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Market Leads in Dilator and Death Technologies

VASCULAR ACCESS COMPONENTS Dilators and sheaths are typically known as a standard component to delivery systems which critically support interventional therapies by providing access to blood vessels for the insertion of vascular catheter systems.…

How To Avoid Compliance & Timeline Risks When Selecting A Medical Device Supplier

By: Matt Knutson

The Case for Just-In-Time Inventory Management

Rationale Behind Just-in-Time (JIT) By definition, waste is the unusable byproduct of something. However, because no process is totally efficient, every process necessarily contains some amount of waste. With company origins in the textil…

The Extrusion of Acetal Core Mandrel at 6 Sigma Quality Levels

Braid reinforced medical tubing was invented by Norman C Jeckel in 1942 in Glens Falls, NY for US Catheter Corp. This concept was further developed in 1969 by Robert C. Stevens of Cordis Corporation to include continuous braiding and extrusion proces…

Is Singapore a Good Option for Your Medical Product Development Strategy?

While an innovative, market differentiating approach is critical to achieving competitive advantage and dominant market share, it isn’t the only critical element in new product development. Market timing, quality and cost are also in the mix. T…

10 Key Areas to Consider When Evaluating Suppliers

Medical device OEM’s and contract manufacturers

Designing Auto-Injectors for Multiple Drug Viscosities

Medical device OEM’s and contract manufacturers

Accelerated time-to-market keeps critical launch on track

Challenge The market need was strong, the timing tight and the challenge steep: A large OEM set out to address the demand for real-time glucose management for critical care patients. Timing for the product launch was critical—and tight. But…

From development to deployment in six months flat

Challenge In today’s medical device marketplace, timing is everything. So when a company needed to develop and manufacture a surgical device that would improve ease of use over existing models and eliminate failure modes—and needed deliv…

Tall order, high stakes

Challenge A fast-growing medical device company aiming to be a global leader in minimally invasive spinal therapies asked Donatelle for design assistance in improving an existing device. The product, a bone cement mix and transfer system, had a hi…

Full product line, tight timeline

Challenge Developing a new medical device, especially a long-term implant, is never easy. But bringing an entire metal implant line of over a hundred parts to market raises the difficulty factor to a whole new level. That was the challenge a growi…

Vertical integration adds value — and viability

Challenge A medical device OEM came to Donatelle with a problem. One of their products, a device used for rapid sternal access in the administration of medications, was occasionally failing during training—a serious issue in the emergency si…

Well over a Decade Later...

the Saga of Non-DEHP PVC and Medical Devices

Let’s Talk About PEEK and Crystallinity

by Jonathan Jurgaitis, Senior Extrusion Engineer

The Benefits of Outsourcing with A Full Service Contract Manufacturer

Contract manufacturers serving the medical device market typically divide into two distinct segments: electronics contract manufacturing and precision engineering contract manufacturers. Electronics contract manufacturers build both printed circuit b…

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