Webcasts
European Medical Device Technology regularly produces free Webcasts on a wide variety of topics important to medical device professionals. Check back soon for additions to our Webcast schedule.
Advances in Conformal Coatings: Enhancing the Reliability of Innovative Technologies
Conformal coatings have been used in the medical device, electronics, automotive, military and aerospace industries for many years for a variety of surface modification purposes, including:
- Isolate/protect device surfaces from the environments to be encountered
- Provide thermal and electrical insulation—selectively or overall
- Improve lubricity...or conversely, reduce tackiness
- Stabilize/consolidate surfaces by micro-particle immobilization
- Reduce/eliminate surface micro-porosity to control the entrapment of contaminants
- Function as a primer/tielayer for subsequent coatings
- Stabilize very delicate micro structures
- Function as an interface that is non-inhibitory to tissue growth
As devices and components become smaller and increasingly complex, they present unique challenges for many conformal coatings. Poly (para-xylylene), better known as Parylene, is an ultra-thin, inert, transparent coating that meets these challenges. Parylene provides highly useful dielectric and barrier properties per unit thickness, as well as extreme chemical inertness and freedom from pinholes. The coating is also biocompatible and has passed an array of biological evaluations. Parylene protects components and devices, including stents, pacemakers, cochlear and ocular implants, circuit card assemblies, MEMS, sensors, LEDs, cores, seals and lab-on-a-chip devices, to name only a few.
Parylene deposition takes place in an evacuated, room temperature chamber via a process known as vapor deposition polymerization (VDP). Sometimes also identified as CVD, this process involves the spontaneous polymerization of a conformal polymeric coating onto all exposed substrate surfaces, edges, and into crevices at a predictable rate, with thickness controllable from 500 angstroms to 75 microns.
This webinar will focus on the Parylene's unique properties, how the coating is applied, examples of applications that benefit from Parylene's properties, and advances that have been made in adhesion technologies. As materials and applications continue to advance, Parylene coatings are increasingly used to enhance the reliability of today's, and tomorrow's, innovative technologies.
Date: 1 December, 2011
Time: 9:00 a.m. GMT
Duration: 60 minutes
Sponsored by:
Hosted by:
Don't Let Your IP get Ripped-Off in China
Join Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP Partner, Jerry L. Hefner, Ph.D., J.D., for a discussion around this hot topic and learn how to protect your technology. Until recently, it was commonly believed that there was little value in obtaining IP rights in China. The expense of obtaining and maintaining patents and patent applications in China combined with the lack of an effective means for enforcement, made Chinese IP generally an unattractive investment. Over the last decade, however, China has made significant advancements in providing applicants with reasonably cost effective means for both securing and enforcing IP rights. In view of China's new found wealth and glut of well-trained scientists and engineers, any innovator would be remiss not to include China as part of its IP strategy.
In this seminar you will learn the types of IP protection that the Chinese system has to offer as well as cost effective approaches that non-Chinese entities can employ to reduce the likelihood of unauthorized exploitation of their technologies in China. In addition, you will learn how to control infringing activities through enforcement actions as well as realistic expectations for enforcement outcomes in China.
Date: December 6, 2011
Time: 2 PM ET/11 AM PT
Duration: 60 minutes
Cost: $249.00
Group rates are also available. Contact Sue Johnson for information: sue.johnson@ubm.com, (303) 254-4763.
Hosted by:
The following webcasts are available on demand for free. Follow the links to register.
Innovation Inside: How Components Are Driving Advances in Medical Device Miniaturisation and Performance
The future of healthcare is wearable, digital and wireless. Hence, the need for miniaturisation of medical devices is growing. In addition to performance, the critical requirements are minimal power consumption and minimal size. During this webcast, industry experts from nano-electronics research center imec and semiconductor provider Texas Instruments (TI) will describe how emerging technologies are helping to make electronic devices smaller while increasing performance and improving energy efficiency. Join us live 14th September and learn how the trend towards miniaturisation is making its way into the consumer medical and home healthcare market, where portability and wearability of devices as well as battery life are key.
Available now for on-demand viewing
Duration: 60-minutes
Sponsored by:
Hosted by:
Innovations in Global Healthcare
Webcast available now – view today: The editors of MD+DI, Medical Product Manufacturing News, European Medical Device Technology, and IVD Technology hosted a panel discussion on "Innovations in Global Healthcare" at MD&M East in New York to address current industry topics and answer questions in front of key industry players. A panel of industry experts fielded questions from our editors and participated in a live Q&A with the audience at the show. Topics of discussion covered global issues such as: Innovation, Healthcare Reform, Comparative Effectiveness, Changes at FDA, Convergent and Emerging Technologies, and more! Now you have the opportunity to watch the Innovations in Healthcare panel in its entirety. Register for this free event.
Available now for on-demand viewing
Duration: 60-minutes
Sponsored by:
Hosted by:
Daily Buzz
Privacy Policy | Contact | Advertise | Subscribe | Sitemap
© 2012 UBM Canon