Medical Device Projects
Coronary and cerebrovascular device design, development and manufacturing engineering support
-design and manufacturing development of cardio/ cerebrovascular and peripheral stent implants.
- de novo, restinotic and bifurcated lesion specific devices
-non linear/explicit dynamics based predictions and response modeling.
- pushiable/trackable/flexible delivery with optimal, reliable deployment
- kissing balloon delivery system
-from concept to delivery of successfully tested, working prototypes
-rapid assembly prototyping of functional test units based on end use materials.
- protocol preparation, testing, analysis, reporting
- IDE clinical trial pilot device manufacturing process development
- enhanced catheter flexibility delivers first stent to MCA blockage
- balloon installation via progressive, uniform rotary motion with minimum final aperture sizing required
-50 micron diameter automated stent joining process - pulsed Nd-YAG laser development
- scanning electron micro graph of uniform stent welds
- femtosecond laser based cutting process development of pre-formed hypo tube and polymer based structures
- multiple product & mfg development launches
- flat stainless ribbon braiding of .001 x .003/.001 x .005 inch material for catheters ranging from 5 to 10F
- development/integration/process development
- development/integration/process development
- automated weld positioning/inspection
- multiple stent production cycles with zero tolerance accumulation
-design / fabrication / test / delivery
-progressive rotary stent crimping
- 3 week design / build / test program
- arterial pressure transducer
- photo of board level residue identified by energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDXA)
- magnified view of wire bond failures (circle areas)
- pressure transducer protection during PCB fab
- 4 day critical design + fabrication turn around cycle
- 512 masks for qualification in 5 days