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The need for versatile and reliable metal tubing with functional properties such as flexibility, torque, compression, tension, and rotational control in medical devices is more critical than ever. In many cases, medical professionals depend on high-performing products with an open working channel to deliver instruments through the most tortuous paths of the human body in devices ranging from endovascular implements and minimally invasive tools to neurological components and urological devices.
Enter Fort Wayne Metals’ HHS® tube, an innovative product with a highly customizable structure, allowing for targeted flexibility, torque, rotational control, compression, and tension. From product to product, HHS® tube can be tailored to focus on the needs of the customer’s application. HHS® tube can be manufactured in single, double, or triple layer configurations where inside diameter, outside diameter, filar count and size, pitch direction, and overall part length can be fine-tuned to meet customer requirements. Specifically, the inside diameter range of HHS® tube is 80 µm to 2.2 mm, while the outside diameter is 0.13 mm to 4 mm.
Practically speaking, a device meant for neurological stimulation may require fine wire filaments to be flexible enough to reach small, complex areas. In some cases, a device used in the vascular system may require resistance to elongation and compression when delivering complex tooling to a blood clot site. Endoscopy applications might require a long device with a working channel that has good rotational control while navigating through the body. In each case, the functional properties of HHS® tube are carefully tailored to meet the requirements of unique end applications.
Oftentimes, customers require custom finishing steps to assist in subsequent assembly work for their final product. That’s where Fort Wayne Metals’ range of value-added services provides a critical role. From custom fittings and end terminations to Nitinol shape-set parts and coatings, these specialized offerings can streamline the supply chain by reducing the number of suppliers.
Certain applications require more versatility than unifilar or even multi-filar coil can provide. By selecting a single, double, or triple layer and adjusting filars per layer, filar diameters, and pitch direction, HHS® tube is customized for flexibility, torque, compression, rotational control, and lumen size. Tailored for precise performance criteria and enhanced by Fort Wayne Metals' value-added services, HHS® tube combines desirable mechanical properties and a unique design to help support the function of conventional and next-generation medical devices.
Typical uses
HHS® tube's exceptional characteristics help it advance any number of applications. Customers use it in the following:
About Fort Wayne Metals
A leading manufacturer of precision materials used in life-improving medical devices, Fort Wayne Metals is dedicated to making Northeast Indiana and the world a better place. As committed as we are to supporting our customers’ medical technologies, our more than 1,700 employees are just as committed to contributing to community organizations and causes. Whether it’s providing the world with customized material solutions to support the medical device industry or championing efforts that lift up local communities, we are passionate about making lives better. Learn more at fwmetals.com
The need for versatile and reliable metal tubing with functional properties such as flexibility, torque, compression, tension, and rotational control in medical devices is more critical than ever. In many cases, medical professionals depend on high-performing products with an open working channel to deliver instruments through the most tortuous paths of the human body in devices ranging from endovascular implements and minimally invasive tools to neurological components and urological devices.
Enter Fort Wayne Metals’ HHS® tube, an innovative product with a highly customizable structure, allowing for targeted flexibility, torque, rotational control, compression, and tension. From product to product, HHS® tube can be tailored to focus on the needs of the customer’s application. HHS® tube can be manufactured in single, double, or triple layer configurations where inside diameter, outside diameter, filar count and size, pitch direction, and overall part length can be fine-tuned to meet customer requirements. Specifically, the inside diameter range of HHS® tube is 80 µm to 2.2 mm, while the outside diameter is 0.13 mm to 4 mm.
Practically speaking, a device meant for neurological stimulation may require fine wire filaments to be flexible enough to reach small, complex areas. In some cases, a device used in the vascular system may require resistance to elongation and compression when delivering complex tooling to a blood clot site. Endoscopy applications might require a long device with a working channel that has good rotational control while navigating through the body. In each case, the functional properties of HHS® tube are carefully tailored to meet the requirements of unique end applications.
Oftentimes, customers require custom finishing steps to assist in subsequent assembly work for their final product. That’s where Fort Wayne Metals’ range of value-added services provides a critical role. From custom fittings and end terminations to Nitinol shape-set parts and coatings, these specialized offerings can streamline the supply chain by reducing the number of suppliers.
Certain applications require more versatility than unifilar or even multi-filar coil can provide. By selecting a single, double, or triple layer and adjusting filars per layer, filar diameters, and pitch direction, HHS® tube is customized for flexibility, torque, compression, rotational control, and lumen size. Tailored for precise performance criteria and enhanced by Fort Wayne Metals' value-added services, HHS® tube combines desirable mechanical properties and a unique design to help support the function of conventional and next-generation medical devices.
Typical uses
HHS® tube's exceptional characteristics help it advance any number of applications. Customers use it in the following:
About Fort Wayne Metals
A leading manufacturer of precision materials used in life-improving medical devices, Fort Wayne Metals is dedicated to making Northeast Indiana and the world a better place. As committed as we are to supporting our customers’ medical technologies, our more than 1,700 employees are just as committed to contributing to community organizations and causes. Whether it’s providing the world with customized material solutions to support the medical device industry or championing efforts that lift up local communities, we are passionate about making lives better. Learn more at fwmetals.com