Material selection in the medical devices industry can be a complex process. TE’s experts have a proactive strategy to evaluate evolving regulations (including PFAS) and their potential impact to current and future medical device design. This strategy, includes understanding what needs to change if regulations ban certain materials, identifying alternative materials and supply channels, and their presumed impact on availability, cost, efficacy, feasibility, manufacturing processes and equipment, and safety to help ensure the device is designed to achieve optimum quality and performance. In the webinar, TE will discuss the process of evaluating and selecting new materials to design and manufacture proximal shafts that optimizes performance, quality and scaling, while considering potential regulatory concerns.
Technical Webinars
Watch our medical device development subject matter experts discuss the latest medical device manufacturing processes, technologies, and innovations.
The minimally invasive medical device industry is a dynamic industry, evolving to deliver smaller and more complex devices to treat all kinds of medical issues. Precision manufacturing of laser processed components tailored for these dynamic needs is becoming more critical. In this Device Talks Tuesdays webinar, the TE experts discuss how you can harness cutting-edge laser technology, both cutting and welding, to complete your new delivery and access device or enhance your existing device.
The grinding process is indispensable in the medical devices industry due to its ability to produce precise, high-quality components with the necessary surface finish and material properties required for medical device applications. Grinding allows for the fabrication of intricate and complex shapes with tight tolerances, ensuring that the final product meets the exact specifications required for medical applications while also achieving very smooth surface finishes - reducing the risk of friction, wear, and corrosion, which is particularly important for devices that come into contact with biological tissues or fluids. In this Device Talks Tuesday's webinars. you learn more about TE's grinding processes.
Imaging catheters have gained significant usage in various therapeutic applications due to their proven ability to reduce procedure times and enhance treatment outcomes. Consequently, the escalating demand for these devices has necessitated advancements in imaging performance. In this webinar, you will hear about the connector platform solution TE has designed for catheter development applications as well as our approach, application knowledge, and engineering expertise in developing components for imaging catheters.
When designing an aspiration catheter, one of the biggest challenges is finding the right balance between suction strength and the ability to reach the distal neurovasculature, especially given the limitations in vessel size. In this webinar, you will hear TE's experts talk about the performance need and challenges associated in designing catheter that meets the performance objectives of navigating complex vasculature as well as the process challenges and solutions during manufacturing of thin-walled catheters.
TE and Littlebird Connected Care offer insights into the development of a custom antenna solution for one of the smallest and among the higher performing LTE, GPS and Bluetooth enabled wearable devices on the market.
The move toward smaller medical devices has established laser cutting & welding as critical methods of medical device manufacturing. These methods are complicated but essential processes for adding functionality such as improved steering, reach or flexibility when working with materials such as metals and polymers. TE is leading a discussion about its laser processing capabilities in cutting and welding complex designs of metal components, from prototyping through to automated high-volume production.
How do you take a cable from the electrical appliances field and make it suitable for a medical device? Inspiration can come from anywhere, and at TE, our engineers worked on both the electrical and mechanical applications to create high speed cables, robust and flexible enough for medical devices. Listen to Principal Development Engineer Eugene Mayeskiy, as he discusses the electrical characterization of high speed interconnects, from minimizing crosstalk to market trends.
The demand in the marketplace is for the ability to enable medical devices to have similar - or even greater - functionality in smaller spaces. With this demand, so does the need for more robust fine wire management. During this webinar, Troy Brown, Staff Manufacturing and Development Engineer, Advanced Development, discusses the applications and benefits of fine wire automation and provide an overview of our automated fine wire management processes and technical capabilities.
Access and delivery devices are becoming increasingly complex as we look to balance multiple functionalities with enhanced performance while maintaining the lowest overall profile. During this webinar, our device design expert discusses the optimization of thin wall sheath constructions by using laser cut metal hypotubes for greater precision & lowest profile. This webinar is useful for designers of access or delivery systems for application in minimally invasive vascular, structural heart, and electrophysiology devices.
Designing single-use scopes requires the careful balance of a number of competing requirements. How do you ensure optimal image quality, at a fraction of the cost, while still providing the tactile sensation and feedback that physicians are comfortable with? During this device talk webinar, Marie Ottum, Principal R&D Engineer brings together their extensive experience in fine wire and electronics integration and advanced catheter technologies and present a number of different approaches from our roadmap.
According to a 2018 report issued by the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, a staggering 90% of clinical sonographers experience symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders. Many of the probes, connectors and cables used by clinical sonographers are bulky and heavy in nature, a potential factor contributing to these instances of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. At TE Connectivity, our engineers believe that you don’t need a heavy, bulky imaging cable to provide high-quality reliable performance. During this webinar, Eugene Mayevskiy Principle Engineer will discuss COMFORT NX, TE's newest ergonomic cable design for medical ultrasound imaging.
If you could increase physician confidence, reduce patient risk and maximise catheter revenue would you choose to? In this webinar Dr. Enda Keehan, Materials Science and Metallurgy Manager, explores various novel alloy options for Cardiovascular, Endoscopic and Neurovascular solutions. Here he will undergo a deep dive into the materials equipped for optimized catheter performance, improved kink resistance and easier device navigation whilst giving you the technical benefits and challenges of each
As minimally invasive equipment becomes smaller and smarter, there is a need to enable direct pressure monitoring anywhere in the anatomy. Today, most surgical equipment either doesn’t have a pressure sensing function, or the pressure measurement is driven from an external sensor, causing interference and critical time delays in measurement. A low-profile solution TE Connectivity’s IntraSense sensor enables existing equipment to become smaller for applications such as single-use endoscopes, diagnostic catheters, and needles. Learn more about its easy integration, comprehensive design and biocompatibility in our 30 minute on demand webinar.
Why do flex circuits have to mean compromise in electrical performance? From crosstalk and line resistance to addressing mixed signal requirements and complex channel mapping, FPC’s can be costly and limit your design options. TE’s solution - PLEX, the micro-cable interconnect platform that provides all the advantages of a fine wire conductor, with the ease of integrating a flex circuit. During our upcoming webinar Staff R&D Engineer Charlie Holtan will walk you through the PLEX platform, giving an in-depth view of its, advantages, configurability, integration and optimal applications.
