AMETEK ENGINEERED MEDICAL COMPONENTS

Silicone Molding Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) and Silicone Transfer Molding (STM) are widely used in the medical device industry for the production of various medical device components such as catheters, tubing, connectors and handles or grips. The process of LSR molding involves injecting liquid silicone rubber into a mold cavity, often over electrical connections or a circuit board. It is then allowed to cure or solidify into the desired shape.

AMETEK EMC has combined a Laser Swiss turning machine with a complete precision laser cutting system. We’ve dreamt of this possibility for years and now it’s here! Implement your design ideas, reduce your manufacturing constraints, and increase productivity!

The DENSYTY™ interconnect system uses proven card edge technology to maximize contact density, performance and usability. The need for high contact density in a small form factor is increasing. New innovative medical devices that require high performance interconnects are being developed every day.

AMETEK EMC are experts at connector and cable assembly including design, material selection, manufacturing processes, project management, product validation, and regulatory compliance.

Tubes, sheets, and CNC-machined components can be laser-cut components. With laser beam sizes ranging from 20 to 300 microns, AMETEK EMC has the expertise to precisely create stents, frames, flex-shafts and instruments as well as cutting complex geometries with close feature-to-feature positioning, such as small holes or narrow slot arrays. Material thicknesses from 0.05mm to 4mm and tube diameters from 0.3mm to 100mm can be laser-cut with high precision and repeatability.

Polymer catheter shafts and components, as well as insulated wire and cable, can be precisely machined through non-contact laser ablation.

Automated control and manipulation of fine wire as small as 50AWG allows for twisting, cabling, reel-to-reel laser processing, and precisely ablated discreet lengths for applications that range from subcutaneous biometric sensors to implanted pacing leads and high-density wire harnesses for imaging catheters. High-density wire harness assembly is vertically integrated made possible through a combination of fine wire cabling and the dressing and termination of high-count cable to tight pitched circuitry.

AMETEK EMC can provide packaging solutions for every need, with capabilities for applications such as: sealed pouches, anti-static bags, custom boxes, multi-material packaging, shock and vibration sensitive packaging, target component protection, and packaging for sterilization.

An in-house dedicated testing lab offers electrical, mechanical, and environmental test services to help customers characterize, verify, and validate requirements of components and assemblies.

In-house 3D printing and a dedicated prototyping labs facilitate fully functional prototypes for quick assessments, precise design iterations, and shortens timing for design freeze. EMC’s experts can help customers select the right materials and assemble the right solution for the application’s requirements.