UK medical device injection moulders
6 March 2023
Reassessment of supply chains and technology advancements are making specialist UK injection moulders a more attractive option for medical device manufacturers.
Helping medical device manufacturers
Tex Plastics Barnstaple has developed a successful track record for helping medical device manufacturers develop plastic housings for their prototype product casings. Offering a comprehensive ‘concept to completion’ project solution, which utilises white room and clean room plastic injection moulding. The business has carved out a reputation for helping medical device manufacturers develop concept projects through the prototype stages into low volume production runs and beyond.
Smaller volumes of clean room plastic injection moulding
There seems to be an appetite for plastic injection moulding in a clean room environment for smaller volumes. This is a niche area Tex Plastics has capitalised on, largely as a result of working with medical device manufacturers to develop prototypes and initial production run quantities.
Usability testing and clinical trials
These units may be used for summative usability testing and clinical trials, and they are suitable for initial release to market. Refinements from user feedback and production process can still be made, in addition to incorporating any user requests and identify cost-saving measures in the assembly process.
Injection moulding has many applications in the medical sector
Where many other moulders concentrate solely on clean room manufacturing for the sector, Tex Plastics has found its own niche in visually perfect none intrusive products supporting a number of the industry’s key players by manufacturing a variety of plastic products for use within the medical device and health care sector.
- Disposables
- Implants and Orthopaedic Devices
- Surgical Instruments
- Diagnostic and Patient Monitoring Components
- Medicine Delivery Systems
- Ophthalmic Devices
- Medical Packaging
Specialists in the development and manufacture of medical devices, components and packaging
Tex Plastics has a Class 7 Clean Room manufacturing cell for injection moulding and component assembly of non-sterile medical products. As well as an extensive white room moulding area that services many different market sectors. Our reputation for meticulous project management of comprehensive tooling validation protocols including Scientific Moulding disciplines means customers know Tex Plastics assures technical capability and a competitive edge with a clean room production facility operating at maximum efficiency.
Medical devices standard 13485
With the increase in medical device plastic injection moulding, Tex Plastics has now achieved the medical device industry’s most widely used international standard for quality management ISO 13485. This is the medical industry’s optimal medical device standard, which ensures that all medical devices meet the proper regulatory compliance laws and customer needs. Manufacturing bespoke high-quality medical device plastic components which are accredited to ISO 13485, will open up even more doors in the sector.