Achieve perfection with our technopolymer solutions for medical devices

Plastic parts are often used in medical devices and surgical instruments. Polymers indeed, guarantee properties as lightness, resistance to sterilization and sanitization processes and good mechanical properties which are required in medical industry.

Geartec is able to support engineers and producers of diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical devices, machines and instruments with a complete offer of turned and milled plastic parts ensuring safety to the patient with the selection of the suitable material, the compliance to the specifics and requirements and the complete traceability of products and processes.

Geartec for orthopedic surgery

Polymers are often used for the construction of instrumentation used in knee, hip and shoulder prosthetic surgery. Indeed, the significant weight and X-ray opacity of metals are constraints that can be overcome with the use of plastics.

Application examples:

Composite based on polymer matrix of PEKK laminated in autoclave with carbon fiber fabric can be used for the construction of handpieces and instruments that require very high stiffness and dimensional stability even after numerous sterilizations.
Details constructed with medical use of polypropylene, can be used as measuring gauges during surgical operations.

The materials used are, of course, biocompatible (ISO 10993 certification and USP class 6), while the Geartec workshop, operates in accordance with 2023/2006 (good manufacturing practice) and ensures complete traceability and completeness of documentation accompanying the supply.

Robotic Surgery: Advanced Materials and Micromachining for High Precision

Robotic surgery represents, at present, the latest step in the development of technological innovations applied to surgery.

Robotic surgery refers to a type of operation performed through advanced technologies, which involve the use of a sophisticated surgical platform capable of reproducing, while miniaturizing them, the movements of the human hand inside the body cavities, or in any case in the operating field.

For the construction of surgical robots, parts obtained by milling in plastic or composite material are often required, which can combine lightness and good mechanical properties, ensuring the possibility of repeated sanitizations and sterilizations. In this sense, the medical grade of PEEK (approved according to ISO10993 and USP class 6) is the polymer that usually best suits these applications.

The Geartec micromachining department is equipped with machining centers and control equipment specific to the construction of parts, often characterized by complex geometries and small dimensions, required in the construction of surgical robots and, operating in compliance with the European Regulation 2023/2006 (good manufacturing practice), guarantees complete traceability and completeness of the documentation accompanying the supply.