Medical
Device Fabrication
Blueacre Technology has experience with the laser micromachining of a wide range of medical devices and medical grade materials
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image of 600 micron high microneedles formed from a bio-desorbable polymer,
manufactured in a laser machined micro mold
These needles are used for controlled drug delivery and have been developed
in conjunction with Queens University Belfast's School of Pharmacy
For further information please contact Dr Ryan Donnelly or Dr Desmond
Morrow at the QUB School of Pharmacy. WEBSITE
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Range
of features machined into 1mm diameter PEEK medical grade tubing, illustrating
advanced polymer cutting capabilities
Processes include hole drilling, slitting, partial cutting and marking
to micron scale dimensions
The image to the left shows a coil machined into a basket catheter to
achieve controlled flexibility - an important feature of catheter device
design
Blueacre Technology has developed a process to laser strip individual polymer layers to form complex surface features. Shown is a spiral reinforcement coil machined directly from a double layer co-extruded polymer catheter
This allows improved flexibility while maintaining a watertight lubricious inner liner. Layer thicknesses upward of 5 microns can be accomodated
Closeup
of filligree pattern demostrating the ability to cut complex shapes in
tube
Sample from 1mm diameter PEEK tubing
A wide range of hole diameters down to 1 micron can be machined through tube sidewalls for applications such as drug delivery and body analysis
Sample from 1mm diameter PEEK tubing
400 micron high characters
Characters are 300 micron high
