The Medical Device Manufacturing Centre (MDMC) and the Manufacture of Active Implants and Surgical Instruments (MAISI) Centre are pleased to announce this online event on Thursday 31st of March 2022 at 10:00 am.
In this webinar, Dr. Anne Vanhoestenberghe, Deputy Director of MAISI, and Prof. Marc Desmulliez, manager of the MDMC, will present:
• The fundamentals of hermeticity and the three types of leaks that can occur in medical devices
• The standards that medical device manufacturers must follow to have hermetic medical devices
• The methods to test loss of integrity in medical devices
• The impact of outgassing in hermetically sealed packages and permeation in plastic packages
• The impact that relative humidity has on lifetime of medical devices
This webinar will be of interest to manufacturers with little prior knowledge and experience of hermeticity, as well as established businesses seeking more information from experts in the field.
The webinar will be hosted on Zoom, with link provided following registration.
Speakers
Prof. Marc Desmulliez - Manager of the MDMC
Prof. Marc Desmulliez has been involved in medical devices manufacturing for over 15 years. From his previous research interests in Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), and in collaboration with his former PhD student, Dr. Suzanne Costello, he developed some in situ sensors to look at the gas and moisture ingress in encapsulated packages. The work culminated in a monograph (“Hermeticity Testing of MEMS and Microelectronic Packages, Artech House Pub.). His current research interests include microwave sensing and nature inspired engineering.
Dr. Anne Vanhoestenberghe - Deputy Director of MAISI
Dr. Anne Vanhoestenberghe is a specialist in developing active medical implants from design to manufacture, and their translation into clinical settings, with a particular focus on electrical stimulation to improve quality of life with people with chronic conditions. Her work focuses on developing new methods of protecting electronics in extreme environments, including corrosion, conformal coating and hermetic packaging, and the creation of next generation active implantable medical devices.
To register please click here.