Wire and tubing manufacturer Wytech Industries has been acquired by private equity firm Vance Street Capital. Rahway, N.J.-based Wytech was founded in 1975 and manufactures specialty core wires and related components for the interventional medical markets. Its customers include the leading medical device OEMs and contract manufacturers focused … [Read more...] about Investment group acquires Wytech Industries
Transit Scientific touts performance of new angioplasty system
Transit Scientific (Park City, Utah) today announced that its XO Score percutaneous transluminal angioplasty scoring catheter was successfully used to dilate multiple challenging fibrotic and calcific lesions in hemodialysis patients with stenotic and occluded fistulas. The FDA granted the catheter 510(k) clearance in May to dilate stenotic … [Read more...] about Transit Scientific touts performance of new angioplasty system
Freudenberg Medical opens new HQ in larger Mass. factory
Freudenberg Medical announced today that it has completed construction of a new medical manufacturing operation in Beverly, Mass. The new building will serve as Freudenberg Medical's global headquarters and will manufacture medical devices and components in medical and implant-grade silicones and high-performance plastics. The 36,000 ft2 … [Read more...] about Freudenberg Medical opens new HQ in larger Mass. factory
6 ways the right tubing supplier can improve product development
Partnering with a vertically integrated manufacturer can help engineers optimize designs, improve manufacturability and accelerate new product development. Michael Holt, Integer (Image courtesy of Integer) Medtech design engineers face extraordinary opportunities and challenges created by rapidly advancing clinical markets. To … [Read more...] about 6 ways the right tubing supplier can improve product development
Heraeus Medical Components acquires Pulse Systems
Heraeus Medical Components announced this week that it has acquired Pulse Systems, a precision laser processor and manufacturer of nitinol and other metal-based implants and delivery systems. A key reason for the acquisition is the increasing importance of vascular access and delivery systems to enable new therapies, according to Peter Reimer, … [Read more...] about Heraeus Medical Components acquires Pulse Systems
DuPont boosts tubing manufacturing at Michigan plant
DuPont today announced that it will invest an unspecified amount in tubing manufacturing improvements at its healthcare industries materials site in Hemlock, Mich. Upgrades include extrusion capacity expansion for tubing, a new ISO 7 cleanroom, and ongoing elastomer capacity expansions with new mixing equipment for liquid silicone rubber (LSR) … [Read more...] about DuPont boosts tubing manufacturing at Michigan plant
Syneo sold to investment firm
Private equity firm Arcline Investment Management announced that it has acquired a controlling stake in Syneo from Rockwood Equity. Syneo is a vertically-integrated machine, tooling and services company focused on the interventional medtech industry as well as specialty “press-fit” printed circuit board applications. Syneo has thousands of … [Read more...] about Syneo sold to investment firm
Abbott touts Xience DES study results
A pair of studies of Abbott’s Xience drug-eluting stent showed no difference between shorter courses of treatment with dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) compared with 12 months of DAPT following implantation of the XIENCE drug-eluting stent (DES) in patients who are at a high risk of bleeding. Abbott presented the late-breaking data today at TCT … [Read more...] about Abbott touts Xience DES study results
How fish physiology is enabling Boston Scientific to help atrial fibrillation patients
Company researchers developed cardiac ablation technology that mimics the navigation system of electric fish. Scientists have studied electric fish for decades to determine how and why they discharge electricity. Recently, a couple of biomedical engineers at Boston Scientific realized that the way these fish use their electrical impulses … [Read more...] about How fish physiology is enabling Boston Scientific to help atrial fibrillation patients
Passing the test with vascular stents
Pulsatile durability testing is a time-consuming part of the vascular stent approval process. Accelerated test designs can deliver a high throughput when every specimen counts. Pete Bailey, Instron There are many quality controls applied to the design and release of coronary and other vascular stent devices, but a proof test of pulsatile … [Read more...] about Passing the test with vascular stents
