Catheter Technologies

From access to closure, TE is a trusted partner to the world’s leading medical device companies in the design, development, and manufacturing of complex and optimally engineered catheter components/assemblies for various interventional therapies.

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With a wide range of vertically integrated manufacturing capabilities, we are equipped to execute secondary operations on various components essential for the development of advanced catheter systems. This seamless integration leads to the production of highly cost-effective and innovative catheter-based devices that stand out in the market, all from one partner.

Our collaborative approach between your development team(s) and our manufacturing expert(s) ensures a focus on design for manufacturability of components, sub-assemblies and fully assembled devices, resulting in reduced development timelines and faster introduction of high-quality finished devices to market while safeguarding and enhancing your intellectual property. 

TE can provide components, sub-assemblies and complete assemblies in-house, providing you with a single-source supplier of your custom components, sheaths and steerable shafts.

Coil & Braided Passive Catheters / Shafts

Mid to large bore catheters (above 6 Fr) are braided and/or coil re-enforced. These push catheters do not have steering capability and are used in structural heart and electrophysiology intervention procedures.

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Introducer Sheaths

Large bore catheters that are braid and/or coil reinforced delivered as sterilized finished device. They have the lure and hubs and are used for femoral access into the body to perform peripheral, structural heart and electrophysiology interventions.

Steerable Catheters

Utilizes metal pull rings and LCHT to provide multiple steering options—1-way, 2-way & multi-planar—and are typically multi-lumen, enabling surgeons to precisely navigate vasculature during structural heart intervention therapies.

Imaging, Mapping & Ablation Catheters (Sensor-Enabled Smart Catheters)

Braided shafts with integrated sensors and electronics enabling improved safety and efficacy of minimally invasive procedures, such as intravascular ultrasound and intracardiac echocardiography.

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We can scale our design and production services to match your needs and grow with you from prototype to pilot manufacturing, providing full-service rapid prototyping and flexible manufacturing capabilities close to your development teams. With multiple sites, we can offer continuity of supply with extensive in-house capabilities, including comprehensive technologies for catheter and guidewire manufacturing.

Choose TE as your catheter assembly development partner to leverage system-level design integration and engineering expertise in a wide array of manufacturing capabilities.

  • Liner Stretching - Stretch PTFE liner on Mandrel
  • Braiding / Coiling - Braid over mandrel or over lumen; precision needed for torquibility and kink resistance
  • Annealing / Termination - Terminate the braid
  • Extrusions - Thermoplatic, Heatsrink, PTFE
  • Assembly - Assembly of liner jackets or metal consent
  • Reflow / Bonding - Fusing of liner jackets through ovens and bonding of pull wires mandrels
  • Mandrel Pulling - Pulling out the mandrel
  • Cut to Length - Cutting catheter to shape
  • RF Tipping - RF tipping for mandrel termination
  • Inspection and Testing - Final inspection outside; borescope inspection and testing
  • Packaging and labeling
  • Drilling, punching and skiving
  • Simulation
  • Wire-based (coax, electrical)
  • Fine wire termination
  • Sterilization

We customize advanced catheter systems to exacting specifications for a broad range of clinical applications and procedures, including AAA/TAA stent graft delivery, AF ablation devices, balloon catheters, EP mapping catheters, neurovascular catheters, stent delivery catheters, dilators, and heart valve delivery systems.

Structural Hearte

Structural Heart Intervention
Electrophysiologye

Electrophysiology Intervention
Cardiovasculare

Coronary Intervention
Peripheral Vasculare

Peripheral Vascular Intervention
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Advanced Catheter Design – Device Talks Webinar

60 mins

Access and delivery devices are becoming increasingly complex as we look to balance multiple functionalities with enhanced performance while maintaining the lowest overall profile. During this webinar, our device design expert discusses the optimization of thin wall sheath constructions by using laser cut metal hypotubes for greater precision & lowest profile. This webinar is useful for designers of access or delivery systems for application in minimally invasive vascular, structural heart, and electrophysiology devices.

Advanced Catheter Design – Device Talks Webinar

60 mins

Access and delivery devices are becoming increasingly complex as we look to balance multiple functionalities with enhanced performance while maintaining the lowest overall profile. During this webinar, our device design expert discusses the optimization of thin wall sheath constructions by using laser cut metal hypotubes for greater precision & lowest profile. This webinar is useful for designers of access or delivery systems for application in minimally invasive vascular, structural heart, and electrophysiology devices.

Maximizing Performance of Thin-Wall Aspiration Catheters - Device Talks webinar

57 mins

When designing an aspiration catheter, one of the biggest challenges is finding the right balance between suction strength and the ability to reach the distal neurovasculature, especially given the limitations in vessel size.  In this webinar, you will hear TE's experts talk about the performance need and challenges associated in designing catheter that meets the performance objectives of navigating complex vasculature as well as the process challenges and solutions during manufacturing of thin-walled catheters.

Maximizing Performance of Thin-Wall Aspiration Catheters - Device Talks webinar

57 mins

When designing an aspiration catheter, one of the biggest challenges is finding the right balance between suction strength and the ability to reach the distal neurovasculature, especially given the limitations in vessel size.  In this webinar, you will hear TE's experts talk about the performance need and challenges associated in designing catheter that meets the performance objectives of navigating complex vasculature as well as the process challenges and solutions during manufacturing of thin-walled catheters.

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Connect with our experts to learn how we can support you, from prototyping to high-volume manufacturing of your medical device.

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Medical Specialties and Markets Served

Learn how TE has helped leading medical device OEMs innovate and manufacture the evolving requirements of delicate and complex medical device solutions across numerous medical specialties/procedures.

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