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Vesta (Franklin, WI) has introduced medical-grade silicone kink-resistant tubing, which consists of a silicone inner and outer layer, with an imbedded reinforcing member that includes a spiral wind the length of the extrusion. The tubing is available with inner diameters from 1 mm to 6 mm.

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Plastics One (Roanoke, VA) custom designs, molds, and assembles medical connector/cable systems for applications in areas such as body-worn diagnostic testing and monitoring components. Standard connector component products also are available.
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Avicenna Technology (Montevideo, MN) offers data-matrix marking services for the medical device industry, including laser, mechanical, and organizational energy services. Laser machining capabilities include data-matrix marking that allows data to be stored in a very small space. The process typically is used for marking small and difficult surfaces such as catheter components and long-term implantable leads. Data-matrix marking includes the creation of permanent traceability for medical devices. The product data can be entered via an electronic scanning process, which eliminates the possibility of manual data entry errors.
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ProtoFast custom medical parts from Rubber Industries (Shakopee, MN) are available in custom rubber and liquid silicone rubber. The ProtoFast service uses production-grade tooling and dedicated molding equipment to produce prototype quantities. Various silicone and rubber formulation options for color and performance can be evaluated. The parts are used as custom seals, insulators, diffusers, valves, gaskets, bellows, and components used in non-implantable medical devices and equipment. The liquid silicone rubber has low compression set and resists effects of light, ozone, and moisture. LSR grades include UL, FDA, Heal Care, oil-resistant, and high-strength.
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Soldiers returning from the conflict in Iraq, accident victims, cancer patients, or those with muscle-wasting diseases often end up with grossly misshapen bodies for which there is no off-the-shelf prosthetic. For these individuals, obtaining reconstructed, rebuilt body parts is as essential to treatment as addressing core activities of daily living. Yet even today, there’s no such thing as a spare cranium or jawbone.
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Texcel (East Longmeadow, MA) offers custom medical device development and manufacturing, including surgical, interventional, and implantable devices such as endoscopic instruments, spinal/orthopedic implants, and artificial hearts and neurostimulators. The company specializes in bone-fastening devices, cardiac assist devices, metal and non-metal biocompatible materials, and general instrumentation such as disposable catheter devices.
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