Our Manufacturing:
Converting Innovation to Products

GTI Medical is a global market and technology leader in manufacturing of surgical tools, stents, robotic arms, implants and components for the medical device sector. We believe that your ultimate success is our success. 

Laser Cutting Tubes and Plates

GTI delivers precision laser cutting of tubes and plates made from implantable metal alloys and polymers intended for use in surgical tools, medical components, flexible tubes, robotic parts, implants, electrical resistors, and more. All applications are cut to meet your tightest tolerances and specifications.

With our new state-of-the-art, 4-axis Fiber laser machine, we have the following additional capabilities to offer:

  a. Cutting miniature tube of 0.10mm diameter.

  b. Cutting large diameters up to 30mm, especially for heart valves.

  c. Cutting parts with an off-center option by using all 4-axis simultaneously.

Our processing services continue to include:

  • Material format: Tube • Sheet • Strip • Foil • Wire • Silicone Sheets

  • Tube cutting specification: OD: 0.15 mm to 40 mm

  • Tubing wall thickness: 5 ųm to 1.5 mm

  • Plates • Foil • Strips are cut on Fiber Laser system t=0.010mm-2.5mm

  • Raw Material: Nitinol • Implant grade Stainless Steel • SS316LVM, SS304, SS420, 17-4PH • Cobalt Chrome • Titanium, Tantalum, Zinc, Copper • Gold • Silver • Platinum Iridium • Ceramic material (ALo3) • Exotic metals and more

Nitinol Processing

GTI’s aptitude with Nitinol processing span over 25 years.

Our capabilities include:

  • Laser manufacturing.

  • Laser welding.

  • Electropolish and other surface treatments.

  • Shape setting.

  • In house manufacturing of mandrels and fixtures.

  • Austenite Finish temperature (Af) testing & reports.

This self-expanding material of choice for applications that require enormous flexibility and motion is a staple in the cardiovascular, neurovascular, endovascular, peripheral vascular, orthopedic, spinal, urology and dental arenas.

Laser Welding

GTI Medical offers precise spot and CNC seam welding for various materials including Stainless Steel, Nitinol, Tantalum, Platinum Iridium, Brass & Cobalt Chrome.

GTI’s Skillset includes:

  • Proficiency in creating complicated joins of dissimilar materials.

  • Low heat application minimizes the distortion of the product.

  • High strength welds to eliminate the need for a filler material to be used.

  • Micro spot welding for Radiopaque Marker in Tantalum, Gold and Pt/Ir.

  • Precision welding thin wire components of dissimilar materials for delivery systems.

  • Welding Electrode rings to wire leads for delivery systems & electro leads to wire leads.

  • Accuracy to weld miniature parts without damaging them.

  • In house Tensile testing and reporting of wire welded parts.

Electropolish & other Surface Teatments

Experts in providing superb Electropolish treatment on Nitinol, Stainless Steel & Cobalt Chrome parts.

Four main advantages to perform EP treatment on products after laser processing are:

  • Break sharp edges to prevent vein and artery damage during surgeries

  • Boost corrosion resistance and biocompatibility of the product.

  • Improve fatigue life of the medical part.

  • Enhance product visibility (shine).

Passivation:

The benefits of this surface treatment process include:

  • Improve corrosion & rust resistance.
  • Strengthen and preserve the appearance of the metal after laser cutting.
  • Decrease and eliminate heavy metal ion while retaining the appearance of the part.

If you are interested in having Electropolish capabilities in your facility Click Here.

Note: GTI Medical offers other surface treatments including deburring, micro blasting, tumbling and pickling. Contact us for additional information.

Assembly

GTI can quickly and cost-effectively convert your component and sub-assembly designs into a finished medical device.

If you require simple, complex or multi-component assemblies, GTI can optimize batch sizes and economies of scale for 10 or 10,000 pieces.

Our Clean Room offers:

  • Temperature controlled environment.
  • Class 10,000 / ISO7 Clean Room complying with: GMP, FDA, CE.
  • In house Clean Room monitoring.
  • Laminar hood.
  • Complete product assembly.
  • Packaging and coordination of sterilization.
  • Sophisticated, validated sealing machine.
  • Sealing temperature, cycle time and sealing pressure controlled by predefined parameters.
  • Robust shop floor control and quality management systems are designed to support traceability.

For cost reduction and performance requirements, GTI offers a wide range of product packaging capabilities, from bulk pack to a fully kitted and assembled product, which we ship for sterilization.

Note: As a value-add service, GTI offers start-ups the option to rent our Clean Room on an hourly basis allowing clients the opportunity to work in real time with our dedicated team of engineers and QA team.

Optical Dielectric Coating

GTI offers the following technologies:

  • Silver & Gold plating.

  • Fiber optic manufacturing & assembly.

  • Electronic component manufacturing & assembly.

In addition, GTI offers the capability of depositing optical dielectric coating for hollow CO2 fiber optics.

This process provides low losses, a nearly pure mode delivery and a good high laser power transmission. By proper design of the dielectric thickness, the guide can deliver a very flexible and robust waveguide, producing an optical high powered laser device used for medical devices as well as for other applications.

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