Manufacturing Capabilities
Catheter and Device Assemblies – Overview
Primary Processing Capabilities
- EFEP co-extrusion
- EFEP can be co-extruded with polyamide- or PEBA-type materials in a one-step process that eliminates the need for etching.
- Use as an outerlayer or tube liner, or laminated over coil-or braid-reinforced assemblies.
- Large diameter, braided shaft
- 14F-26F
- Walls as thin as .011”
- Catheters reinforced with longitudinal wires
- Shaft will not stretch
- Flat wire, braided shaft with extrusion finish
- Round wire version available (below 8F)
- FEP-lined, braided shaft
- Allows production of very soft and thin-walled, braided shafts
- 1.1F to 30F
- FEP-lined, low-durometer braided shafts
- Does not stretch easily in decoring or stick to core material
- Lower-cost alternative to coil reinforced tuging
- Large diameter, FEP-lined, bonded shaft
- 21F braid-reinforced shaft with radiopaque tip
- Lower-cost alternative to PTFE
- Sub. 004” wall, FEP-lined, braided tubing
- Melt extruded (no pinholes)
- -.0006” liner wall is possible
- Sub 3F, FEP-lined, braided tubing
- Potential opportunity for steering wire channels in catheters, reinforced internal lumens in catheter assembly, or micro-catheters designed for fluid delivery.
- Sub, 3F braided tubing
- World’s smallest diameter extruded, lubricious-lined, braided shaft
- Durometer stiffness from 35D-83D
- HDPE-lined, braided/coiled tubing
- 3F-30F product range
- No liner lamination concerns
- HDPE-lined, coil sheaths
- 18F-24F product range
- Encapsulated marker band at the end
- FEP-lined, stent delivery catheter
- Variable pitch braid
- Embedded marker band
- Bonded soft tip
- Complex, PTFE-lined, steerable catheter
- Multi-durometer design
- Fluoroplastic extrusion (PTFE, FEP, THV, ETFE, PFA)
- Composite construction
- Ultra-lite wall and micro bore tubing
- FEP and PTFE heat-shrink tubing
- Custom blending and compounding for enhanced performance characteristics
- Engineering Plastics (PE, PUR, PP, PEBA, Nylon, Polycarbonate)
- Braid reinforced tubing and other materials
- Catheter component design and fabrication
- Rapid prototyping
- Precision extrusions of engineering plastics
- Custom delivery system development
- Thin-wall PTFE, FEP lined, reinforced shafts 2F– 4F
- Reinforced flexible sheath development
- Full complement of medical device finishing capabilities
- Fluoroplastic extrusion (PTFE, FEP, THV, ETFE, PFA)
- Composite construction
- Braid-coil reinforcement
- “Bump” tubing
- Custom compounding
- Heat-shrink
- Melt extrusion
- Paste extrusion
- Lubricious-lined, multi-durometer shaft extrusions
- Multi-lumen and profile tubing
- Adhesive/solvent bonding
- Coil completion
- Dipping
- Etching
- Flaring
- Hub molding
- Labeling
- Marker bands
- Can be added at tip or end of braid
- Embedded or swaged
- Molding/miromolding
- Packaging
- Full sterile packaging is available
- Rail extrusion
- Shaping
- Skiving
- Sterilization
- Tip joining
- Tipping
- Extensive, in-house testing facilities
- We can test/characterize all key properties of tubing, which includes bend stiffness, kink resistance, burst pressure, tensile and elongation properties, insertion force, torque, surface smoothness, column strength, and flow rate.
- Advanced capabilities allows us to perform testing at both room and body temperature.
- Capability to benchmark competitor product to give your company a marketing edge.
- Color match
- Custom colors
- Custom compounding
- Cut lengths or on spools
- Etching
- Steerable devices
- Multi-lumen and profile tubing
- Multi-durometer shaft extrusion