VHMED (Nantong) Co. Ltd.
VHMED is exclusively focusing on the development and manufacturing of medical devices for minimal invasive applications. We are equally committed to improve the quality of care and reduce the spending of global healthcare systems. We achieve this by investing in the in-house design and engineering capabilities, state-of-the-art, end-to-end manufacturing facilities by translating the clinical expertise to trusted laparoscopic tools. We adopt an end-to-end, vertically integrated approach in our entire manufacturing process. We achieve this by continuously investing in the engineering and manufacturing capabilities, including team members, engineering facilities and manufacturing infrastructures, therefore meeting our customers’ demand in innovation, cost and clinical support.
Company details
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Medical Equipment
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
Innovation
VHMED is highly committed to providing trusted tools for minimal invasive therapy applications. As a commitment, we are continuously investing in R&D to extend our product offering in the field of minimal invasive therapies. As a result, we have launched over 200 medical devices and continuously adding trendsetting, the next generation laparoscopic tools in the pipeline.
Another major focus of our company is to reduce the worldwide healthcare cost. We achieve this by implementing an end-to-end, vertically integrated manufacturing system, as well as reduce the footprint of our products and identifying the greener way of producing the medical devices. See one example of our innovative green efforts on Low Profile Trocars.
Manufacturing
VHMED is an end-to-end, integrated manufacturer for minimal invasive therapies. We are working closely with the leading surgeons in Asia and Europe to develop the ideas and concepts for modern healthcare. We attend laparoscopic procedures in various specialties, general surgery, colorectal, gynecology and urology to understand the clinicians’ needs.
PRODUCT DESIGN
A list of design software we use:
- AutoCAD
- Pro-Engineer
- SolidWorks
- UG NX
A list of design tools we use:
- 3D Printing in Plastics & Metal
- Computer Numerical Control
- Rapid Prototyping
- Rapid Tooling
INHOUSE MOULD PRODUCTION
At VHMED, we design, produce the mould inhouse. The plastic components of the product design are translated into injection mould design. Our mould production team then produce the mould parts and components. Upon completion, all components are assembled together to produce injection moulding parts.
METALWORKS
At VHMED, we produce both plastic and metal components inhouse to the specified designs. The mechanical facilities and machineries include:
- Lathe
- Drilling
- Milling
- Punching
- Electronic Line Cutting
- Deburring
SUBASSEMBLY
Our subassembly line includes manual, automatic and semi-automatic assembly, include facilities:
- Ultrasonic Welding
- Laser Welding
- Pad Transfer Printing
- Manual and Automatic Glue Application
FINAL ASSEMBLY, PACKING AND STERILIZATIONS
Our final assembly line is located in a large scale ISO Class 7 cleanroom environment. It has a carefully layout design for a quick and high volume throughput. We are operating EtO sterilization in our own facility.
Philosophy
At VHMED, we believe in a simple credo as below:
Patient
Patient Safety lies on the topmost priority of all our business activities. Improved clinical outcome is critical to our long term success. Patients are with the most concern of our entire organization.
Practitioners
Doctors, Nurses, Biomedical Engineers are the users of VHMED products. They reply on our products as the trusted tools to deliver optimal clinical outcome. We believe in providing them with adequate training and clinical user guidance are essential to improved patient safety and clinical result.
Partners
Our partners include but not limited to Employees, OEM/ODM customers, Distributors, Dealers and Resellers, Regulatory Parties, Healthcare Administrative, Local Community, Suppliers, Shareholders. These partners are essential to our long term success. We believe in share and fair trade in dealing with our partner relations. Our associates are the key asset in our organization. Our associates’ happy and satisfactory work in the company are the renewed vitality source of our organization. Long-term hard work of our employees is essential and the only path to our development and growth.
In any event of contradiction on the above, always follow the first point.
Quality & Compliance
Quality Assurance
Policy
We believe that the users rely on our high quality products to deliver the desired clinical outcomes of the procedures while safeguarding the patient safety.
Our products will always be the trusted tools of the users.
Programme
- Rich experienced team with diverse exposures in product design, tooling, plastics and metalwork, industrial engineering and product assembly for quality excellence.
- Total Quality Management (TQM) from product conceptualization to post product delivery.
- Strict document control for Device Master Record (DMR), Device History Records (DHR).
- Compliance to international standards (ISO/CE/NMPA) and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).
- Consistent Quality Management System (QMS) in place directing our complete operations.
Regulatory Compliance
VHMED follows closely with the latest developments of the regulatory practices globally where we operate. We ensure the compliance of all local protocols stipulated by different regulatory parties by adopting the highest international standards.
- ISO 13485:2016 - Quality Management Systems.
- CE Certified with MDD 93/42/EEC Conformity.
- ISO 14971 - Application of risk management to medical devices.
- IEC 60601 - Safety and essential performance of medical electrical equipment.
- ISO 10993 - Biological evaluation of medical devices.
- ISO 11607 - Packaging for terminally sterilized medical devices.
- ISO 14644 - Classification of air cleanliness, testing, measures and controls.
- ISO 14698 - Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments - Biocontamination control.