Merge, Medical Murray Form Partnership to Support Early Medical Device Innovation
NORTH BARRINGTON, Ill.—Medical Murray and Merge have announced a strategic partnership aimed at improving how early medical device concepts move toward manufacturing, with a focus on bridging exploratory research and development and future regulated development.
The collaboration links Merge’s early-stage design, prototyping and commercialization planning capabilities with Medical Murray’s manufacturing and technical expertise in complex catheters, implants and interventional devices. The goal is to support device concepts earlier in development while creating a clearer transition into regulated design, development and cleanroom manufacturing when projects mature.
“We talk to a lot of teams who have good ideas but aren’t ready for a regulated development program yet,” said Andy Leopold, CEO of Medical Murray. “Working closely with Merge helps those ideas move forward earlier, while keeping Medical Murray focused on the development and manufacturing work we do best. When a project is ready to move forward, the transition is much smoother."
This earlier involvement is intended to reduce downstream friction as projects move toward manufacturing.
For hospitals, clinician inventors and early-stage startups, the collaboration provides access to Medical Murray’s subject matter experts, equipment and technical insight during the earliest phases of development, while allowing Merge to maintain its emphasis on speed, flexibility and cost-effective prototyping.
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