For additional information, you may consider visiting these internet sites.
Regulatory Sites
Canadian Standards Association
The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.
U.S. FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health
U.S. FDA Device Advice
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Trade Publications
Medical Design & Diagnostic Industry
The goal of MD&DI is to help industry professionals develop, design, and manufacture medical products that comply with complex and demanding regulations and market requirements.
Medical Product Manufacturing News
Medical Product Manufacturing News is a product tabloid magazine that provides information on the new products and services available to medical device manufacturers.
European Medical Device Manufacturer
European Medical Device Manufacturer is Europe's leading sourcebook for designers and manufacturers of medical devices.
Textile Industries
The Textile Industries Media Group, a division of Billian Publishing, Inc., is the primary information source in print, on-line and face-to-face for the global textile industry.
Textile World
Textile World - the leading and only broad-based textile business publication serving North America (recently acquired and merged with Textile Industries magazine).
Technical Textiles International
Technical Textiles.Net, a comprehensive source for online news and features about advanced and high-performance textiles.
International Fiber Journal
International Fiber Journal aims to inform and unite fiber and textile manufacturers and processors, spunbond and meltblown nonwovens producers, suppliers of fiber-making machinery and equipment as well as fiber and yarn buyers and end-users.
Nonwovens Industry
NONWOVENS INDUSTRY magazine has provided the most comprehensive coverage of the global nonwovens industry.
Davison's Blue Book
Davison's Textile Blue Book is an annual directory of mills, dyers, finishers, converters and jobbers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Central America. It also includes various suppliers to the textile industry including machinery, chemicals, supplies and services.
Textile Research Journal
Textile Research Journal (TRJ) has served as the premier forum for the presentation of scientific results that introduce new concepts, innovative technologies, and improved understanding of textile materials and processing.
Biomaterials
Biomaterials is an international journal covering the science and application of biomaterials and associated medical devices.
Artificial Organs
Artificial Organs has been publishing original articles featuring the studies of design, performance, and evaluation of the biomaterials and devices for the international medical, scientific, and engineering communities involved in the research and clinical application of artificial organ development.
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Trade Organizations
American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Your source for lifelong orthopaedic learning.
American College of Cardiology
Helping cardiovascular professionals learn, advance and heal.
American College of Surgeons
American College of Surgeons dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and to safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment.
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
The American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, Inc. is organized exclusively for educational and scientific purposes. The Society promotes the development, application and awareness of organ technologies which enhance quality and duration of life.
American Urological Association
AUA Vision Statement To be the premier professional association for the advancement of urologic patient care.
AUA Mission Statement To promote the highest standards of urological clinical care through education, research and in the formulation of health care policy.
The Fiber Society
OBJECTIVE Advancement of scientific knowledge pertaining to fibers, fiber based products, and fibrous materials.
Heart Failure Society of America
The Heart Failure Society of America, Inc. (HFSA) represents the first organized effort by heart failure experts from the Americas to provide a forum for all those interested in heart function, heart failure, and congestive heart failure (CHF) research and patient care.
International Society of Endovascular Specialists
Where endovascular specialists, industry leaders, researchers, and consumers explore endovascular medicine's emerging technologies and techniques.
MatWeb Material Property Data
The heart of MatWeb is a searchable database of material data sheets, including property information on thermoplastic and thermoset polymers such as ABS, nylon, polycarbonate, polyester, polyethylene and polypropylene; metals such as aluminum, cobalt, copper, lead, magnesium, nickel, steel, superalloys, titanium and zinc alloys; ceramics; plus semiconductors, fibers, and other engineering materials.
McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
The McGowan Institute serves as a single base of operations for the university's leading scientists and clinical faculty working to develop tissue engineering, cellular therapies, biosurgery and artificial and biohybrid organ devices.
Medical Design and Manufacturing (MD&M)
MD&M offers all the resources you need to successfully design, develop and manufacture medical devices and equipment for today’s increasingly competitive healthcare marketplace.
Medical Device Link
The online information source for the medical device industry.
Society for Biomaterials
The Society For Biomaterials is a professional society which promotes advances in all phases of materials research and development by encouragement of cooperative educational programs, clinical applications, and professional standards in the biomaterials field.
Society for Vascular Surgery
The Society for Vascular Surgery seeks to advance excellence and innovation in vascular health through education, advocacy, research and public awareness.
Textile Research Institute
Institutes's central mission, to enhance the technology-based competitiveness of our corporate participants by improving their productivity.
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS)The purpose of the Society shall be the worldwide advancement of both the science and technology of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
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Educational Sites
National Textile Center
Mission: To enhance the knowledge base for the continuing viability of the U.S. Fiber/Textile/Fiber Products/Retail complex.
Auburn University Textile Engineering
Clemson University
Georgia Tech
North Carolina State University - College of Textiles
Philadelphia University - School of Textiles and Materials Technology
The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
The Institute applies the principles of regenerative medicine to treat human diseases and disabilities.
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