Project Support
Genesis Medical Plastics’ applications and regulatory experience, technical depth, production versatility and post-production services help expedite customers’ projects effectively at every stage and as requirements may change.
The ideal time to engage Genesis Medical Plastics is in a project’s concept stage. In some instances, our customers have us test the formulations they provide to validate performance as a first step. We also analyze the melt flow of polymer formulations to pinpoint the ideal process conditions that will yield optimum quality and property retention.
On projects that involve components for medical devices, Genesis often produces prototypes for performance validation and in certain cases for market testing. These prototypes can be machined from stock shapes or fabricated from our calendered PEEK film.
Pre-production Project Support and TestingGenesis Medical Plastics’ depth of expertise in medical grade polymers, applications and quality and regulatory requirements simplifies our working relationship with clients from the outset. It facilitates communication about project requirements and expectations and provides an experienced sounding board when needed to refine concepts and goals.
Customers can also take advantage of our team’s state-of-the-art laboratory equipment that can speed projects through the formative stages. Our Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) equipment characterizes melt behavior of polymer formulations to better define the ideal process conditions in advance of stock shapes production or full-scale injection molding of components. This analytical tool can save time and material cost on start-up.
Genesis’ calibrated Instron Universal Test Machine measures mechanical properties on test specimens and can help determine if polymer formulations are achieving targeted performance levels. Test samples can be taken from stock shapes and in many cases from injection molded components depending on the configuration and size.
Custom Stock Shapes ExtrusionDecades of melt-processing experience with a broad range of polymers and additives gives us the ability to convert our customers’ materials into stock shapes with the consistent quality they require. Our expertise extends from implantable PEEK grades to numerous other biocompatible thermoplastics and includes proprietary formulations with high concentrations of specialized additives. We extrude these stock shapes in a diverse range of efficient custom sizes for our customers’ use, or we machine them in our facility to produce the components they require.
Precision CNC-machining, a major Genesis Medical Plastics resource, provides our clients with prototypes that we produce from stock shapes extruded from their polymer formulations. These prototypes can then be tested to validate their ability to perform in the medical device’s actual operating environment.
Once product performance is validated and the final design is confirmed from prototypes, Genesis can also machine production quantities of components for market-testing of devices when required.
With extensive in-house experience in extrusion, machining and injection molding operations, Genesis’ team can also help clients define the best manufacturing option for components based on design specifications and required quantities over the medical device’s life cycle.