Originally Published EMDM
October 2004
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Catheter Tipping and Welding
A company offers PIRF precision catheter-tipping and -welding equipment. A compact solid-state RF generator with a tipping and welding platform efficiently heats and forms thermoplastics into finished catheters.
SEBRA Catheter Manufacturing Systems
Preformed Tubes
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A company offers custom tubes made from FEP, PFA, PTFE, PEEK, and other materials. Preformed tubes minimize kinks and offer high operational safety. Fluoropolymer tubing is especially resistant to hydrolysis.
Gsell Engineering Plastics AG
Close-Tolerance Tubing
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High-precision, close-tolerance tubing is manufactured, including single-lumen, multilumen, coextruded, tapered, and heat-shrinkable models. The tubing can be produced from most thermoplastics with ODs ranging from 0.010 to 0.500 in. Design and prototyping services are also offered.
ExtruMed Inc.
Alloys
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A leading supplier of superelastic and shape memory nitinol alloys offers a variety of new products made from cobalt alloys, titanium alloys, and stainless steel, as well as some special alloys like magnesium.
EUROflex GmbH
Miniature Polyimide Tubing
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Accurate and consistent polyimide tubing with dimensional stability in both standard and custom sizes is supplied. The tubing’s low concentricity ratios result in high burst strength, excellent kink resistance, and consistently high dielectric strength.
MicroLumen Inc.
Precision Thermoplastic Tubing
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An ISO 9002–certified OEM supplier of custom-extruded precision thermoplastic tubing for the medical device industry produces single- or multilumen tubing in sizes up to 0.375-in. OD. Real-time SPC is available.
Dunn Industries Inc.
PTCA Catheters
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A company offers a complete range of PTCA catheters and stent-delivery devices. The Casiopea stent-delivery device includes a balloon and automated folding system for safe crimping, radiopaque markers, and a short, soft tip for controlled progression.
Arthesys
Stainless-Steel Tubing
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Precision-drawn AISI 304 and 316L stainless-steel tubing is offered from stock in sizes ranging from 0.20 to about 10 mm OD. Thin or thick-wall tubing can be precision cut to any size.
Unimed S.A.
Flexible Tubes
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Tubes are available in all diameters from 5 to 18 mm and in such materials as brass, steel, or aluminium. The tubing can be supplied in coils or in single, custom-designed assemblies.
Carniaflex S.r.l.
Custom Medical Extrusions
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Using proprietary tooling and processes, a company can meet demanding specifications for single and multilumen, coextruded, and bump tubing; profiles; microextrusions; and solid-core guidewire coating. Most engineering thermoplastics and elastomers are processed. The company specializes in polyurethane, nylon, and polysulphone.
MicroSpec Corp.
Tube Fusion Welding
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Laser welding equipment is suited for processing balloon catheters. Distal welding and tip forming are performed in one step. The precisely focused laser beam produces a rapid, flexible connection. The system is suitable for welding coloured and transparent plastics.
BW-TEC
Precision Components
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A company offers custom-made injection-moulded precision components in liquid silicone rubber and thermoplastic elastomers. The production takes place in Class 10,000 and Class 100,000 cleanrooms.
Medical Rubber
Plastic Tubing
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A company’s capabilities include PTFE extrusions, fluoropolymer extrusion, thermoplastic and bump extrusions, and secondary operations. Braid and spiral reinforced catheter tubing and custom material compounds are available.
Fluortek
Latex Tubing
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A company supplies 99% protein-free natural rubber latex tubing in custom colours in addition to black or amber. Thermoplastic elastomer tubing—a soft, flexible polymer that resembles rubber yet benefits from the advantages of thermoplastic polymer processing—and USP Class VI PVC tubing are also offered.
Dunlap Export Co.
Extrusion
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Specializing in medical extrusion for more than 10 years, an OEM supplier offers a range of braid-reinforced tubes for catheter applications. Main features of the products include enhanced torque and push control, kink resistance, and reduced wall thickness. The tubing can be extruded in a variety of materials.
MS Techniques
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