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Occlusion balloon catheters are widely used for a range of medical procedures and treatments, from emergency haemorrhage control or the treatment of neurovascular aneurysms, to temporarily stopping the flow of blood during heart surgery. Despite the varied applications that currently exist, there continues to be new innovations in occlusion balloon catheter design. Those innovations are … Occlusion Balloon Catheter Design and Development Overview

The world of medical device design and regulations has a lot of abbreviations. We are going to focus on another of them in this blog – DMR. It stands for Device Master Record, but what is a DMR, why do you need one, what is included, and why is it important? What is a Device … Device Master Record – What Is It, and Why Is It Important?

The hypotube has been a feature of minimally invasive medical devices for some time now, including cannulas. Even though a range of different technologies is now available, they remain a critical component in many applications. The core characteristic of a hypotube is that it needs to be hollow to enable the control of tools or … An Overview of Hypotube Design

This whitepaper outlines in detail the design process required to successfully design a new medical device product, developing it to a point where it can obtain regulatory approval and move into the manufacturing and commercialisation phases. Download the whitepaper The whitepaper is based on Arrotek’s well-established Six-Step Design Process. This process has a proven track … Six-Step Medical Device Design Process Whitepaper

There is a detailed and complex process involved in bringing an idea for a new medical device product from the early concept point through to a stage where it is being used by physicians in real-world clinical settings. The process includes all the typical elements you would find in any product design project. However, there … Arrotek’s Complete Service Offering

Innovation and the medical device industry go hand in hand. At the same time, the industry is impacted by broader challenges, as well as being influenced by the demands and expectations of healthcare professionals and patients. Taking all this into account, what are the trends we should look out for in 2022 and beyond? More … Medical Device Design and Development Trends for 2022

Design for assembly, or DFA, means designing a new medical device product so it can be assembled as easily as possible. It is a crucial part of the design process, particularly as the product moves to the pilot manufacturing, full manufacturing, and commercialisation stages. DFA is a process that applies to medical device products with … What is DFA – Design for Assembly – in Medical Device Design?