Case Studies

We are experts in structural heart applications including access sheaths, delivery catheters and systems targeting the aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valves. Braids, coils, and laser-cut stainless-steel components can all be configured to contribute to performance and function, including steerable shafts and…

Transforming a High-Risk Supply Challenge into a Scalable Solution Our international customer, a startup developing a complex structural heart device, faced challenges as their volumes were too small for their current CMO to support during DV and clinical trials. They…

Rapid Product Improvement Through Prototyping. Our customer needed a prototype to critique an idea they had for an improvement to their product. The customer was rapidly approaching a design freeze but the idea potentially offered them an advantage in the…

How quick is a quick-turn prototype? It is a question we often get asked by customers – how fast can you get my parts back to me? We understand the time pressures faced by our customers to achieve their priority…

November 12, 2020 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…

A medical device start-up needed a rapid partner to deliver sterilised prototypes for First-in-Human (FIH) trials within three months. Challenge This exciting start-up company were searching for a partner to help them to build a quick-turn prototype for First-in-Human (FIH) clinical…

Challenge Our customer, an expert in an ENT therapy application, had a clinical application trial for local delivery of a drug therapy. Their solution would avoid the traditional injectable and systemic drug therapy delivery in favour of localised therapy delivery…

November 13, 2020 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…

October 19, 2020 Challenge Our Customer is a medical device start-up company, looking to achieve a non-surgical approach to medical device implantation of stimulating electrodes. The challenges faced were designing a delivery system to deploy a stimulating electrode while minimising…