What’s next for nitinol tubing?
By Nancy Crotti Mark Broadley contributed his expertise to this article and is a metals and tube applications expert at Viant.This article originally appeared in Medical Design & Outsourcing. Nitinol has revolutionized the medical device industry. With its flexible superelasticity, shape memory and biocompatibility, nitinol has become a go-to material for medical devices. But this […]
Innovative Spinal Surgery Case & Tray System Saves Costs; Drives Brand Awareness
CUSTOMER SITUATION A fast-growing, midsize company in the spine market sought a supplier that could support the development of a new universal case and tray system for all its current and future reusable spinal surgery instruments. The company had a very aggressive launch strategy: It wanted to introduce the new system with the relaunch of […]
Motion Preservation Spinal Disc Implants
10+ Years of Experience. 170,000+ Spinal Disc Implants Made. Trust Viant’s Orthopedic Implant and Coatings Center of Excellence for your motion preservation spinal implant program. Motion preservation spinal disc implants are complex and fabricating them is very different from manufacturing traditional spinal implants like rods, plates, or screws. The fabrication process is highly complex, requiring […]
Design Collaboration & Quick-Turn Tube Fabrication Enable Faster Design Freeze for Surgical Device
CUSTOMER SITUATION A large surgical technology company was facing a competitive threat and needed to rapidly re-engineer one of its market-leading devices to lower the cost of use. The company needed a manufacturing partner with the ability to rapidly iterate tubing for a novel energy-based device. The company selected Viant based on: VIANT SOLUTION The […]
Smooth Transfer of Single-Use Monitoring Device Saves Costs; Boosts Package Quality
CUSTOMER SITUATION A leading surgical company had made the business decision to close its US manufacturing facility and transfer production to a low-cost geography. The product was a labor-intensive line of single-use devices for monitoring patient vital signs, for a total of 92 SKUs. The customer also targeted quality improvements and cost savings in packaging […]
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It’s All About Speed to Market
Looking for a partner to boost speed to market? Viant has decades of experience successfully partnering with customers to deliver significant reductions in time to market. Starting with our end-to-end network of capabilities and services, we leverage Lean tools such as Lean Product Development (LPD) and Production Preparation Process (3P) to deliver solid results and […]
Top 3 Benefits of Working with an Integrated Tubing Supplier
The tube is the foundation of many medical devices. Is your tubing supplier taking a holistic approach that will help you avoid costly missteps? Working with a vertically integrated tubing supplier is more efficient and incurs less time, cost, and risk than working with a series of sub-contractors. In this new white paper, Viant Product […]
Reverse Engineering & Manufacturing Transfer Result in Cost Savings, Reduced Risk, and Increased Security
CUSTOMER SITUATION A leading global animal health company came to Viant for help with the manufacturing transfer of IV sets & accessories. These products were being produced in a nonregulated environment in China, and the company was looking to reduce supply chain risk.The company owned the designs but did not have 3D design files or […]
Manufacturing Transfer: Viant Ramps Volume and Reduces Cost of Endoscopic Device
CUSTOMER SITUATION A mid-sized medical device company was ready to ramp up production of a complex, single-patient-use endoscopic device, but its initial supplier was unable to meet the volume requirements. The customer chose to work with Viant because it could meet their goals of transferring manufacturing within 9 months and quickly ramping up production, and […]
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4 Best Practices to Mitigate Risk in Manufacturing Transfers
If you’re considering a manufacturing transfer, you may be losing sleep over all the things that could go wrong: cost overruns, schedule slips, or quality issues, to name a few. Missteps anywhere in the process can make the difference between meeting or missing your timeline and budget. Medical device companies can mitigate the inherent risks […]