Overview
A deep and comprehensive 2 day workshop covering the design, material selection, processing, testing and development of 18 various catheter constructs alongside over 74 post processing methods and applications. Designed and delivered to cover both seasons experts or entry level engineers alike.
Delivered at your manufacturing site or chosen location, to ensure all learnings are applicable and immediately actionable.
Day 1
Chapter 1: The world of catheters
Enter the revolutionary world of catheters.
Learn:
- The fascinating history
- Device types and uses
- Applications
- Design paths
- Catheter nomenclature
- Design requirements
This will create the foundational learnings that will carry forward throughout the rest of the workshop.
Chapter 2: Liners and mandrels
Foundation of the device
- Learn when and why a liner is used
- Explore which device needs influence liner/mandrel choice
- Discover the industry preferences and reasons for them
- Delve into the alternative liner/mandrel options
Chapter 3: Reinforcement technologies
The bones of the device
- In depth exploration into braiding, coiling, and laser cut patterns
- Understand the biggest contributor to a catheter’s performance and adjustment
- Learn methods, materials, and the impact on catheter variables
- Understand how a chosen reinforcement layer impacts packaging
Chapter 4: Outer polymer layer
Giving your device a skin
- Explore all the industry options for the outer polymer jacket
- Learn how different polymers interact with each other
- Discover the variable processes for catheter lamination
- See the traditional and cutting edge options for lamination heat shrinks
- Learn the sterilization paths, viable materials for each path and the affect it has on catheters
Day 2
Chapter 5: Building a catheter
Putting the theory into practice
- Learn how to manufacture multiple catheter designs
- Take the build step by step, learning how to problem solve and influence each aspect
- Explore which reinforcement layer you should choose for your design
- Understand how to select and integrate satellite lumens
- Discover how production can be automated, and how this affects material selection
Chapter 6: Value added processes
Secondary processes from prototype to production
- Drilling, punching, notching & skiving
- Tipping, tip shaving & catheter shaping
- Flaring, flanging & necking
- Markerbands & placement
- Cutting methods
- Adhesives – UV, Cyanoacrylate & Epoxy
- Catheter bonding
- Balloons – necking, forming, cutting, attachment, pleating, sheathing
- Stent/valve loading & placement
- Hubs & handles – bonding, moulding, overmoulding & 3D printing
- Micro moulding & machining
- Ceramic components & integration
- Catheter printing – PAD, inkjet, surface etching & treatments
- Coatings – hydrophilic, silicone & drug eluding
- Mandrel removal & straightening
- Measurement & dimensioning
Chapter 7: Advanced catheter design
Innovations in the industry
- Steerable/articulating catheters
- RX / rapid exchange / over-the-wire catheters
- Balloon catheters – compliant, semi-compliant & non-compliant
- Ablation catheters – RF, cryo, microwave, AV node, epicardial, FIRM & ventricular tachycardia
- Sheathed catheters for stent, valve & occlusion
- Neurovascular catheters
- Scoped catheters – single use & reusable
- and more…
Chapter 8: Develop your Design
Lets use our gained knowledge to deep dive into your design(s) and improve or optimize the outlining performance features. Learn from constructs of complementing devices on how to take your design to the next generation.
- Scope for optimization within current process
- Construct input adjustments(no changes to materials or processes)
- Large scope improvements
- Production paths
- Next gen design routes
- Design for future automation
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