Confluent Medical's new center of excellence provides component design support, PTFE lining, polyimide tubing, and multilayer composite tubing
Multilayer shaft with PTFE liner (Photo: Business Wire)
Multilayer shaft with PTFE liner (Photo: Business Wire)
Scottsdale, Arizona--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Confluent Medical Technologies ("Confluent") today announced the official opening of its Specialty Polymer Tubing Center of Excellence in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
This state-of-the-art new facility is expected to be operational in the third quarter of 2021, greatly expanding Confluent's ability to provide customers with complex delivery systems for structural heart, neurovascular and peripheral vascular applications. Features of this new location include PTFE lining, polyimide tubing, multilayer composite tubing (braided and non-woven), and coated wire.
"Having a strong manufacturing base in the United States is critical to supporting our growing customer base," said Dean Schauer, President and CEO of Confluent. "Combine the capabilities of this new site with the complex catheter products offered by our site in Austin, Texas, and you have a strong partner from Confluent Medical that can help you meet your catheter shaft needs."
With the addition of film projection technology, Confluent has strengthened its vertically integrated supply chain by providing thin-walled, tight tolerance engineering tubes. The Chattanooga plant has a technical team with more than 175 years of comprehensive experience in the field of medical device manufacturing. It will also work with original equipment manufacturers to provide customized pipelines for demanding equipment.
Confluent applies materials science to medical technology innovation. Confluent's engineering solutions to the most challenging design problems enable our OEM medical device customers to provide life-saving products. Our customers rely on Confluent's material science and related manufacturing expertise, which is critical to the function and value of its most demanding high-growth products-covering high-purity nitinol processing, ultra-high density knitting and precision lasers for biomedical textiles Proprietary expertise in the processing of special polymers. Confluent has partnered with leading original equipment manufacturers to create a selective product portfolio that includes complex applications such as transcatheter heart valves, neurovascular implants, endovascular stent grafts and advanced smart catheters. Facilities in Fremont, California and Laguna Nigel; Warwick, Rhode Island; Wyndham, Maine; Austin, Texas; Chattanooga, Tennessee; and San Jose, Costa Rica, Confluent has earned the trust of leaders in the medical device industry through its proven track record in innovative materials science, engineering, and manufacturing.
For information, please contact Confluent Medical, https://confluentmedical.com/.
Brittany Mai, Brittany.Mai@confluentmedical.com
Brittany Mai, Brittany.Mai@confluentmedical.com