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DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

Turning Ideas into Reality

Our Innovation & Design Team is ready to help you undertake a wide variety of new product development and technology transfer programs, including complex surgical and medical devices, drug-delivery platforms, and custom diagnostic consumables.

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CUSTOM NEEDS. CUSTOM SOLUTIONS.

We excel in front-end design and development, from ideation through design to optimization and validation, ensuring your products are industry-compliant, durable, cost-effective, on time, and on budget—the first time.

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Front-End Design Services

With integrated organizational capabilities and a single point of contact for your project, we help mitigate project risks and delays during the creative design phase.

  • Deep expertise in part design and evaluation
  • Materials science proficiency
  • Industrial design using a suite of creative software tools
  • Design controls
  • Certified advanced 3D CAD expertise
  • Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA)
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Complete Development Services

We implement advanced technologies to fast-track development and analyze designs to anticipate processing and performance problems. Our close collaboration and real-time interaction with your team results in superior outcomes during product development.

  • Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA)
  • Mold flow analysis
  • 3D part printing
  • 3D mold printing for small lot prototyping
  • Rapid prototyping capabilities
  • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
  • CT scanning
  • Reverse engineering
  • Focus on elimination of secondary operations and reduction in part handling
  • Sampling plans and data collection
  • Clinical trial and market launch support
  • Case and pallet fit optimization

From Concept to Commercialization

Our highly skilled teams guide your project from ideation to commercialization using our proprietary IDWorks® innovation, design, development, and project management process. Through the process, our industrial designers work in collaboration with our experienced tooling and process engineers to provide a unique and effective approach to problem-solving. The design elements focused on form and function are balanced in real-time with the practical concerns of manufacture. This reduces the number and frequency of design revisions, accelerates your speed-to-market, and lowers your overall commercialization costs.

PHASE 0

DEFINE THE NEED

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Define the Need

We begin by obtaining an in-depth understanding of your needs and the needs of your end users to set the foundation for our mutual success.

PHASE 1

Ideation

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Ideation

We combine a thorough understanding of your success criteria with our technical expertise and innovation capabilities to deliver creative design options by optimizing the manufacturing process with the success of the end product in mind.

PHASE 2

Design & Development

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Design and Development

We live and breathe Design for Excellence (DFX) principles, including Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) and Design for Six Sigma (DFSS). Our in-house modeling, simulation, and additive manufacturing capabilities help rapidly move your project from concept to 3D design to a physical prototype.

PHASE 3

Design & Process Optimization

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Design and Process Optimization

Our Innovation & Design Centers and our quantitative and qualitative testing enable us to deliver prototype tools and benchtop assembly equipment that drive accelerated design and process optimization, verification, and validation.

PHASE 4

Manufacturing

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Manufacturing

Our manufacturing team works alongside our design team to seamlessly transfer product and process knowledge. This enables us to scale up quickly, efficiently, and robustly and reduces your time to market.

PHASE 5

Continuous Improvement

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Continuous Improvement

Throughout the life of your product, we diligently and tirelessly pursue product, process, and supply chain improvements to create greater value for our customers.

two woman talking and reviewing document

Define the Need

We begin by obtaining an in-depth understanding of your needs and the needs of your end users to set the foundation for our mutual success.

Man presenting about medical device concept selection

Ideation

We combine a thorough understanding of your success criteria with our technical expertise and innovation capabilities to deliver creative design options by optimizing the manufacturing process with the success of the end product in mind.

Man looking at device imaging machine

Design and Development

We live and breathe Design for Excellence (DFX) principles, including Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) and Design for Six Sigma (DFSS). Our in-house modeling, simulation, and additive manufacturing capabilities help rapidly move your project from concept to 3D design to a physical prototype.

Woman looking at full color medical device prototype

Design and Process Optimization

Our Innovation & Design Centers and our quantitative and qualitative testing enable us to deliver prototype tools and benchtop assembly equipment that drive accelerated design and process optimization, verification, and validation.

Rows of Medical equipment stations

Manufacturing

Our manufacturing team works alongside our design team to seamlessly transfer product and process knowledge. This enables us to scale up quickly, efficiently, and robustly and reduces your time to market.

Two men working on medical machine with tablet

Continuous Improvement

Throughout the life of your product, we diligently and tirelessly pursue product, process, and supply chain improvements to create greater value for our customers.

Other Capabilities

SET YOUR POSSIBILITIES INTO MOTION

Experience the fresh thinking, engineering edge, and customer focus that helps you advance.

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