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Biomedical Structures, LLC doubles manufacturing space. Implantable fabric structures stimulate growth in the medical device market.
Warwick, Rhode Island, October 10, 2007 — In response to continued market expansion of biomedical manufacturing, Biomedical Structures, LLC (BMS) announced today that it has doubled its manufacturing space. BMS is not your typical Rhode Island textile manufacturer. They are a full-service contract manufacturer of permanent and absorbable implantable biomedical fabric structures; providing their clients with design, engineering and manufacturing services. This expansion affords BMS the opportunity to address client requests for dedicated manufacturing suites. This is the second expansion in as many years for BMS. Biomedical Structures moved to Warwick in January of 2006 lured there when it found a facility ideal for its state-of-the-art manufacturing with the option of future growth. Warwick had the most to offer: easy access from all major metropolitan areas, a good employment pool, a number of hotels for visitors and meetings, and a host of shipping options. Their success since moving to Warwick is evidenced by double-digit growth. This growth is based on several key factors: a strong technology platform, superior relationships with suppliers, the protection of proprietary information and processes, and excellent operational relationships with their customers. They achieve this by functioning as an extension of their customers' engineering and design staffs. The key advantage that customers experience with BMS is that their projects are shepherded through the various design and evaluation gates that are integral to the development a new medical product — from inception, prototyping, clinical trials and ultimately recurring production. With BMS' expertise, guidance and broad technology platform, product commercialization and market success can be more rapidly achieved by both small and large medical device manufacturers. As more projects move through to the recurring production level, dedicated manufacturing suites have become the next growth area. "With just 20 employees, our strength lies in our innovativeness," says John Gray, president of BMS. Their niche resides in the ability to engineer and transform very expensive fibers into high value-added medical products. Applications include fabrics for hernia, spine, knee and shoulder repair as well as treatments for incontinence and cosmetic/reconstructive surgery. BMS also serves the growing tissue engineering industry with technologically advanced scaffolds for the regeneration of a wide variety of human tissue such as cartilage, bone and organs. All BMS products are intended to be implanted surgically into humans. About Biomedical Structures The experience and creativity of their engineering teams in braiding, knitting, needle-punched non-wovens, and weaving have assisted in the development of some of the most innovative devices in the industry. BMS can create unique medical structures from the simple to the highly complex: 2-dimensional, 3-dimensional, tubular and composite structures in small lots to full scale production. The textiles can be made from absorbable and non-absorbable fibers. BMS works to understand their client's product technology challenges and partners with them to apply our unique fabrication technologies and capabilities to develop better product solutions. Contact: John Gray, President Biomedical Structures, LLC ### | ||
published date: 10-10-2007 |
