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Best practices when outsourcing medical injection molding

TransMed7’s SpeedBird biopsy devices are made with injection molding, among other manufacturing processes. [Photo courtesy of Fictiv]

Part design, material selection, tooling and quality assurance are the keys to success when outsourcing medical injection molding.

Robbie Long, Fictiv

Injection molding is known for producing high volumes of tight-tolerance parts. What medical designers may not realize, however, is that some contract manufacturers can also cost-effectively prototype functional samples for testing and evaluation. Whether it’s for single-use devices, repeated-use devices or durable medical equipment, plastic injection molding is a versatile process that can help you bring products to market faster.

Like any manufacturing process, there are best practices for injection molding. They fall into four major areas: part design, material selection, tooling and quality assurance.

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Tips for vetting contract manufacturers from Fictiv CEO Dave Evans

Fictiv co-founder and CEO Dave Evans [Photo courtesy of Fictiv]

Good help is hard to find.

Fictiv co-founder and CEO Dave Evans has built a business around solving that challenge. San Francisco-based Fictiv finds and vets contract manufacturers to connect them with companies like medical device developers.

After closing a $100 million Series E funding round this spring, Evans spoke with Medical Design & Outsourcing to share some tips and tricks around vetting potential manufacturing partners.

MDO: What are the biggest things you look for?

Evans: You want to look at that manufacturing partner and say, ‘What are they really, really good at? What is their core expertise?’ Because what happens — especially in the medical contract manufacturing (CM) world — let’s say they start off and they’re really good with a certain type of PCBA or a certain chip set. From there t…

Manufacturing matchmaker Fictiv raises $100M for supply chain push

Fictiv co-founder and CEO Dave Evans [Photo courtesy of Fictiv]Fictiv has closed a $100 million Series E funding round, the on-demand manufacturing technology company said today.

Fictiv focuses on “helping companies produce better products,” co-founder and CEO Dave Evans said, with three main offerings: new product development, engineer-to-order products, and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO).

But the company doesn’t actually own any manufacturing equipment, and instead has built a vetted network of 250 manufacturing partners, Evans told DeviceTalks Editorial Director Tom Salemi in an interview. After medical device developers upload their designs to Fictiv’s web-based platform, they get instant pricing and help choosing from different manufacturing methods, standards and prices to find the best fit.

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Manufacturing matchmaker Fictiv raises $100M for supply chain push

Fictiv co-founder and CEO Dave Evans [Photo courtesy of Fictiv]

Fictiv has closed a $100 million Series E funding round, the on-demand manufacturing technology company said today.

Fictiv focuses on “helping companies produce better products,” co-founder and CEO Dave Evans said, with three main offerings: new product development, engineer-to-order products, and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO).

But the company doesn’t actually own any manufacturing equipment, and instead has built a vetted network of 250 manufacturing partners, Evans told Device Talks Editorial Director Tom Salemi in an interview. After medical device developers upload their designs to Fictiv’s web-based platform, they get instant pricing and help choosing from different manufacturing methods, standards and prices to find the best fit.

“I’m the go-between [with contract manufacturers] bec…