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Improving an innovative medical device through additive manufacturing

公司规模
SME
地区
  • America
国家
  • United States
产品
  • Coapt COMPLETE CONTROL system
  • Carbon® Digital Light Synthesis (DLS)
  • HP Multi Jet Fusion (MJF)
技术栈
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • 3D Printing
  • Rapid Prototyping
实施规模
  • Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
  • Productivity Improvements
  • Innovation Output
技术
  • 其他 - 添加剂制造
  • 功能应用 - 远程监控系统
适用行业
  • 医疗保健和医院
适用功能
  • 产品研发
  • 质量保证
用例
  • 添加剂制造
  • 快速原型制作
  • 虚拟原型与产品测试
服务
  • 硬件设计与工程服务
  • 软件设计与工程服务
关于客户
Coapt is a Chicago-based company that produces myoelectric pattern recognition systems for upper limb prostheses. Their product, the Coapt COMPLETE CONTROL system, is an FDA class II medical device that enables people who have lost their upper limbs to fully control movement in their prosthetic arms. It does this through an electrical pattern recognition system that captures coordinated muscle signals sent through the brain, decodes the patterns in real time, and translates those patterns into the wearer’s intended movement. Coapt has been producing this product for five years and in 2018, they began production on the second generation of COMPLETE CONTROL.
挑战
Coapt, a Chicago-based company that produces myoelectric pattern recognition systems for upper limb prostheses, was looking to produce the second generation of their product, COMPLETE CONTROL. This required not only retooling the system’s software, but redesigning the hardware components as well. They needed a manufacturing partner that could move quickly to meet their product release timeline. They also wanted to test and make many parts differently in the next wave of COMPLETE CONTROL, including the geometries, textures, and aesthetics of the parts. With so many variables to consider, it didn’t make sense for Coapt’s engineering team to prototype using legacy processes like injection molding.
解决方案
Coapt partnered with Fast Radius, a company that specializes in additive manufacturing. Over the course of twelve weeks, Fast Radius was able to print 36 unique designs yielding 195 parts for the Coapt team to evaluate. This rapid prototyping helped Coapt get to an end-product much faster than they anticipated, and it also gave them the opportunity to test a wide variety of factors at a rapid pace. Fast Radius also provided Coapt with expertise in additive technology and materials, guiding them in the right direction based on their requirements and giving them feedback on how to improve their designs for 3D printing. Instead of heavily investing in on-site 3D printing technology for prototyping, Coapt tapped into Fast Radius’s technology infrastructure to make rapid iterations as needed.
运营影响
  • Fast Radius was able to print 36 unique designs yielding 195 parts for the Coapt team to evaluate in just twelve weeks.
  • Coapt was able to get to an end-product much faster than they anticipated.
  • Coapt was able to test a wide variety of factors at a rapid pace.
  • Coapt was able to utilize Fast Radius’s additive engineering and design expertise to bolster their own engineering capabilities.
  • Coapt was able to tap into Fast Radius’s technology infrastructure to make rapid iterations as needed, instead of heavily investing in on-site 3D printing technology for prototyping.
数量效益
  • 36 unique designs printed
  • 195 parts produced for evaluation
  • Product development cycle significantly reduced

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