04.25.23 -- The U.S. Market For Extended Dwell Catheters

LEAN manufacturing is an important extension of controlled operations that comes with benefits in limiting costs, boosting profits, reducing waste, and improving sustainability. But how can device manufacturers learn, adopt, implement, and make LEAN manufacturing principles part of everyday operations?

This article describes just a few of the many innovative applications for balloon catheters today. Other applications include the use of implantable balloons for weight loss, heat transfer balloons for induced hypothermia treatment, and even balloons filled with bone cement to stabilize broken bones.

Class III medical devices have a unique set of requirements and package characteristics. Numerous inspection methods exist for medical package inspection that require a thorough understanding to ensure quality.

Next-generation bioprinters will need fast, precise performance coupled with versatility to create tissue spheroids and extracellular matrix hydrogels. The Lee Company VHS Series valves have printed a variety of cell cultures with impressive viability and accuracy and are currently in service with numerous commercial customers and research institutions.