The use of micropuncture needles, guide-wires, and catheters has revolutionized many vascular access procedures. They provide an alternative to the standard method of gaining vascular access with benefits to the patient and the team completing the procedure. If you are developing an idea for a new medical device product, there is a range of interventional … Brief Guide to Micropuncture Needles, Guide-wires, and Catheter
Needles, cannulas, stylets, and other steel components are crucial to the performance and quality of many minimally invasive medical devices, including catheters. With all these components, there is a diverse range of design, manufacturing, quality, and performance options available. We outline the main design considerations in this blog, starting with making sure needles, cannulas, and … Design Considerations for Needles, Cannulas, Stylets, and Similar Steel Components in Catheter Devices
Guide-wires are an essential component of many minimally invasive medical devices, including many advanced catheter products. There are multiple types of guide-wires available, with different technologies, materials, designs, and performance characteristics. In this blog, we’ll look at the essential design features that should be considered when looking at guide-wires for your product. Guide-wires are designed … Guide-wires – Essential Design Considerations
Overmolding is a production technique used in the manufacture of medical devices. While it is a well-established technique, it has never been more important both in terms of manufacturing and the design of new medical device products. With advanced overmolding manufacturing methods, medical device product designers can push the boundaries of innovation to enhance existing … How Overmolding Enhances Minimally Invasive Medical Device Products
There is a problem in the medical device industry and as a start-up company, it will be a problem that you may already be familiar with. You need support for your project, whether you are at the concept and prototyping stage or are further along on the research and development journey. However, all too often, … Tailored Support for Your Medical Device Start-Up Company
Neuro stimulating needles are used to treat a wide and ever-increasing range of conditions. In this blog, we will give an overview of the main design and manufacturing considerations of neuro stimulating needles. Neuro stimulating needles are a type of neurostimulation medical device. While neurostimulation has been used as a treatment for many decades, recent … An Introduction to Neuro Stimulating Needle Design and Manufacturing
Balloon catheters are used for a range of medical procedures and applications, from delivering stents to opening blockages to dilating vessels to delivering therapeutics directly to a target location in the body. As a result, balloon catheters have transformed patient outcomes, particularly in complex procedures. Balloon catheters have been used in healthcare for many years … Balloon Catheter Design – Process Overview and Key Considerations
Neurovascular microcatheters have transformed the treatment of patients around the world. They enable minimally invasive treatments in a challenging part of the body, so have significantly advanced health-care in this field. The range of neurovascular conditions that microcatheters are used to treat includes cerebral aneurysms, ischemic stroke, and other conditions that affect the vessels that … Neurovascular Microcatheter Design Overview
Occlusion balloon catheters are widely used for a range of medical procedures and treatments, from emergency hemorrhage 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
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 commercialization 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
