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Here you will find all our latest news and company announcements along with our thoughts on what’s happening in the world of medical device manufacturing.
Designing Medical Devices For Manufacturability: Guide
The medical device design process can be incredibly complex, expensive and time-consuming. Design for manufacture, or DFM, is a process that can overcome these issues. It might also be referred to as Design for manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA). By considering the...
ISO Class 7 Cleanrooms: Requirements
What is a Cleanroom? A Cleanroom is usually required in the production of medical, consumable and other hygiene-sensitive products. They are designed so that contaminants and particle flow can be managed and monitored closely to maintain requirements. ISO...
Farleigh Hospice: Our Charity of the Year
We are delighted to announce that our chosen charity to support for the next 12 months is Farleigh Hospice. Each year at Europlaz we support a local charity – it is our way of giving back. Last year we supported Essex & Herts Air Ambulance. About Farleigh...
Cytosponge: developing a test for oesophageal cancer
The Cytosponge is a quicker, cheaper, easier and a less invasive way to look for and monitor people who could be at risk of this dangerous, but often preventable, cancer. Cytosponge is an innovative test for Barrett’s Oesophagus – a condition that can increase a...
Medical Device Assembly
When manufacturing medical devices, precision and experience are essential to the process. This is something we have learned and use every day, and have done so for over 40 years, to ensure precision assembly that is easily replicable and robust. At Europlaz, we focus...
Prototyping: Reducing Risk & Accelerating Production
What is Rapid Prototyping Using Computer-Aided Design, also known as CAD, Rapid Prototyping allows you to create a model or part. This allows you to simulate or test the functionality of your medical device design before you move to the next step: manufacture....
Sideport Flowsensor Whitepaper
Free Download Learn how to overcome technical limitations when providing best practice life-support ventilation to the very smallest patients in Europlaz's flowsensor whitepaper. Best practice protocols recommend clinicians use simultaneous Volume Targeted...
What is ISO 13485 : 2016?
This ISO 13485:2016 certification is unique for the fact that it relates to process rather than product standard, specifically pertaining to medical devices. It relates to design, process and distribution, rather than testing the product as many ISO standards tend to,...
Day 2 Day 8 Testing Kit Manufacturing
Europlaz are pleased to announce that we are manufacturing a Day 2 Day 8 testing kit for our Not-for Profit partner, Testing for All, who has now joined the list of Government approved test providers. All international arrivals to the UK are required to take a COVID...
Patent granted for Neonatal Flow Sensor
From the European Patent Office We are delighted to announce the receipt of a patent for our neonatal Flow Sensor with a side-port from the European Patent Office which covers Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy. The patent is also awarded in the US. With...
Growth leads to New Director
To support ambitious growth plans, Europlaz Technologies a leading UK manufacturer of medical devices, has announced the appointment of Modestino Graziano as Non-Executive Director. Modestino previously held Executive positions at Bespak and Owen Mumford, both major...
Medical Device Outsourcing Overview
Challenges of medical device outsourcing There are several elements to medical device outsourcing, which can be challenging to overcome without previous experience. When working on mass production for medical devices, processes such a medical device design and medical...