Surface Treatment Services
What Can Medtech Manufacturers Gain from Electroplating?
Jun 02, 2015
Ross Peterson and Craig Ingalls An electroplating process from ProPlate atomically bonds metal directly to each catheter braid–pic crossing, fusing...
Latent Failure: A Manufacturing Supply Chain Problem
Aug 02, 2013
As OEMs seek to streamline their supply chains, tier 1 contract manufacturers are increasingly expected to internalize more surface engineering related...
Why and How to Use Gas Plasma Technology For Surface Treatment in Medical Devices
Jul 31, 2013
Gas plasma is commonly referred to as the fourth state of matter. However, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Curt Surplee more accurately describes plasma as...
Ion Milling for Sample Preparation
Oct 12, 2012
  A provider of microscopic analysis services for device quality assurance has added ion milling to its laboratory’s sample preparation capabilities...
Spirol Achieves Nadcap Accreditation
Dec 21, 2011
Spirol International recently announced that it has met the stringent requirements of Nadcap accreditation for chemical processing. Nadcap (formerly NADCAP,...
Adhesion Promotion Technology Can Help Manufacturers Solve Challenges Presented by Polymeric Materials, Including Polyimide Substrates
Nov 08, 2011
Adhesion promotion technology has been engineered to help medical device makers solve adhesion challenges presented by certain polymeric materials, including...
An Ultraeffective Way to Finish Devices
Jun 23, 2011
An SEM image shows a cobalt-chrome surface after high-voltage electropolishing. Ultrapolishing provides a clean surface for implants, instruments,...
Convenient Truths about Gas Plasma Technology
Feb 01, 2009
  SURFACE MODIFICATION       Plasma surface activation of PTFE tubing promotes adhesive bonding to hubs and connectors, enhances...
Modifying Metallic Implants with Magnetoelectropolishing
Jan 01, 2008
  MACHINING       A finishing technique such as magnetoelectropolishing can complement machining operations. (Photo courtesy of...
New Frontiers in Polymer Surface Modification
Nov 01, 2007
  SURFACE TECHNOLOGY       Figure 1. (click to enlarge) Schematic of SAME group self-assembly. The groups are tethered to the...