Pre-Materials for Medical Manufacturing
When it comes to precious metal pre-materials for medical manufacturing, excellence meets innovation. Heraeus in-house facilities refine and process high-purity materials, alloys and composites, ensuring the highest quality and performance at every stage.
About Pre-Materials
With a focus on Pt, Pd, Ir, Au and Ag, we offer a wide range of products including rods, tubes, sheets, wire, strips and foils, manufactured in accordance with ISO:9001 and ASTM B684, B561 standards. From the melting stage to the delivery of customer-specified solutions, highest quality is ensured through complete production control:
- Melting, casting
- Forging, milling, turning
- Rolling of metal sheets, rods and profiles
- Drawing of tubes and wires
- Swiss turning, drilling, forming, welding, laminating
- Fabrication of complex components
- Plating, cladding
- Continuous rolling of strips
As a trusted supplier of precious metal solutions for generations, Heraeus materials are engineered to meet the most demanding medical requirements, offering
- Biocompatibility
- Inertness / Corrosion resistance
- X-ray visibility
- High conductivity
- Anti-magnetism
- Mechanical strength
- Precision tolerances
Optimized pre-materials provide a solid foundation for your OEM-finished medical components
Rods
A diverse portfolio of customizable, high-purity alloys, melted and formed in-house, provide exceptional strength, durability, and corrosion resistance for your catheter-based applications.
Wires, Pins & Needles
Biocompatible pre-materials with high tensile strength and elongation improve structural integrity of neurovascular coils and instruments for aneurysm intervention.
Deformation, scratches, and gouging can be minimized while extending the life of dynamic components.
Tubes
Pre-materials with high ductility facilitate construction of electrode components, micro-catheters, and minimally invasive tools with intricate shapes and game-change designs.
Strips, Sheets & Foils
Uniform microstructure enables consistent visibility under x-ray imaging (contrast markers). Electrically conductive, low resistance materials allow efficient signal and power transfer with minimum heat generation.
Sensors, electrodes, and monitoring equipment can be designed to reliably maintain high-signal integrity over time.
