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Packaging matters--part II: material selection.

R Lewis
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The second part of this two-part article discusses material selection for medical device packaging. Part I analyzed the design of the pack and concluded that the package and the device should be designed together. In Part II, the constraints on material choice are discussed in relation to the overall device package, and the properties that device packaging must exhibit are defined.

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R Lewis. 1991. Packaging matters--part II: material selection.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10149433/

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