26Mar 2021 by sam tilkins
Micro Molding the Tiniest Parts On Earth

Micro Molding the Tiniest Parts On Earth

Articles, Isometric
Micro Molding the Tiniest Parts On Earth Isometric's Donna Bibber and Brent Hahn were recently interviewed by Design News about the growing trend of miniaturization and the micro molding industry. The demand is seen in many markets, from fiberoptic connectors to intraocular surgical instruments. “Our main customer base has been medical and drug delivery device OEMs. Our value is in solving miniaturized device problems for fitting into tiny spaces such as surgical endoscopes, insulin pumps, wearable devices, transdermal needle arrays to name a few,” Donna Bibber, CEO at Isometric, told Design News.  “We also produce implantables, where the parts hold a slow-release drug in the body that dissolves. Or the parts hold a hernia mesh together with material that is designed to dissolve.” Donna Bibber, CEO In addition, the duo…
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21Nov 2017 by sam tilkins
Eye, Blood, and Joint Fluid Traveling Devices- Where Micro Molding Meets 3D Printing

Eye, Blood, and Joint Fluid Traveling Devices- Where Micro Molding Meets 3D Printing

Isometric, News
Eye, Blood, and Joint Fluid Traveling Devices- Where Micro Molding Meets 3D Printing It’s long been known that micro vs. macro physics have thwarted some efforts to create micro components and assemblies.  The study of Newtonian (fixed viscosity) and Non-Newtonian fluids (variable viscosity) fluids have an unique impact on developing and scaling drug delivery devices and body-fluid flow.  Non-Newtonian fluids can be found in the blood, the eye, and in joint fluid and micro implants, swallowable devices, and tiny motion devices can be helped along with a change in viscosity. This research also brings 3d printing and micro molding technologies together, which will happen more and more as the 3d printing and materials very quickly are developed.  Isometric is excited to be positioned well in this market space.  Kudos to Max…
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27Sep 2017 by sam tilkins
What is a Brain Perfusion Phantom?

What is a Brain Perfusion Phantom?

General, Isometric, News
A brain perfusion phantom is a 3D printed plastic brain that allows surgeons to practice mechanical thrombectomies. A mechanical thrombectomy is a procedure where surgeons thread a wire from the chest, through the neck, and into the head to pull clots out of the brain of a stroke victim. As you can imagine, there are a lot of risks associated with this procedure, like the wire loosening another clot from the wall of the artery and it lodges in the heart, lung, or brain. Computer simulations of this procedure exist but are extremely expensive to purchase for med students to use. And as you can imagine, neurosurgeons need extensive training on this procedure before working on a human being. That is why a UConn Health radiologist and a medical physicist…
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13Jul 2017 by sam tilkins
Micro Scale Manufacturing

Micro Scale Manufacturing

Isometric, News
The Big Trend For Small Devices is Drug Delivery One day in the late 1980s, Donna Bibber looked over the shoulder of a “mad scientist” colleague at Corning Life Sciences – he was working on lab-on-a-chip technology, and Bibber realized that it could be a game-changer. She is now Vice President of Isometric Micro Molding, which addresses the growing market need for expertise in device miniaturization. Isometric specializes in making and assembling tiny components, primarily for medical device companies. Some of the work is quite experimental – only around one approach in ten gets taken to the next level – and, as Bibber puts it, they have to “kiss a lot of frogs.” Bibber divulges the current trends and challenges in the world of the production of micro-scale drug delivery…
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