Medical Device Manufacturing

Resonetics provides innovative outsourcing solutions for medical device OEMs who design and manufacture products used primarily in minimally invasive procedures. Deploying three (3) clean room facilities in an ISO 9001-2000 quality system, Resonetics is the preferred prototype and volume contract manufacturing partner for catheter, balloon, filter, and various small scale implants. Leveraging the largest capacity of UV-based laser systems in the US (+50), Resonetics manufactures a full range of product offerings, from devices with annual volumes over a million pieces per year to high value, lower volume products.

Resonetics core competency is the laser micromachining of polymers, glass, ceramics and thin metals for 2-D (flat and tubular) and 3-D geometries. In addition to laser micromachining, Resonetics provides value-added manufacturing services such as catheter finishing (cutting, tipping, flaring) to help its OEM partners meet their outsourcing needs in a cost-effective manner.

Resonetics offers a "Fast Track to Micromachining Services" program to accelerate the design cycle, affording device engineers a vehicle to quickly prototype multiple designs in a very short time period.This service is critical for VC-backed start ups as well as established Tier 1 device manufacturers.

A major strategic objective of the corporation is to drive down manufacturing costs through the use of innovative processes and automation. As minimally invasive procedures become more commonplace, automation of every step of the manufacturing process is critical through the use of robotics, cassette handlers, auto part loaders and automated inspection. The corporation's large staff of engineering and application resources generates significant horsepower to meet the most demanding application.

Laser Micromachining Capabilities

Program Management

Fast Prototyping

Product Development

Value Added Manufacturing/Assembly

Contract Manufacturing

Metrology

Product Development

Resonetics can assist and accelerate the product development of medical devices by working closely with medical device engineers on the design of a device.

For example, during the development of drug-delivery catheters, it is the flow of liquid through the laser-drilled catheter that is the critical device parameter, not the hole diameter itself. Medical designers are faced with the challenge of uniform flow distribution that varies from proximal to distal end.

Resonetics can assist design engineers by helping to set up test equipment at Resonetics. In this manner, the medical designer can work directly with the Resonetics application engineer to define hole diameter and location. Once the prototype catheters are laser-drilled, the devices are immediately brought to a test fixture where the flow can be tested. Based upon the results, the hole diameter and hole locations are changed; a new prototype is laser-drilled immediately and the new design is tested on the test fixture.
This type of collaboration between medical designer and manufacturing partner can greatly reduce the development time, going from months to weeks or even days.