use surgical instruments molded in Ixef PARA.

Minnetronix expands from contract manufacturing to launching its own product

The St. Paul, Minnesota-based medtech manufacturer introduces its first internal product – the MindsEye expandable brain port for neurosurgery.

Robot-supported microsurgical operations on humans

Münster surgeons use new operating method for the first time anywhere in the world.

Sandvik acquires Sphinx Tools

Sphinx Tools’ offering primarily consists of precision solid round tools (micro tools) and surgical cutting tools.

Ruland’s jaw couplings for surgical robots

Technology for virtual measurements in laparoscopic, robotic-assisted surgeries

Innovative technology provides calibration of robotic-assisted surgeries’(RAS) images and a platform for accurate measurement during trauma and acute care surgery cases.

Johnson & Johnson partners with Microsoft to further digital surgery solutions

The Microsoft Cloud will help JJMDC drive innovation that advances skills, improves workflow, and enhances surgical decision making.

#5 Today’s Medical Development’s Best of 2021: HSC milling for high-volume production of surgical instruments

Surgical instrument manufacturers require flexibility in retooling, a key element in a two-spindle machine from Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen.