Low- & Ultra-low- profile Medical Fabric Data Sheet

Solesis’ low-profile medical fabric streamlines the development of next-generation cardiovascular devices to help you meet new and emerging market needs. The engineered properties of low-profile textiles reduce fabric thickness to enable minimally invasive transcatheter delivery. Low-profile medical fabric can be further customized by Solesis’ design team to meet your device performance requirements. Read the full […]

The Evolution of Structural Heart Innovations

Welded, Inflatable Balloon Assembly Group

Structural heart innovations have transformed treatment for patients who once faced open heart surgery as their only option. As minimally invasive procedures like transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) gained ground, device developers began facing new engineering challenges to solve: smaller delivery systems, improved sealing performance and reliable manufacturability at scale without compromising quality or patient […]

Sketch To Scale: The Importance Of Relationship-Building At The Prototyping Stage

Medical device and delivery system component suppliers who provide textile- and polymer-based components for Class II & Class III implantable medical devices are critical to a device manufacturer’s success, whether the manufacturer is a large, established organization or a young start-up still in the early stages of research and development (R&D) and prototyping. The product […]

Q&A: Solesis’ Perspectives on Building Strong Textile and Polymer Medical Device Component Partnerships

Jaquard Sample

A conversation with Andrew Metzger, Sr. Director, Corporate Strategy, Solesis In this Q&A, Andrew Metzger, Senior Director, Corporate Strategy, Solesis, explores why medical device manufacturers should partner with an experienced biomaterials supplier that can design, develop, and scale-up textiles and polymer-based solutions for life-saving implantable vascular, general surgery, and biopharma applications. Specifically, Andrew addresses the […]

Developing the Right Low-pressure Balloons for Medical Device Applications

Common Medical Balloon Applications Specialized, custom-shaped low-pressure balloons are commonly used in vascular, general surgery, and/or drug delivery applications, among others, and paired with catheter sheaths to deliver critical devices to save lives. Why low-pressure balloons? Perhaps their biggest benefit is that they have the flexibility to stretch over 600% of their predetermined diameter. This […]

Choosing Wisely: Optimizing Medical Textiles To Enhance Cardiovascular Devices

Implantable medical textiles, originally used as sewing skirts for suturing valves in the heart during open-heart surgery, have been evolving since the industry transitioned from surgical valves to minimally invasive transcatheter devices. The ubiquity of minimally invasive heart procedures such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has helped to demonstrate the versatility of implantable medical […]