From ambulance to operating room, recovery room to discharge at home, patients today encounter any number of medical devices that must be lightweight, small, safe, and often, portable. To maintain these safe, hygienic designs, most medical device manufacturers rely on pneumatics because they are highly customizable and compact.

Pinch valves are an excellent choice to mechanical valves when media contamination is a concern, as they interact with tubing and never touch the media.

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Many traditional valving systems require a considerable amount of piping, tubing and fittings to create the necessary circuitry. Clippard acrylic manifolds provide an efficient alternative, saving assembly time and reducing the amount of space and clearance needed for installation.

Clippard's 316 stainless steel push-quick fittings offer many styles, sizes and supporting hose and tubing.

Clippard Proportional Valves are instrumental in balancing the supplies of Oxygen levels within concentrators.

An ambitious group of high school students are building a powered exoskeleton inspired by the movies Edge of Tomorrow and Elysium. The suit, which utilizes 8 Clippard stainless steel pneumatic cylinders, is designed to aid in the lifting and transport of heavy objects.

The team was among 600 other teams that qualified in regional tournaments from around the world. Colerain had been ranked 49th in their division at the end of qualification matches. The team’s chances of moving on looked bleak. However, the tides turned for the team when top ranking teams were scouting for an alliance partner to choose.