09.11.13
VistaMed, an extrusion and catheter provider to the medical device industry, is expanding operations in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, Ireland, to increase capacity due to the market’s increasing demand for sophisticated catheter systems, the company reports. The 35,000-square-foot expansion of the facility includes 12,000 square feet of clean room required to meet the growing need for diverse braided catheter assemblies as well as a new area dedicated to thermoplastic extrusion. VistaMed, a joint venture partner of Helix Medical, also is developing an engineering laboratory that will support the company’s growth in design and development projects and enhance project turn-around time.
“Over the last two years, VistaMed has made a significant investment in state-of-the-art extrusion equipment,” said Patrick Mulholland, managing director of VistaMed Ltd. “These new extrusion lines have allowed us tighter dimensional control together with superior control over tubing mechanical properties. The new equipment also supports our growing balloon catheter business and gives VistaMed increased capability to produce more complex balloons.”
The facility expansion also will increase capacity for VistaMed’s existing high-pressure braided tubing lines and will be the production center for a newly developed range of extra high-pressure braided tubing. VistaMed expects to move into the expanded facility in November.
VistaMed was founded in 1999 and has two medical manufacturing operations in Ireland. Products produced in VistaMed’s clean rooms include PTFE-lined guide catheters, steerable catheters, balloon catheters, endoscopic catheters, urological catheters, micro perfusion pain management catheters, as well as ancillary devices such as dilators and introducers. Working with PEEK, polyurethane, polycarbonate, nylon, and other thermoplastics, VistaMed offers single-lumen, multi-lumen, tri-layer and co-extrusion, micro-extrusion, bump, braided, and wire-reinforced tubing solutions for complex catheter systems.
“Over the last two years, VistaMed has made a significant investment in state-of-the-art extrusion equipment,” said Patrick Mulholland, managing director of VistaMed Ltd. “These new extrusion lines have allowed us tighter dimensional control together with superior control over tubing mechanical properties. The new equipment also supports our growing balloon catheter business and gives VistaMed increased capability to produce more complex balloons.”
The facility expansion also will increase capacity for VistaMed’s existing high-pressure braided tubing lines and will be the production center for a newly developed range of extra high-pressure braided tubing. VistaMed expects to move into the expanded facility in November.
VistaMed was founded in 1999 and has two medical manufacturing operations in Ireland. Products produced in VistaMed’s clean rooms include PTFE-lined guide catheters, steerable catheters, balloon catheters, endoscopic catheters, urological catheters, micro perfusion pain management catheters, as well as ancillary devices such as dilators and introducers. Working with PEEK, polyurethane, polycarbonate, nylon, and other thermoplastics, VistaMed offers single-lumen, multi-lumen, tri-layer and co-extrusion, micro-extrusion, bump, braided, and wire-reinforced tubing solutions for complex catheter systems.