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MD&M West: Here are 4 things you may have missed

February 26, 2019 By Chris Newmarker

Freudenberg Medical Composer MD&M West — Freudenberg Medical at this year’s MD&M West touted its Composer deflectable catheter handle platform. Company officials described the platform as a way to take the handle out of the equation for catheter system creators. [Image courtesy MDO videographer Brad Voyten]

From 3M‘s adhesive-finding tool to help wearable designers to OnRobot‘s energy-efficient vacuum gripper, there were plenty of useful tools for medical device creators to discover at this year’s MD&M West in Anaheim, Calif.

As managing editor of Medical Design & Outsourcing, I toured the show floor to point out some of the highlights, which also included Omron‘s next-generation manufacturing technologies and Freudenberg Medical‘s Composer catheter handle platform.

Watch our video, and also read our roundup with more highlights from the annual show, which is one of the largest medical device manufacturing events in the world.

About Chris Newmarker

Chris Newmarker is the executive editor of WTWH Media life science's news websites and publications including MassDevice, Medical Design & Outsourcing and more. A professional journalist of 18 years, he is a veteran of UBM (now Informa) and The Associated Press whose career has taken him from Ohio to Virginia, New Jersey and, most recently, Minnesota. He’s covered a wide variety of subjects, but his focus over the past decade has been business and technology. He holds bachelor’s degrees in journalism and political science from Ohio State University. Connect with him on LinkedIn or email at cnewmarker@wtwhmedia.com.