Our Precision Extrusion Center of Excellence has the expertise and technology to handle every step of developing custom extruded medical tubing and catheters. We work with our customers to engineer extruded solutions that meet tough clinical challenges. Our capabilities include:
- Design
- Materials selection
- Tooling
- Prototyping
- Precision extrusion processes
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We’re constantly working to implement new knowledge, trends and technologies into our extrusion design, development and manufacturing processes. Our advanced extrusion technology includes:
- 15 extrusion lines
- Extruders: 0.75’‘ to 2.5’’ (1.9 cm to 6.35 cm)
- Proprietary extrusion equipment to increase efficiency
- In-line gauging & monitoring
- Ultrasonic wall thickness & concentricity measurement
- Multiaxis laser outer-diameter measurement
- Statistical process control & data collection
- Proprietary water treatment systems
We manufacture an expansive line of precision extrusions with countless possible configurations. Our facilities are ISO 13485 and FDA 21 CFR Part 820 compliant and operate under a robust Quality Management System.
- Single lumen
- Multilumen
- Tapered
- Braided high-pressure tubes (Prolix™)
- Layered coextrusions
- Microextrusions (braiding)
- Jacketing
- Multilayer/multiple-pass extrusions (1st, 2nd & 3rd)
- Profile
- Solid core
- Coated wire
- Precision cut to length
- Simple/complex tubing set solutions
- Steerable guidance
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When you need different functionality at the proximal and distal ends of a catheter or device, look for bump/tapered and draw-down tubes. We have special expertise in this area and can vary the number and size of tapers along the length of the extrusion, as well as the wall thickness between the OD and ID. Tapered extrusions are commonly used in:
- Vascular access catheters
- Drainage catheters
- Endoscopy devices
- Dialysis
- Urology
- Delivery catheters & shafts
We can extrude up to five materials in a multilayer extrusion, allowing you to leverage the combined properties of multiple materials within a single tube. We specialize in:
- Striping
- Tie layering
- Multidurometer extrusions
- Overextrusion/jacket extrusion
We can jacket optical fiber, wire (both reel-to-reel and manual mandrel processes), and polymer extrusions including multilumen and coextruded materials. Jacketing can add properties including:
- Electrical insulation
- Impact resistance
- Elongation
- Lubricity
- Kink resistance
- Tensile strength
We specialize in extruded tubing for balloon catheters. Our extrusions have high concentricity and are capable of holding very tight tolerances. We extrude many materials, including:
- Pebax®
- Nylon
- Polyurethanes
Our Prolix line of medical fluid management tubing is designed for a wide range of procedural applications. Prolix high-pressure, low-pressure, and pressure-monitoring tubing is available in various sizes, materials and reinforcements. Our standard Prolix line includes:
- Prolix HPBT 1,200 psi Quadraflex™ high-pressure braided tubing
- Prolix HPCE 1,200 psi Quadraflex™ high-pressure coextrusion tubing
- Prolix HPC 1,000 psi high-pressure non-DEPH PVC tubing
- Prolix LPC 500 psi low-pressure non-DEPH PVC tubing
Standard tube sets don’t meet your needs? No problem. We can leverage our overmolding , solvent bonding and assembly operations to build customized fluid management tube sets, including:
- Fluid administration sets
- Inflation tubing
- Vacuum procedure sets
- Contrast injection sets
- Contrast transfer solutions
- Tube extensions
- Pressure monitoring sets
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| Multilumen tubing | Up to 30 lumens |
| Tubing profiles | Broad selection of custom profiles |
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