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Medical Device Manufacturing: Environment, Engineering Control and Monitoring

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The trend toward an aging population in the highly developed countries of the world has the demand for innovative biomedical devices and tools at record levels. The products desired in this market are typically smaller and more portable than their predecessors, and require more sophisticated components and allied manufacturing technologies and automation techniques. In essence, similar to traditional consumer products, biomedical devices such as patient monitors, drug delivery systems, therapeutic devices, and life assisting devices have all decreased in size yet still have market expectations of enhanced performance characteristics and features. This chapter focuses on medical device manufacturing from the environmental, engineering control, and monitoring perspectives.

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  3. Ohio University, Chillicothe, OH, USA

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  4. Kansas State University, Salina, KS, USA

    M. J. Jackson

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Handy, R., Whitt, M., Lafreniere, M., Jackson, M.J. (2016). Medical Device Manufacturing: Environment, Engineering Control and Monitoring. In: Ahmed, W., Jackson, M. (eds) Surgical Tools and Medical Devices. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33489-9_10

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