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Primoceler Inc and SCHOTT AG to Join Forces

July 13, 2018

Schott, the specialty glass and glass-ceramics giant, owned by the Carl Zeiss Foundation, has entered into an agreement to acquire Primoceler Oy, a Finnish pioneer in glass micro bonding, based in Tampere. Primoceler’s hermetic [more...]

Machining Micro Molds for Medical Devices

September 18, 2015

Machining the micro molds used to make medical devices and components require among the most demanding micro machining applications. A new type of machining platforms is making it possible to machine molds faster, more accurately, and more [more...]

Introduction to BioMEMS

August 16, 2015

Book Description Amazon Link | CRC Press Link Author: Albert Folch Helping to educate the new generation of engineers and biologists, Introduction to BioMEMS explains how certain problems in biology and medicine benefit from and often [more...]

Biomedical Microsystems

August 2, 2015

Book Description Amazon Link | CRC Press Link Author:  Ellis Meng Poised to dramatically impact human health, biomedical microsystems (bioMEMS) technologies incorporate various aspects from materials science, biology, chemistry, [more...]

Device Delivers Drugs to Brain Via Remote Control

July 20, 2015

A team of researchers has developed a wireless device the width of a human hair that can be implanted in the brain and activated by remote control to deliver drugs. The technology, demonstrated for the first time in mice, one day may be [more...]

Miniature Pump Regulates Internal Ocular Pressure

July 3, 2015

Cross-section of the eye with the implant. (Image Credit: Fraunhofer EMFT) Elevated or diminished eye pressure impairs our ability to see, and in the worst cases, can even lead to blindness. Until now, there has been no effective long-term [more...]