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A guide to Coiling vs Braiding in Catheter Development
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Driving Innovation: An Inside Look at Prototyping and NPI Excellence at ICS Medical with Gonçalo Santos
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Insights into HR’s role in driving organisational success: An Interview with Carina Leonard
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How to Transition Your Medical Device from Prototyping to Volume Manufacturing
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Why is 3D printing important in Medical Device Manufacturing?
What role does 3D printing play in the medical device manufacturing process? 3D printing is a crucial part of medical device manufacturing, playing an important role in the prototyping process. Prototyping is a large part of the design process in any industry, and with the advent of rapid prototyping technologies, including 3D printing, it has…
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How to Design a Complex Catheter Shaft
Complex catheter shaft designs are typically required for applications that require high performance access and delivery solutions. This is typically encountered when dealing with delivery of Aortic valves, but are also present in Mitral and Tricuspid valve repair and replacement technology, Cardiac Assist device delivery and placement, and closure devices. They can also be required…
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How to design a steerable catheter
Catheters often need to navigate through complex anatomy in order to reach the desired location and perform their specific task. From neurovascular to structural heart and peripheral vascular application needs, there can be big differences in the catheter requirements. Therefore, maintaining precise control of the catheter is critical. In this blog our experts have outlined…
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Protecting Your Intellectual Property
Importance of IP Here at ICS, we know that one of the most valuable assets for MedTech start-ups and SMEs is their innovative Intellectual Property (IP). As companies grow and expand, sharing of information with business partners, customers and suppliers becomes necessary, increasing the need to secure valuable intellectual assets. Your partners need to be…
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Prototyping: the key step in a successful medical device product development process.
Prototyping is not the first step, but fundamentally it is one of the most critical steps in the early lifecycle of your new product. If “a picture is worth a thousand words”, then a prototype is worth a thousand pictures. Taking the outputs of your concept development and giving it a physical form is enlightening,…
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Case Study: From Prototype to Clinical Trials
How our focus and experience in the prototyping process helped this customer to develop their high-performance valve delivery sheath for clinical trials. Proof of Concept Our customer had strong product IP position in mitral valve technology. To further support their IP position and to strengthen their investment proposition and activities, they required a proof…