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Next week is the BIOMEDevice Boston trade show where medical device designers, engineers, researchers and  manufacturers gather to share ideas and learn about new innovations. Manufacturers in all sectors though have to deal with the complex problem of protecting their brand from fake products and diversion. As counterfeiters become more adept at altering packaging to get their products into […]

If you are in the New England area and involved in the medical device industry, chances are you’ll be visiting the BIOMEDevice Show in Boston. You are probably also wondering about the proposed Unique Device Identification (UDI) rules from the FDA will affect your labeling operations. We’ll be there at Booth 247 and will be showing how companies […]

When I reviewed the new Intermec PM43 printer, I mentioned that it didn’t behave the way I would have expected when using IPL. At the time, it seemed that IPL support was somewhat lacking, which seemed odd as just about every Intermec customer of ours uses their printer in IPL mode. We were particularly frustrated at one […]

If you work in the medical device manufacturing or healthcare industry, you’ll want to understand the issues behind the UDI task force. Take a few minutes and watch this video from GS1 called, “Standardization….Stat! Improving the Healthcare Supply Chain with Data Standards.” Now you can see why a unique, global identifier is needed to ensure product/equipment […]