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Zeus to launch next-gen film-cast PTFE catheter liners

January 30, 2025 By MT+E Staff

This is a Zeus marketing image of StreamLiner NG PTFE catheter liners.

NEWS RELEASE: Zeus to launch next-gen film-cast PTFE liners engineered for flexibility and superior strength Unveiling at MD&M West, the new StreamLiner NG catheter liners minimize defects and maximize performance versus existing film-cast PTFE liners. Orangeburg, S.C. – Zeus, a global leader in advanced polymer solutions and catheter … [Read more...] about Zeus to launch next-gen film-cast PTFE catheter liners

Filed Under: Advanced Materials, Applications, Cardiology, Catheters, Materials, Plastics, Technologies & Devices Tagged With: zeus, Zeus Inc.

Bioabsorbable polymers for implantable medical devices: What to know
Bioabsorbable polymers are used for an expanding range of medical devices.

May 15, 2024 By Reed Miller

An illustration of the Abbott Esprit BTK stent, made from the bioabsorable polymer PLLA.

Bioabsorbable polymers degrade and disappear at predictable rates, making them an ideal material for parts of implantable devices that could otherwise impair healing or create an ongoing risk of injury or infection. Bioabsorbable sutures made of glycolide/lactide polymers, first developed in the 1970s, are strong and flexible enough to hold … [Read more...] about Bioabsorbable polymers for implantable medical devices: What to know

Bioabsorbable polymers are used for an expanding range of medical devices.

Filed Under: Advanced Materials, Composites, Materials, Plastics, Uncategorized Tagged With: Amaranth Medical, bioabsorbable polymers, biotronik, Boston Scientific, Braun, Elixir Medical, ethicon, medtronic, REVA Medical, Smith & Nephew

Nitinol grips prevent slips in Abbott’s heart valve clips

April 10, 2024 By Jim Hammerand

A photo of the Abbott TriClip clip heart valve implant.

Nitinol is a key material in the heart valve clips that Abbott designed for its TriClip and MitraClip transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) systems. Abbott designed the TriClip system (approved by the FDA in April 2024) for reducing tricuspid valve regurgitation using fourth-generation heart valve clips that Abbott originally developed for … [Read more...] about Nitinol grips prevent slips in Abbott’s heart valve clips

Filed Under: Advanced Materials, Applications, Cardiology, Components Tagged With: Abbott

Medical nitinol processing: How NiTi is turned into wire, tubes and sheets for medical devices

September 12, 2023 By Jim Hammerand

One result of medical nitinol processing is a stent; pictured are two stents made of medical-grade nitinol, one compressed and the other expanded.

Medical nitinol processing transforms raw nickel-titanium alloy into wire, coils, tubes and sheets for medical and dental device manufacturers. We previously covered nitinol's journey from the earth's crust through high-temperature melting crucibles and forging operations to create nitinol ingots and then smaller, more workable shapes such as … [Read more...] about Medical nitinol processing: How NiTi is turned into wire, tubes and sheets for medical devices

Filed Under: Advanced Materials, Machining, Manufacturing, Materials, Metals, Nitinol, Tubing Components, Uncategorized Tagged With: Medical Design & Outsourcing

After recall and relaunch, Medtronic wants to go global with its catheter-delivered Harmony valve

July 17, 2023 By Jim Hammerand

A photo showing Medtronic's Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV), comprised of polyester material and pig heart tissue stitched to a nitinol wire frame.

Each Medtronic Harmony valve is sewn by hand to attach laser-cut pig tissue to the nitinol that makes this minimally invasive heart implant possible. Medtronic’s Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV) design is paying off after engineers solved a delivery catheter recall and relaunched the system this year. The Harmony TPV uses pig tissue, … [Read more...] about After recall and relaunch, Medtronic wants to go global with its catheter-delivered Harmony valve

Filed Under: Advanced Materials, Cardiology, Catheters, Heart valves, Implants, Manufacturing, Materials, Nitinol, Product Development, Recalls Tagged With: medtronic

How Medtronic uses nitinol to improve the structure and effectiveness of heart devices

June 9, 2023 By Danielle Kirsh

Medtronic PulseSelect Pulsed-Field Ablation technology

Tim Laske, VP of research and business development for Medtronic‘s cardiac ablation solutions business, discusses the challenges of designing devices for the heart and explores the properties of nitinol. The heart is often one of the most underappreciated aspects of human anatomy, and its atrial appendages are often overlooked even in cardiac … [Read more...] about How Medtronic uses nitinol to improve the structure and effectiveness of heart devices

Filed Under: Advanced Materials, Balloons, Catheters, Extrusions, Implants, Manufacturing, Materials, Nitinol Tagged With: medtronic

Why Affera’s cardiac ablation technology is worth $1B to Medtronic

November 16, 2022 By Jim Hammerand

A sphere-shaped, expandable lattice device with electrodes for cardiac ablation

Affera started in 2014 with a simple goal that paid off when Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) bought the company for up to $1 billion this year. Achieving that goal, however, took some unconventional and sometimes difficult design choices, Affera founder and CEO Doron Harlev said. Newton, Massachusetts–based Affera's system diagnoses, maps and treats … [Read more...] about Why Affera’s cardiac ablation technology is worth $1B to Medtronic

Filed Under: Advanced Materials, Catheters, Materials, Metals, Research, Research & Development, Tubing Components Tagged With: Affera, medtronic

Abbott sees the delivery system as a differentiator for its TAVR

January 4, 2022 By Chris Newmarker

Abbott Portico with FlexNav TAVR system

A top Abbott executive explains how the company's FlexNav delivery system could make the Portico TAVR competitive. Abbott is aiming to claw away market share from transcatheter aortic valve replacement pioneers  Edwards Lifesciences and Medtronic. The Abbott Park, Illinois–based medtech company in September announced FDA approval of its Portico … [Read more...] about Abbott sees the delivery system as a differentiator for its TAVR

Filed Under: Advanced Materials, Catheters, Product Development, Tubing Components Tagged With: Abbott, TAVR

How a future-minded medtech engineer finds inspiration, innovation and creativity

September 30, 2021 By Jim Hammerand

Marie Ottum TE Connectivity

The future of medtech is the focus of TE Connectivity’s Advanced Technology Group, a team of experienced engineers tasked with identifying trends and developing new technology for devices and challenges that might not yet even exist. Marie Ottum, principal R&D engineer in TE Connectivity’s Advanced Technology Group and global leader of the … [Read more...] about How a future-minded medtech engineer finds inspiration, innovation and creativity

Filed Under: Advanced Materials, Endoscopes, Prototyping, Research & Development Tagged With: TE Connectivity

Schott expands Chinese glass tubing plant

September 17, 2021 By Chris Newmarker

pharmaceutical glass tubing site in Jinyun China

Schott recently announced that it has completed the next expansion stage at its pharmaceutical glass tubing site in Jinyun, China. The company completed construction at the site in just 15 months despite the COVID-19 pandemic, with production starting in November 2020. The plant is meant to create a solid production base for high-quality … [Read more...] about Schott expands Chinese glass tubing plant

Filed Under: Advanced Materials Tagged With: schott

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