At the start of many medical device projects, one of the procedures tackled upfront is material selection. Finding the right building blocks with which to shape the device can be critical to its success. Hence, it’s important to identify the required characteristics that will truly offer the best outcome for the product. However, identifying a suitable material to provide those attributes can be a challenge.

As such, partnering with a supplier with the capabilities to provide custom material solutions can offer the key to success. Being able to express the specific benefits required from a material and having an organization help develop that formulation is a much better alternative to attempting to identify a suitable choice.

To help further explain the advantages that can be realized from working with such a partner and providing additional details on Confluent Medical Technologies’ specific customization program, Loren Bridges, Principal Manufacturing Engineer, responded to several questions. In the following Q&A, he describes the benefits of the company’s service and how it can assist medical device manufacturers.

Sean Fenske: What is Confluent Medical’s FilmCast Select™ program?

Loren Bridges: FilmCast Select™ is a materials customization program that enables OEM customers to intentionally select key performance attributes of filmcast PTFE and polyimide tubing. Through FilmCast Select™, customers can…