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Centerless Grinding

We use our proprietary centerless grinding equipment to put features and profiles in metal wire for medical applications such as delivery systems for minimally invasive surgery and mandrels.

With unparalleled machine design, automation experience, and over 100 unique grinding systems, our engineers and technicians produce more than 6 million ground components annually. To support a new project, we have dedicated resources with our Lightspeed Lab to help you during the development cycle with quick prototypes and design feedback related to manufacturability. When the design is finalized, we have a standardized system to validate the manufacturing process and production resources in the USA and Costa Rica to help you scale quickly to high volumes.

Centerless Grinding Features

  • Tapers: single & multiple
  • Steps: single & multiple
  • Blivets (or weld features)
  • Types: profile, centerless, and plunge grinding

Grinding Applications

  • Core Wires
    • Neurovascular
    • Endovascular
    • Interventional Cardiology
    • Peripheral Vascular
    • Cardiac Surgery
    • Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM)
  • Device Tip Wires
    • Ground
    • Atraumatic tipped
  • Catheter Wires
    • Articulating
    • Stiffening
  • Snare Or Retrieval Wire Styles

Medical Device & Technology Markets We Serve

Innovators developing groundbreaking medical devices rely on our centerless grinding capabilities to create new technologies that advance treatment options and improve patient lives. Market applications for components produced with our grinding processes include:

  • Neurovascular
  • Ophthalmic
  • Structural heart
  • Electrophysiology
  • Peripheral vascular
  • Minimally invasive surgery
  • Neuromodulation
  • Surgical robotics
  • Sports medicine

Prototype to Production

To support a new project, we have dedicated resources with our Lightspeed Lab to help you during the development cycle with quick prototypes and design feedback related to manufacturability. When the design is finalized, we have a standardized system to validate the manufacturing process and the production resources to help you scale quickly to high volumes.

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