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Rapid Development Center
Key Takeaways:
- Understand the benefits of the Rapid Development Center and how it supports customers accelerate the time to market for new products
- Learn how this service streamlines the transition from design to prototyping and finally serial production
- Meet our dedicated experts, who support design, materials, process and quality throughout the entire lifecycle of the project
The EU medical device regulation (MDR) 2017/745 was announced five years ago and will fully apply on May 26, 2021. The new MDR poses major challenges for medical device manufacturers. Through close cooperation, suppliers can support medical device manufacturers in complying with these requirements.
As medical devices become ever more sophisticated and smaller in size, component manufacturers must adapt manufacturing processes to fit multiple functions into a limited space. A means of addressing this challenge comes in the form of multi-component Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) technology, which provides designers with the latitude and flexibility to enhance their applications. Learn how multi-component LSR technology can support medical devices.
Case studies in applying advanced extrusion technologies for medical device design
Geometric transition extrusion manufactured of HCR silicone support medical devices engineers in their efforts to design smaller, more intricate and complicated medical devices and at the same time, comply with increasingly stringent national and international regulations.
This webinar goes through the advanced extrusion process and takes a look at several case studies demonstrating how this process can be used in the manufacture of components for innovative medical devices.
Solving Complex Device Design Challenges through Partnership
Whitepapers
Introducing APIs to Silicone and Controlling Elution Rates
Single-entity combination devices, which are therapies containing manufactured components that have both device and drug elements, have shown the potential to address some of the most challenging chronic conditions patients face today. For this reason, drug-eluting devices and solid implant drug delivery platforms have seen a heavy focus in development of new therapies. This surge is particularly prevalent because of their potential to release controlled doses of drugs precisely and consistently to a treatment area over a long period of time. This whitepaper reviews the methods for introducing an active pharmaceutical ingredient to raw silicone and explores a new means of controlling long-term elution rates. The paper also takes a closer look at each of these methods and presents test results proving the effectiveness of each.
Advanced Extrusion Techniques
Rapid growth in the medical devices industry and changing patient expectations are leading to significant innovation in hosing and tubing, as medical device manufacturers seek new processes and components to enhance their products.
Both patients and health care providers are increasingly opting for less invasive medical procedures, which reduce recovery times and duration of hospital stays, leading to lower health care costs and faster healing for the patients. The medical tubing market is also growing due to a surge in demand for single-use or disposable devices because of a growing awareness of hospital-acquired infections.
Click here to Download this whitepaper to find out more about Advanced Extrusion Technology
Fighting Hospital Acquired Infection
Hospital-acquired infections have been decreasing over time, however they still remain a threat to patient safety. Particularly, catheter-associated infections are difficult to prevent due to their inherent positioning both in and outside the body.
Our silicone tubing experts have tested a variety of techniques aimed at reducing bacterial colonization in catheter tubing. This whitepaper outlines these techniques and presents test results proving the effectiveness of the immersion impregnation method in combining an API with silicone tubing to prevent catheter-associated infections.
Supporting the Advancement of Drug-Eluting Devices
Drug-eluting combination products are becoming increasingly popular in the treatment and control of medical conditions. Demand for products which release regular controlled doses of drugs precisely and consistently is surging.
Our silicone and medical device experts have tested a variety of methods for adding the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) to the silicone component. This whitepaper compares the methods and presents test results proving the effectiveness of the immersion-impregnation method, which potentially opens drug-eluting devices to delivery of a wider range of API.
Technical Articles
Device Development Excels in Rapid Development Centers
Design and material choices can have a long-term impact on manufacturing costs and effieciencies for medical device manufacturers. When they work together with experienced component manufacturers from the start of a project, they can save time, reduce costs, and produce premium quality products, while keeping an eye on the goal of a smooth transition to serial production.
Precisely Pumped Dosages
Handy medical devices make life easier for people with chronic conditions, and automated dosing systems are gradually replacing regular injections of essential medication. Trelleborg cooperated with WACKER to develop a microinjection pump, the very heart of such devices.
Q&A: Reducing the cost of long-term manufacturing
Medical Plastic News spoke with Chris Tellers, Rapid Development Center director, Trelleborg Healthcare & Medical to learn out about the company's recently
launched Rapid Development Center in Delano, Minnesota
Single-Use Systems: The Future of Bio pharmaceutical Processing
Single-Use systems represent the future in biopharmaceutical processing of therapeutic drugs with significant advantages over traditional reusable stainless-steel systems and partly disposable systems.
Demand Drives Excellence in Micromolding
Advancements and miniaturization in the medical device industry have improved healthcare around the globe.
A Mighty, Small Idea
Today’s medical device manufacturers operate in a challenging landscape. Stricter regulations and the need for biocompatibility are making development and manufacturing more demanding. Add to that user requirements for devices that suit their lifestyle choices, such as wearable products and home monitoring solutions, and you can understand why Trelleborg Sealing Solutions engineers are looking for novel component options.
Onward and upward for SUS in bioprocessing
Addressing challenges in single-use system market requires collaboration
When one is better than many
By Ursula Nollenberger; Trelleborg Sealing Solutions
As medical devices become ever more sophisticated and smaller in size, the challenge for the component manufacturer is how to fit multiple functions into a limited space. Multi-component LSR technology offers a solution to this, that in addition, provides designers with the latitude and flexibility to enhance their applications.
Wenn Einheit besser als Vielzahl ist
By Ursula Nollenberger; Trelleborg Sealing Solutions
Silikon ist ein ideales Material für medizinische Geräte und Systeme. Das Elastomer ist nicht nur inert, biostabil und biokompatibel bei zugleich vorteilhaften physikalischen und haptischen Eigenschaften, es ist darüber hinaus auch auf vielfältige Weise verarbeitbar.
Understanding Key Processes for Mixing API's with Silicone
By Anrew Gaillard, Healthcare & Medical Segment Manager, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions.
The pros and cons of drug delivery and device enhancement.
With its stability and biocompatible properties, silicone is leading the way to a new generation of drug delivery products and enhanced medical devices that will profoundly improve patient care.
Reducing Risk with Geometric Transition Extrusion
By Dan Sanchez, Product Manager at Trelleborg Healthcare & Medical
In an effort to design smaller, more intricate and complicated medical devices without running afoul of increasingly stringent national and international regulations, many designers are looking to geometric transition extrusions manufactured of high consistency rubber (HCR) silicone. This process reduces total cost of ownership for the original equipment manufacturer while improving part quality and greatly enhancing the types of devices being sought by healthcare medproviders.
5 medical tubing manufacturing processes to achieve complex geometries
By Dan Sanchez, Trelleborg Healthcare & Medical
Medtech companies have demanded increasingly complex geometries in medical tubing. Here’s a rundown of five manufacturing processes that could help them get there.
3 Areas of Innovation for Combination Medical Products
By Andrew Gaillard, Global Director and Jonathan Russell, Engineering Manager, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Healthcare & Medical, published in "Medical Design Briefs" September 2019
Trelleborg is a full-service supplier of finished medical devices involving silicone-API processing, assembly of sensor and insertion device, ready-to-use package and sterilization.
Smart catheter system: A new bladder control management solution
By Michelle Jacobson, published in Today's Medical Developments Magazine, July 2019
With component sourcing and supply chain management support from Trelleborg, Spinal Singularity developed the Connected Catheter to offer improved quality for users.
Trelleborg's 2K technology enhances options for medical device manufacturers
By Ursula Nollenberger, published in "Rubber & Plastics News", May 2019
When it comes to the safety and efficiency of medical devices, lives could literally be on the line.
Whether it's a wearable pump for insulin or implantable delivery devices, proper dose regulation and biocompatibility are crucial.
The Power of Combination Medical Products
By Mark Gordon and Andrew Gaillard; published in "MDT-Medical Design Technology", March 2019
As the medical device and pharmaceutical worlds continue to converge, extraordinary product designs are becoming reality
LSR Processing Technology: Shaking up leading industries
Published in "DesignSolutions"
The technical possibilities with liquid silicone rubber (LSR) are endless and can be applied to numerous fields. This article demonstrates how LSR and two-component (or two-shot) injection molding technology can be used across a range of industries to produce innovative solutions.
Simple O-ring rises to new levels
By Ursula Nollenberger and Jarno Burkhardt published in "TODAY'S MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS"
O-Rings are the most popular seals used by design engineers due to their basic geometry and almost universal use. Read this article to learn more about how liquid silicone rubber (LSR) O-Rings are used for healthcare and medical applications.
How you can keep Bacteria from colonizing Silicone
Published in "MDO"
Three production techniques can reduce the colonization of bacteria on devices made of silicone for placement inside the body. Tests have shown that the newest method shows promise.
How to make kink-resistant tubing work in smaller medical devices
Published in "Medical Design"
Today's implantable medical devices require bio-friendly silicone that keeps fluids flowing even when space is tight..
Microneedle Patches - Design for Superior Drug Delivery
Published in Medical Design Technology
Transdermal drug delivery systems have several benefits over traditional methods. Read this article for more information on how liquid silicone rubber can be successfully transformed into microneedle patches designed for this particular use.
Transdermal Drug Delivery & Microneedle Technology
Medical patches have been around for a long time, but new versions with tiny needles could revolutionize drug-delivery. This article takes an in-depth look at the challenges and opportunities microneedle technology offers.
FFKM Sealing Solutions for Pharma & Biotech OEMs
Isolast® FFKMs combine the resilience and sealing force of an elastomer with the chemical inertness and thermal stability of PTFE. ISO 14644-1 certified cleanliness of components throughout the supply chain makes them ideal for use in pharmaceutical and biotechnology equipment, such as mass spectrometers.
9 Expectations to have of your Suppliers
What our customers should expect from companies within their supply chain.
Medical Design Technology, September 2014