Trends in medical filtration.

Med Device Technol

Filtertek BV, Industrial Estate, Newcastle West, County Limerick, Ireland.

Published: June 2002

Advances in materials, mould tooling and control systems are offering the industry greater design choices in filtration as well as the potential to reduce manufacturing costs. This article describes what is possible.

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