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second in size only to orthopedics. Cardiac applications call for companies that are good with wires; pulling wires and forming wires ... nitinol use is at the forefront of much of that.”
Hip implants made from Ti-64. How is ProfitKey
Making a difference in Quality Management?
our manufacturing process and has remained a reliable piece of software for over 20 years."
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Competing in the Disposables Sector Plastics are playing an important role in the disposables market. For hospitals, one-use products such as syringes and IV bags are easier to deal with, in terms of quality and sterilization concerns, said MacNeal. “If it’s a single-use throwaway, you know that unless there was a problem at the manufacturer’s sterilization facility, the product can be trusted. On the other hand, disposables are costly. And in particular, how are you going to enter the
emerging markets where a lot of industry growth is happening, when these products are so expensive? While a single dispos- able product itself may be cheap, the number needed can make them an expensive choice.
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“Some hospitals are looking at reclaim and reuse, and considering investing in metal versions of the products and sterilization processes and reuse instead of disposables.
“The cardiac sector of the medical device industry is huge—second in size only to orthopedics.”
Making a difference in Quality Management?
our manufacturing process and has remained a reliable piece of software for over 20 years."
Our company is working with an OEM to develop a dispos- able metal suturing device. In this case metal is desirable for its strength. There’s a cantilevering action involved for which plastic just isn’t strong enough in the size the company is looking at. But machining the piece from metal would be prohibitively expensive, so they’re looking at manufacturing the device through the use of metal injection molding—MIM, one of our company’s primary technologies.
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“With MIM, you start with powdered metal with a con- sistency similar to flour, and mix it with a binder—usually a polymer—and heat it so that the binder can flow but the metal
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