materials selection
Biomedical Engineering Materials Selection
Secant Medical forges alliances with innovative biomedical polymer developers and key raw material suppliers to identify and procure new biocompatible polymers and ensure the highest quality of existing materials. We continually explore new advancements in materials technology.
The ability of device manufacturers to leverage known medical polymers such as polyester and polypropylene provides not only a benefit to modeling the mechanical and biological performance of a device under development, but can offer a smoother regulatory approval path due to the history of a material's use as an implant.
High Performing Biomedical Textiles
One of the many factors that makes Secant Medical unique is our ability to produce high performing, flexible, and soft fabric structures out of an incredibly diverse range of materials — including metals like stainless steel, Nitinol, platinum, and titanium. Such fabrics often exhibit superior mechanical properties for certain applications, when compared with polymeric-based fabrics, while retaining shape transformation properties due to newly developed medical textile forming techniques.
We are experienced with advanced materials — such as as polyarylretherketones and high-performance polyethylenes. Their inherent purity and enhanced mechanical properties are attracting more attention lately among the top innovators in medical textiles.
Joining more traditional materials, are a wide selection of exotic materials, including bioabsorbable polymers, such as polyglycolides and polylactides, radiopaque materials, low-friction polymers and new classes of biomaterials.
Contact us for more information on our biomedical engineering research and development support for the development and manufacture of your medical device.