Our in-house engineering expertise related to laser welding, cutting, laser machining, and ablation, working with a range of metal and plastic materials enables flexible, fast turn-around.
Metal Laser Cutting
- Flexible hypotubes
- Stents
- Baskets
- From very small parts to very long parts
- Materials:
- Stainless steel
- Nitinol
- MP35N
- Titanium
Polymer Laser Cutting
- Clear and opaque polymer materials including:
- Pebax®
- Polyurethane
- Polyimide
- PEEK
Laser Welding
- Pull wires
- Fine wires
- Capped needles
- Variety of metals & polymers
- Expertise in welding dissimilar material
Laser Ablation
- Very small wire ablation (diameter as small as .0015”)
- High-speed precision removal of polymer coating
Forming and Bending
- Wire forming
- Wire sizes from .008”–.063”
- Formed stylets
- Coils
- Springs
- Complex wire forming
Additional Metals Capabilities
- Machining
- Soldering
- Bonding
Finishing and Value Added Services
- Laser marking
- Laser drilling, skiving, and machining
- Tipping, flaring, and swaging
- Pad printing
- Electropolishing
- PTFE lubricious coating
Complete In-House Component Capabilities
At VitalPath, we are a full-service contract manufacturer of complex catheter devices, precision laser cut and machined components, and laser welded critical assemblies used in a variety of markets.
Long Slot Tube Cutting
Pull Ring Assemblies
Nitinol Shape Setting
Laser Marking
Polymer Laser Tube Cutting
Wire Forming
Vertically Integrated, In-House Capabilities
At VitalPath, we partner with you and act as an extension of your engineering team in building complex catheters, components, and subassemblies to meet your most challenging requirements from start to finish.
Extrusions
Extrusion capabilities for:
- Steerable/deflectable catheters
- Micro, guiding, EP, balloon, and delivery catheters
- Multiple durometers
- Multiple braided layers for torque and kink resistances
- Multiple-lumen braided tubing
Sizing
- 2 Fr (.026”/.33 mm)–28 Fr (.368”/9.33 mm)
- Thin-wall construction (as thin as .002“)
Materials
- Pebax®
- Vestamid®, Grilamid®, nylon 12
- Polyurethane
Customization
- Colorants
- Fillers
- Additives
Coiling
- Tensile range: 150 kpsi–350 kpsi
- Continuous pitch/gap
- Multiple pitch/gap
- Tapered ID/OD transitions
Braiding
- Continuous and multiple-segment capabilities
- Flat & round
- Tensile range: 150 kpsi–350 kpsi
- Braiding patterns
- Variable PPI braid segments
- Regular pattern (1 wire over 2 wires/under 2 wires)
- Diamond braid pattern, full load (2 wires under 2 wires/over 2 wires)
- Diamond braid pattern, half load (1 wire under 1 wire/over 1 wire)
Additional Assembly Operations
- Reflow
- Tip forming
- Flaring
- Necking
- Skiving
- Swaging
- Adhesive bonding
Creative Solutions for Novel Technologies
We specialize in catheters and catheter components. Leverage our breadth of expertise across markets to act as an extension of your team to bring critical devices to market, faster. Our responsive, flexible, and problem-solving approach has been proven to accelerate timelines for our vital customers.
Electrophysiology
We partner with OEMs to design, develop, and manufacture complex components, sheaths, and catheter solutions for electrophysiology procedures that utilize radio frequency (RF), cryo, pulsed field ablation (PFA), or any combination of technologies.
Structural Heart
Our breadth of in house catheter based capabilities accelerate time to market for critical structural heart applications from prototyping to full scale manufacturing.
Neurovascular
We specialize in developing and manufacturing complex catheters where reliable performance while navigating tortuous paths throughout the body is not just expected, it is vital. From components like wires and marker bands to to finished microcatheters, partner with VitalPath on your next neurovascular project.
Peripheral Vascular
Our in house catheter and component based capabilities support OEM customers for a wide range of peripheral vascular applications, including arterial and venus therapies, stent delivery systems, renal denervation, and closure device systems.
Cardiovascular
With precision laser catheter components and sub-assemblies, the VitalPath team supports customers with catheter delivery systems and complex extrusions for cardiovascular applications.
Endoscopy
Our engineering team will act as an extension of your team through the design, development, and manufacture of your steerable or deflectable devices for your exacting endoscopic application requirements.
Find your next partner for your complex catheter design.
Looking for a responsive, reliable partner to help you get your complex catheter or catheter components to market fast? We’d love to hear about your project.
