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New Assembly Plant to Produce Catheters

May 4, 2023

ARDEN HILLS, MN—Zeus, a South Carolina-based polymer company intent on growing its medical technology division, will build a new assembly plant here to produce vascular catheters. The 76,000-square-foot factory is expected to create 100 jobs.

Damage During Manufacturing Leads to Medtronic Recalling its Catheters

May 24, 2022

MINNEAPOLIS, MN—A change implemented on one manufacturing line at Medtronic has resulted in damaged pouches on IN.PACT Admiral and IN.PACT AV balloon catheters, forcing the company to recall some of the products. Damaged pouches can lessen catheter sterility.

Spectrum Expands Medical Manufacturing Facility

November 27, 2019

SANDY, UT—Spectrum Plastics Group doubled the size of its manufacturing facility for vascular technology here to 100,000 square feet as part of an expansion expected to create 100 jobs.

Fastening or Pressing of Medical Devices

For a wide range of medical devices, fastening or pressing is often the best assembly method

Jim Camillo

May 1, 2018

Fastening and pressing equipment have been used to assemble medical devices for decades, and that's not likely to change anytime soon.

Systems Integrator takes diverse approach to medical device assembly systems

John Sprovieri

February 1, 2016

There are many ways to run a custom machine building business. Some systems integrators are dedicated to a particular industry, such as auto parts manufacturing. Others specialize in a particular kind of assembly machine, such as high-speed continuous motion systems.

New adhesives solve medical device assembly challenges.

April 2, 2015

Engineers have many options for joining identical or similar materials. To join, say, a steel part to another steel part, engineers can use screws, rivets, welds, adhesives, clinches or press-fits.

Hand Tools Put Positive Crimp on Surgical Instrument

Assembling the hand piece requires two crimping processes.

July 1, 2013

Over its 30-year history, Bovie Medical Corp. has gone from making disposable penlights to becoming the largest manu-facturer of battery-operated cauteries in the world. The company manufactures products for some of the largest medical OEMs in the United States.

Automated Assembly of Safety Syringes and Catheters at Becton Dickinson

John Sprovieri

February 1, 2001

To maintain market leadership, Becton Dickinson had to reconfigure its operations to assemble new, more complicated medical devices--and do it quickly.

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