Packaging is often one of the last things that is thought about in a medical device product development project. The reality is it takes time to properly design and test packaging for medical device products, especially sterile barrier medical device packaging. Furthermore, the importance of packaging to the success of your product, not to mention … An Overview of Sterile Barrier Medical Device Packaging Design
Steerable catheters are used in a range of different applications, including cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and neurological procedures. One thing these types of procedures often have in common is the need to navigate complex vasculatures to reach the required treatment or diagnostic site. As a result, steerable catheters have transformed health-care by improving minimally invasive procedures. … Essential Performance Characteristics for Steerable Catheters
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
Guidewires are an essential component of many minimally invasive medical devices, including many advanced catheter products. There are multiple types of guidewires 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 guidewires 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
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
Catheter shafts are a core component of medical devices designed for minimally invasive procedures. The main objective when designing a catheter shaft is to get the right balance of performance between the various functional requirements of the device. For example, getting the right balance of torque control, pushability, kink resistance, flexibility, compression resistance, etc. During … Catheter Shaft Design Considerations to Optimize Device Performance
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
