A medical device customer contacted us regarding the feasibility of applying conductive inks to a catheter with precise line widths and spacing. Upon review of a drawing, we had a 20-minute conference call with the customer to clarify elements of the design. The customer said they would supply the inks and the catheter substrates, all of which arrived the next day. On the second day, we loaded a CAD file with an ink pattern, fixed the catheter onto the MicroPen^® system, and “wrote” the patterns onto the surfaces of the catheter. We then fired the catheter in a low temperature furnace, conducted an adhesion test, wrote a prototype report, and shipped five samples. The customer had working prototypes to analyze and test within five days.

A display company contacted us in search of a precision sealing solution. They could not achieve their required line width, height, and thickness through screen-printing. After a short conference call, the customer sent us an electronic drawing. Upon receipt of the drawing, we sourced a specific ink and designed a pattern. By day two, the customer’s display substrates had arrived and our application engineer began making three samples. We measured each line width and thickness and wrote a prototype report. The customer had sealed display prototypes within five days of their initial inquiry.

A medical device manufacturer was interested in applying a radiopaque ink to a medical balloon. They had already selected the balloon shape, size, and composition. We conducted a brief conference call to clarify selected areas for deposition. Upon receipt of the medical balloons, we designed a pattern and MicroPenned it with the radiopaque ink. We produced 10 samples, wrote a prototype report, and shipped the samples to the customer within 5 days. The customer performed a series of tests that resulted in line width and pattern changes. The customer witnessed the changes as they were being made  in our prototyping lab.