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The purpose of this Tech Note is to provide data for comparison of Confluent Filmcast PTFE to RAM Extruded PTFE to assist customers in choosing the right material for their specific application. Click the link below to learn more about this comparison and email [email protected] for a custom quote today. ...continue reading

Confluent Medical Technologies (Confluent) has recently announced the completion of a new Biomaterials Manufacturing Center at their Textiles Center of Excellence in Warwick, Rhode Island. This expansion enables Confluent to combine their textiles expertise with these new material technologies, offering novel textile solutions that promise improved patient outcomes. Biomaterials such as decellularized collagen have an ...continue reading

The International Conference on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies (SMST) took place in Carlsbad, California on May 16th-20th, 2022. SMST brings together a diverse group of worldwide experts active in the field of shape memory and superelastic materials. There was be a full-day Nitinol workshop followed by a four-day technical program that covered a host ...continue reading

The Confluent Orange County, CA center-of-excellence for balloon catheters and extrusion, has expanded into a new Prototyping Lab and increased its capabilities with a new state-of-the art Polymer Laser. The Confluent Orange County site focuses heavily on front-end R&D, prototyping and customer development support.  The site has continually expanded its technical capabilities, and has plans ...continue reading

Confluent Medical Technologies has added Calendar Textile Finishing capabilities at our Warwick, Rhode Island facility to advance what’s possible with woven and knit textiles.  This tech expansion enables tailored fabric thickness and permeability properties of biomedical textiles, controlling profile and porosity of textiles used in transcatheter devices. Calendering is a textile finishing operation, pressing a ...continue reading

Confluent Medical’s New Polymer Tubing Site Offers Lead Times of 4 Weeks or Less for PTFE Liners, Polyimide Tubing and Multi-layer Composite Tubing SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Confluent Medical Technologies (“Confluent”) announces today that their new High Precision Polymer Tuber center of excellence is offering lead times of 4 weeks or less. “We are excited to provide ...continue reading

Confluent Medical Technologies has expanded the capabilities at our Warwick, Rhode Island facility to support high-end-count braiding of Nitinol and metal wire components. The addition of 96/64-carrier braider combines Confluent’s broad biomedical textiles and Nitinol expertise to meet customer requirements for braided stents and frames in neurovascular and structural heart markets. The capability expansion establishes ...continue reading

Confluent Medical is a world leader in Precision Nitinol Tubing. Our vertical integration with in-house gun drilling offers competitive lead-times and pricing. Vertical Integration with In-House Gun Drilling Confluent is a world leader in developing advanced Mill Products and semi-finished Raw Materials. Technical Leader in Nitinol Tube and Wire Added large diameter tube capabilities up ...continue reading

Confluent Medical’s New Center of Excellence Offers Component Design Support, PTFE Liners, Polyimide Tubing and Multi-layer Composite Tubing (Scottsdale, AZ)- Confluent Medical Technologies (“Confluent”) announces today the official opening of their Chattanooga, Tenn., Specialty Medical Polymer Tubing center of excellence. This new state-of-the-art facility, expected to be operational in Q3 2021, greatly expands Confluent’s ability ...continue reading

(Scottsdale, AZ)- Confluent Medical Technologies is pleased to announce the Richard (Rich) Brown has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs. Richard comes to Confluent with over 30 years of experience in the healthcare sector. Throughout his career Rich has led multi-cultural, multi-disciplined teams through many challenging regulatory and ...continue reading