Educational Resources

Read white papers, technical tips, how-tos, and success stories of how we've partnered with customers to achieve their goals.

What’s next for nitinol tubing?

A novel technique for mechanically joining nitinol to other metal tubing could reduce cost and mitigate risk.

Orthopedic OEMs Seek to Outsource More Design Work

Bringing a product to market is heavily layered with external factors like competition, regulatory requirements and technology advancements in materials and design and development tools.

5 Questions for Viant at Medica/CompaMed 2019

Hopefully, these questions provide useful information for anyone unable to meet with them at the event or those who are not headed to Germany this year.

3 Tips to Avoid Common Medtech Packaging Blunders

Packaging engineers likely get more than their share of flak during the holidays when family members unwrap hard-to-open packages. They have also seen their share of packaging challenges at work.

An Extension of Reach: A Discussion of Full-Service Outsourcing

Twenty years ago, outsourcing wasn’t spoken of very much. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) didn’t want to admit they used third-party companies to aid in manufacturing tasks.

Material Matters: New Offerings for Orthopedic Technologies

Viant shares expertise on material advances in orthopedics including titanium-coated PEEK, Nitinol, and bioabsorbables.

Cutting-Edge Disposable Surgical Tools for Orthopedics

With health providers increasingly demanding single-use devices, the team successfully created disposable bone-cutting tools for its orthopedic device customers.

Developing the True Partnership: A Full-Service Outsourcing Roundtable

Successful OEMs recognize their top service providers as development partners instead of transactional suppliers.

Overmolding: Keys to Success

Overmolding silicone onto thermoplastics can be challenging, but offers advantages over TPEs including chemical resistance, tensile strength, and compression set. Here are some best practices to maximize your success from Dave Mulera, Viant Corporate Vice President, Engineering.