Catheters

Catheters are one of the largest product categories in the medical device business. Chempilots has worked within this area for many leading medical device suppliers as well as small-size special catheter producers.

Catheter design and processing
“Catheters” as a product area, includes introducer sheaths, guide catheters, balloon catheters, electro-physiology catheters, bladder catheters, drainage catheters, i.v. dosage and drug delivery catheters.

Our typical contribution is to identify problems and come up with innovative solutions that improve catheter usability and ensure reliable production. Many of our solutions are patented and implemented in customer’s production. These include:

• Coating technologies for balloon and catheter tip/shaft sub-assemblies (e.g. priming & coating)
• Intelligent print or marker transfer to catheter sub-assembly by e.g. pad printing
• Upscaling lab prototype equipment to production processing
• Multi-sterilization effects studies
• Welding, gluing, and potting of catheter sub-assemblies facilitated by surface modifications
• Drying and curing in connection with gluing, potting, and coating operations
• Down-sizing catheter profiles by drawing-down and annealing plastic parts

Call us for a discussion
Feel free to contact us for a discussion on how we can assist your in-house team solve complex issues within product- and process development.