03/20/2009 - Interface Catheter Solutions Proprietary Extrusion Process Produces Quality Balloon Tubing for Consistent and Controllable Yields

Interface Catheter Solutions proprietary extrusion process produces specialty balloon tubing with consistent lot-to-lot characteristics, a critical factor for driving yield improvement in medical balloon manufacturing. The Interface extrusion process delivers precise results for inner and outer dimensions, and wall thickness, along with a marked reduction in gel spots. This results in higher overall balloon production yields. The Interface high-quality tubing can improve balloon performance properties such as minimal wall thickness, greater burst pressure and fatigue.

Interface offers a wide range of standard and custom tubing sizes with competitive lead times and pricing. Each tubing lot comes with complete documentation including certificate of compliance, dimensional and visual inspection reports and tensile test reports. A complete range of engineering services is available, from tubing and mold sizing to a complete five-phase finished-device development process.

Interface Catheter Solutions is the only vertically integrated provider of outsourced solutions for balloon catheter manufacturing. Interface has been solely focused on the balloon catheter market since 1995 and continually sets industry standards through process and equipment advancements in balloon catheter manufacturing.

Interface has created more than 2,000 balloon designs, and offers balloon design and development, extruded balloon tubing, balloon contract manufacturing, plus a comprehensive line of balloon catheter production and testing equipment. Interface is ISO 13485:2003 certified and operates multiple class 10,000 (ISO Class 7) and 100,000 (ISO Class 8) clean rooms in three facilities. Interface’s headquarters is located at 27752 El Lazo Road, Laguna Niguel, California. www.interfaceusa.com Tel 949.448.7056.

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