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Interrad Medical Simplifies Catheters with the Help of 3D

August 13, 2014

Making Medical Device Testing Fixtures

Medical Device companies are drivers of economic activity in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area and Interrad Medical is a member of that community.

An illustration of the SecurAcath anchored just beneath the skin.
An illustration of the SecurAcath anchored just beneath the skin.

Interrad developed the SecurAcath®, a subcutaneous catheter securement device that utilizes a small anchor placed just beneath the skin in the subcutaneous tissue. The device is attached to the catheter at the insertion site – eliminating the need for adhesive devices or sutures. One of the important parts of Interrad’s design workflow is testing different versions of products before manufacture. Part of that process entails creating testing fixtures. These fixtures either hold or interact with the product in some way.

For example, an important feature of the SecurAcath is the amount of pressure needed to “snap” it together after it has been wrapped around a catheter. To test the uniformity of pressure, testing fixtures needed to be created to hold the SecurAcath in place on the test bed. Another fixture had to be designed to simulate a human’s finger closing the SecurAcath around the catheter.

Andy Forsberg, Interrad’s Director of Engineering, had been using 3D prototyping services to create his fixtures. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 3D Printers and Printing, Medical, News

Dr. Mustafa Yüksel: Afinia 3D-Enabled Thoracic Surgeon

May 23, 2014

Dr. Yüksel is a thoracic surgeon who practices medicine and teaches at the Marmara University Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey. He is also an inventor with three patents, a professor and specializes in minimally invasive Pectus Excavatum (sunken breast bone) and Carinatum (keel-shaped breast bone) Corrections. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Medical, News, Testimonials & Reviews Tagged With: Medical

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