Interplex Junction - The Place to Connect

Led by sales of glucose monitoring devices, the In Vitro Diagnostics testing segment has rapidly become one of the prominent sectors in the overall Life Sciences & Medical industry.  

Due to the disposable nature of the diagnostic test strips employed by these medical devices, the interfacing interconnects that read the strips represent a significant technical challenge for achieving volume production levels, stringent quality control requirements and low-cost assembly objectives.

The new Interplex Tech Bulletin on this issue outlines the basics of test strip interconnect design and shows how advanced manufacturing methods combine continuously stamped leads, reel-to-reel over-molding, fully-automated inspection and assembly to enable cost-effective high volume production of interconnects.

Key topics include:

• Test Strip Design Basics
• Component Design and Continuous Manufacturing
• Continuous Automated Assembly and Inspection

To learn more download the Medical Test Strip Technology Bulletin.

In the medical industry, the pace of innovation and changing demands must be balanced against the need to derive optimal ROI from product development.

From a product improvement standpoint, there are always ideas and opportunities for both small engineering changes and more extensive redesigns that could potentially make existing products better. However, there are not always resources available to conduct a proper analysis on ROI or to undertake designing the changes when deemed worthwhile.

Teaming with an experienced partner for feasibility assessments, design concepts and product improvements can cost-effectively augment internal resources and help extend the profitability of existing products.

The capabilities of catheters used in the medical industry have been steadily evolving over recent decades but we are now seeing a giant leap forward with the emerging trend of new-generation Smart-Catheters.

Smart-Catheters provide more than just a one-way conduit by incorporating two-way feedback and control mechanisms, such as sending and receiving signals between the proximal and distal ends, which enables applications to use the distal-end information to perform additional functions that are guided in real-time by the two-way feedback loops or the ability to provide energy at the distal tip for selected ablation.