This presentation empowers you with the knowledge to design effectively with stepper motors. It starts by demystifying their operation, covering full-step, half-step, and micro-stepping modes. You’ll explore the distinctions between unipolar and bipolar coils, along with various wiring configurations (4, 5, 6, and 8 wires).
Common challenges like resonance and lost steps are tackled, highlighting the importance of choosing the right decay rate (fast, slow, mixed). The presentation delves deeper, examining the dynamic relationships between motor current, drive voltage, speed, and torque under various conditions. Real-life applications come to life with illustrative oscilloscope waveforms.
Here is the uncomfortable truth that most conversations about AI in medtech avoid: the organizations that will struggle most with AI are not the ones that move too slowly. They are the ones that move quickly, adopt tools enthusiastically, and discover too late that they never built the foundation underneath them. That was the thread […]
AI can draft, summarize, classify and detect patterns at unprecedented speed. But in medtech, faster work creates value only when the evidence remains reliable, decisions are explainable and accountability is clear. Nowhere is that tension more consequential than in Quality and Regulatory. Join Kerri DiPietro, Corporate Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, and Topaz Kirlew, […]
Kerri DiPietro is the chief quality officer at Integra LifeSciences. Kerri leads our global quality organization and is responsible for driving disciplined execution of the enterprise-wide compliance master plan. She will also oversee critical quality programs, including quality operations, supplier quality, post-market surveillance, design assurance, complaint handling, and validation, all aligned with global standards. Kerri […]
Topaz Kirlew is the corporate vice president and chief regulatory officer at Integra LifeSciences. She is responsible for leading global regulatory strategy and activities in support of the company’s strategic priorities. With more than 35 years of industry experience, Topaz has deep expertise in regulatory affairs, compliance, clinical trials, quality systems, manufacturing operations, and strategic […]
New product development processes that are overly siloed are stifling medtech innovation. Here’s why and the steps you can take to get engineering, clinical, regulatory, marketing, and manufacturing all working in parallel from day one.
The teams delivering the roadmap are the ones that think about verification differently Ask a medtech leadership team why the roadmap is behind and you will hear about headcount, scope creep, and regulatory surprises. You will rarely hear about verification and validation, because V&V is not usually thought of as something that determines delivery speed. […]
Sustaining Engineering: The Team That Keeps the Wheels Moving There is a part of R&D leadership that does not get nearly enough attention in leadership conversations, and yet it quietly determines whether your entire operation stays compliant, competitive, and solvent. It is sustaining engineering. I have had the privilege of leading sustaining teams across very […]
Why the investment that never fits a budget category keeps losing, and what to put in front of finance instead Budgets run annually. Architecture consequences run five to seven years. Every R&D leader in medtech understands this, and almost no planning process accounts for it. A platform decision made this quarter will shape what your […]