Nitinol Components
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Complex Nitinol
Why Nordson MEDICAL?
Whether you're looking for a handful of prototype devices or a partner that can scale to production volumes, Nordson MEDICAL can handle your nitinol needs. We have expertise in complex nitinol wire braiding and forming with over one million nitinol components deployed into the field today. Our available engineering development resources offer support on new product manufacturing, reducing development costs and time while also utilizing best practices for component, sub-assembly, and full-assembly development, all backed by a proven track record.
Request a Quote »Nitinol Wire Forming and Manipulation for Custom Components:
Meeting Customer Requirements
With its shape memory properties, nitinol wire is a highly suitable material for a range of medical applications. Given its exceptional mechanical and thermal properties, the demand for nitinol products is on the rise. Learn more about the process of forming and manipulating nitinol wire to create customized components.
Technology Advantages
Of Complex Nitinol
- Complex mesh shapes & geometric structures
- Structural & density variations within one product
- Attachment options – spiral, wavy, straight
- Multilateral closed ends
- Symmetric & asymmetric structures
- 2M+ human-use components to date
Complex Nitinol-Based Devices
Examples
Nitinol components are used in minimally invasive devices for markets including urology, neurology, vascular, gastrointestinal, and structural heart.
Some examples include:
- Braided Nets & Baskets
- Braided Stents
- Mesh Over Balloons
- Multipurpose Snares
- Stent Grafts
- Stone Extractors
- Valve Frames & Clips
Specialized Manufacturing Capabilities
Scale Up Your Production
We provide you with true rapid prototyping services. When you're ready to scale, our production facilities have highly experienced manufacturing team members to meet your volume production needs.
- Available engineering development resources
- Agile & lean R&D - reduce development cost & time
- State of the art & best practices (validation, TM, TMV, etc.)
- Component, sub-assembly & full-assembly
- Proven track record
Why Nordson MEDICAL Wire-Forming?
Our wire-forming technology allows for a more customized product than machine or laser cutting, with the widest ranges of sizes, shapes, densities, wire combinations, radiopaque elements, and controlled geometry, including multipurpose snares, braided baskets, and braided stents.
Unmatched Capabilities
One of the key advantages of our nitinol braiding capabilities is our ability to create a custom product with more specific and intricate features, including a wide range of shapes, sizes, and densities. We can create nitinol components with varying diameters, pitches, and patterns to meet your specific needs. This flexibility allows us to tailor the properties of the component, whether it be a stent that requires a tightly woven braid for maximum support, or a catheter that requires a more open braid for improved flexibility.
Nitinol Braiding Capabilities
0.038-0.5 mm (0.0015″-0.02″)
- PT, Pt/Ir
- DFT
- Various wire shapes (round, flat, rectangular, pie, & cable)
- Outer diameters 1.0-24 mm (0.004″- 1″)
- Length 2.5-500 mm (0.1″-20″)
- Radiopaque markers
- Loops & rings
- Measuring every single step
- Fully automated inspection
- High uniformity
- AF testing
- Tensile testing
- Optical measurements system
- Etching
- Passivation
- Corrosion testing
- Single cell dimensional control
- Single cell PPI variation
- Variable device diameter support
- Wire-forming
- Braiding
- Reflowing
- Pneumatic crimping
- Soldering
- Laser welding
- Design for special braids
- Wide range of wire diameters
- Ability to integrate markers & rings
Quality Control Testing
We provide quality control testing to ensure your nitinol meets the highest standards for safety and performance. Then, when you're ready to expand, our production facilities are staffed with a team of manufacturing experts, ready to cater to your high-volume production requirements.
By working with Nordson MEDICAL, you can create successful nitinol prototypes and move on to volume production with confidence. Contact us to learn more about our quality control testing.