Design Strategy
Turn product goals and use conditions into a catheter architecture your team can build, test and defend.
CATHETER CONSULTING
Design, troubleshoot, and scale catheter systems.
Independent consulting for catheter teams that need practical engineering support from early concept through manufacturing transfer.
15+years specialized experience360°design-to-manufacturing perspectiveR&Dfocused technical support
Consulting • Design • Manufacturing • Testing
CONSULTING SERVICES
Hands-on catheter engineering support when your team needs traction.
Get focused help with architecture decisions, design reviews, prototype builds, manufacturing issues, test strategy and technical documentation. The goal is simple: reduce development risk and move faster with decisions grounded in real catheter manufacturing experience.
Troubleshooting
Work through kinks, delamination, poor torque response, bond failures, burst issues and process instability.
Manufacturing Transfer
Stabilize materials, tooling, process windows and documentation before scaling prototypes into repeatable builds.
Testing and V&V
Define practical test methods, acceptance criteria and evidence plans for verification and validation.
SPECIALIZED PLATFORMS
Engineering built around real catheter applications.
Each architecture is evaluated as an integrated system of anatomy, performance, materials, reinforcement, transitions and manufacturing capability.
01
Neurovascular
Trackability, distal softness, support and torque transmission for complex access.
02
Cardiac
Steerability, electrode integration, insulation and energy-delivery architecture.
03
Balloon
Balloon-shaft architecture, bonds, compliance, burst pressure and profile.
04
RF Catheters
Electrical integration, thermal interfaces, bonding and mechanical performance.
05
Steerable
Pull-wire routing, curve control, handle interfaces and fatigue considerations.
06
Structural Heart
Delivery-system architecture for demanding structural heart applications.
DEVELOPMENT WORKFLOW
A practical path from clinical need to controlled transfer.
01
Define
Translate use conditions into measurable design inputs.
02
Architect
Select layers, materials, reinforcement and transitions.
03
Prototype
Build, test, learn and iterate efficiently.
04
Verify
Create defensible methods and acceptance criteria.
05
Transfer
Stabilize tooling, processes and documentation.
CATHETER ARCHITECTURE
Engineered in every layer.
A high-performance catheter is a balanced system. Liner, reinforcement, jacket, marker bands, transitions and distal tip must work together.
COURSE
Crash course in catheter design and manufacturing.
A focused training module covering the fundamentals of catheter development: spec'ing the application, translating clinical and product needs into requirements, designing each catheter section, selecting manufacturing processes, and planning testing through verification and validation.
Specification and requirementsSection-by-section architectureManufacturing process selectionTesting, verification and validation
PROPRIETARY ENGINEERING SOFTWARE
Predict performance before you build.
Instead of relying on trial-and-error prototypes, the software models design outputs before samples are built. It can help teams avoid unnecessary builds, compare options faster and potentially save tens of thousands of dollars in development cost.
- Braid, coil and hybrid reinforcement analysis
- Mechanical performance calculations
- Cross-section and dimensional visualization
- Sensitivity and Monte Carlo analysis
- Automated engineering reports
CONSULTING INQUIRY
Bring your catheter challenge into focus.
Send a brief, non-confidential description of the application, development stage and technical challenge. I will help identify the most useful consulting path.