It’s important to consider packaging design early on during the medical device product design process, according to Jenn Goff, director of product marketing of Oliver Healthcare Packaging. During the ...

Identifying constraints explicitly in the design-input document facilitates project management and reduces risk. by Gerald E. Loeb and Frances J. R. Richmond Figure 2. Display window containing ...

Process-control environments are under constant threat from cyberattacks, internal threats, and even simple vandalism.

Diagnostic test developers, including clinical laboratories, responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with inspiring creativity to meet patient testing needs. These developers found unique ways to enable ...

Bioprocessing is an umbrella term that describes the research, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of products derived from or used by biological systems. For industrial purposes, ...

Regulations and standards are playing a more significant role in medical system design every year. Design teams that were once only tangentially impacted by regulations must now consider a number of ...

In process automation, an alarm is defined as an audible and/or visible means of indicating to the operator an equipment malfunction, process deviation, or abnormal condition requiring an operator ...

In this article, as in industry, advanced process control (APC) refers primarily to multi-variable control. Multivariable control means adjusting multiple single-loop controllers in unison, to meet ...

The process control and instrumentation minor emphasizes developing skills and knowledge in theory, software and in the field. Students graduate ready to solve complex control problems in the chemical ...