For nearly two decades, Medical Component Specialists has manufactured high-precision medical components supplied to medical OEMs worldwide made to meet ISO 13485 quality standards. One of our areas of expertise lies in the production of medical mandrels used in catheter formation and medical devices for interventional cardiology, neurology, arthroscopy, and laparoscopy. Our product quality…
Drilling bone is a surgical art that can be unnecessarily challenging due to poorly designed and manufactured bone drills. While bone drilling is a common procedure in orthopedic surgery for producing screw insertion holes to fixate fractures and implants, the increase in temperature during such a procedure caused by poor drills increases the chances of…
Producing consistent, high-quality medical guidewires requires tight tolerances and a remarkably high level of precision with virtually no room for error. Any incorrect dimensions, surface coarseness, or protrusions can result in unacceptable rejection rates and product defects requiring costly rework. Unfortunately, many of today’s medical guidewires are produced using decades-old CAD/CAM technology that is periodically…
