Minnetronix - Medical Device Design & Manufacturing

DFx is an acronym used often in reference to concepts or guidelines involving design for manufacturability, test and production readiness. In the world of innovative and complex medical devices, DFx can be an invaluable tool for meeting business objectives by ensuring an emphasis… more

Challenges in miniaturizing medical electronics vary depending on the technology and medical application. For start-up companies in new markets, miniaturization is often dependent on utilizing commercially available technology due to the cost, time, and expertise required to develop… more

Medical device OEMs face ongoing pressure to develop and commercialize innovative products faster, at lower costs and in compliance with increasingly stringent regulatory standards.

Aligning quality hardware with intelligent software has proven to be an important factor in medical technology advancement, as demonstrated by Minnetronix, a medical device designer, developer and manufacturer. Their MD&M West-showcased innovation is the Cognita System, a remote,… more

An overview of recent initiatives from the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) to improve the 510(k) process, and the release of seven guidance documents that have broad impact on the medical device industry.

Over the past 15 years, Minnetronix has developed hundreds of electronic products for a wide range of medical device manufacturers, and many of these manufacturers have expressed a desire to be able to communicate with their products electronically.

Outsourcing is a thriving aspect of the medical device manufacturing landscape. However, these partnerships have developed from different “generations.” This article highlights the three generations of current outsourcing partnerships and gives insight into what the fourth… more

Say you’re a medical device manufacturer with an idea for a new implant procedure, and R&D efforts will be focused on point-of-delivery. The device will have some type of controller which needs to be very reliable, especially if it’s going to be used in an FDA Class II or III… more

As in many other industries, the global recession is hurting the bottom line of electronic components makers. However, some of these companies are taking advantage of the recession to diversify, offering customers smaller components, one-stop-shopping options, new technology and custom solutions.

Transitioning new research ideas into commercial products is difficult. For medical device design, the task is especially complicated because the commercialization of research ideas requires interdisciplinary teams that understand the nature of the clinical application as well as the… more

Wireless power holds great promise for solving many power distribution problems. Medical device designers will need to understand the impact of the electromagnetic coupling used for wireless power systems to design safe electromagnetic environments and safe medical devices. One… more

As consumers seek more control over their health care, manufacturers must design safe and effective devices that look and feel like everyday electronic products. Medical care in the United States is becoming increasingly consumer-driven, and medical devices are proliferating among the… more

An interview with Rich Nazarian, President & CEO

An interview with Dirk Smith, VP of Business Development

There is always the chance of a mistake being made when medicines are dispensed through hospital infusion systems. Human error can result in the wrong medication or dosage being dispensed, or the pump mechanism can malfunction, causing a patient to receive too small or too large a dosage.

The easiest way to show that medical devices are safe and effective is to test them to FDA recognized standards. In Europe, medical devices must meet the essential requirements of the Medical Devices Directive (MDD). Compliance to European Harmonized Standards is necessary to meet MDD… more

The increased dependence on multiprocessor systems employing embedded microprocessors, microcontrollers and DSPs presents opportunities as well as challenges to medical electronics designers. This trend has led to a heavier reliance on software for safety-critical functions and… more

An interview with Rich Nazarian, President and CEO

An interview with John Bredesen, IT Manager

An interview with Rich Nazarian, President & CEO

An interview with Rich Nazarian, President & CEO

An interview with Dirk Smith, Vice President of Business Development

Presented at: The World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering; 24-29 August, 2003, Sydney, Australia

Several CDMA receiver architectures have been proposed. One of these new receivers consists of an LMS architecture and can adapt to varying channel characteristics. More recently, we proposed the use of coding techniques to improve the performance of the CDMA receiver. In this paper,… more

Manufacturers can choose from a variety of tools to improve their quality processes. The trick is knowing which tools to use for each situation and increasing the sophistication of the tools in the repertoire. FDA's quality system regulation (QSR) and ISO 9001 encourage device… more

Minnetronix is a dedicated sponsor and participant in the University of Minnesota Design of Medical Devices (DMD) Conference and 5K Fun Run/Walk.

At Minnetronix, we get to do what we love every day — working with science and technology.

Minnetronix is a proud sponsor and participant in the American Heart Association (AHA) Start! Heart Walk each spring.

Cozy pajamas are an easy way to bring comfort to hospitalized children. Minnetronix is excited to sponsor a pajama drive for Sweet Dreams for Kids, an organization that brings the comfort of being “tucked in bed” to a sick child who is being treated away from home.

Color image expansion is necessary for printing images on large format printers. A new Viewing Effect Algorithm is introduced for image expansion in this paper. The algorithm is developed to measure the viewing quality of the expansion results from various image expansion techniques.… more

The class of median filters has been extended to include weighted order statistics (WOS) filters, to improve the flexibility of the filtering operation. The WOS filter weights each input within a sample window, and thus retains the original temporal order information. In this paper, we… more

An interview with Rich Nazarian, President & CEO