The industry event for Europe's medical device and high technology manufacturing sectors - Medical Equipment Design & Technology Exhibition & Conference (MEDTEC®) - will take place 15-17 February 2005 in Germany's Messe Stuttgart. MEDTEC features over 350 of the world's leading suppliers to OEMs from the medical, automotive, electronics/instrumentation, IT/telecom, and aerospace markets. Over 5,000 visitors are expected, including manufacturing and production managers, design engineers, R&D directors, product and project managers, and corporate executives.
Leading technologies will be featured in the Medical Packaging, PrecisionTec, Drug Delivery and Pharmaceutical Packaging, and new Medical Electronics and Assembly & Automation exhibition pavilions, as well as a comprehensive conference programme.
The MEDTEC conference will focus upon design innovation, ISO 13485, a regulatory update, new materials, lean manufacturing, advances in commodity resins, tissue engineering, and surface quality for biomedical devices.
The MEDTEC conference features the medical device manufacturing industry's current issues presented by world-reknowned speakers. Once again the conference runs concurrently with the exhibition, and presents the best value for your time and money.
Session 102
Tuesday, February 15
09.00-17.00
Session 3: Development of New Materials for Medical Technology
New Applications for Bacteria Cellulose in Medicine and Biology:
Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Schmauder, Forschungszentrum für Medizintechnik
und Biotechnologie e.V., Bad Langensalza, Germany
Dr. Thomas Graule, Empa - Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt, Dübendorf, Switzerland
New Development Possibilities for Implants
by EU Research Projects in the Direction of Biomaterials and Coating Technologies:
Wolfgang Roth, Erothitan Titanium Implants SA, Suhl, Germany
Water-in-Water Mesophases for Production of Porous Calciumphosphate:
Olivier Casse, University of Basel
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