laser processing

Achieve unprecedented part reproducibility for peripheral, structural, neurovascular and cardiovascular innovations with high-precision laser processing.

Precision laser cutting of a cardiovascular implant [Photo courtesy of Aerotech]

By Bryan Germann and Travis Schneider, Aerotech

Vascular interventional devices are a modern marvel, helping to combat some of the most challenging medical conditions. Strokes, blocked arteries and failed heart valves are no longer death sentences, thanks in no small part to these products.

To deliver broad access to these mission-critical devices without sacrificing quality, special attention must be paid to their manufacturing processes. Manufacturers started using lasers to cut these parts as early as the 1990s. As laser processing advanced — cutting, welding, ablation, drilling, marking — so did those manufacturing processes.

Here are some of the primary reasons …