Core wire Grinding

1. Core Wire Length: Ranges from 40cm to 300cm, providing versatility for various medical procedures.
2. Core Wire Diameter: Measures between 0.012″ and 0.038″, ensuring compatibility with different anatomical structures.
3. Minimum Grinding Size: Precision grinding capability down to 0.05mm, facilitating intricate procedures with utmost accuracy.
4. Grinding Accuracy: Maintains a high level of precision with a tolerance of ±0.002mm, ensuring consistency and reliability.
5. Flattening Thickness: Falls within the range of 0.04mm to 0.08mm, balancing flexibility and support during navigation.
6. Customizable Flattening Length: Tailored to specific procedural requirements, enhancing adaptability and performance.

What is it?

Core wire grinding is a specialized process that precisely shapes thin wires used in various medical devices, like catheters, guidewires, and stents. These wires, called core wires, play a crucial role in delivering instruments and treatments within the body. Grinding allows them to achieve specific diameters, tapers, and profiles necessary for their intended function.

Grinding allows for:

• Creating specific shapes and profiles: This enhances device functionality and flexibility for navigating delicate anatomical structures.
• Achieving precise diameters: This ensures proper fit within blood vessels and other narrow passages.
• Smoothing the wire surface: This minimizes friction and potential damage during procedures.

Beyond the general applications mentioned earlier, core wire grinding plays a crucial role in shaping various components within medical devices:

• Guidewires: As the core element, the ground wire provides the foundation for shaping the final guidewire with its desired flexibility, tip design, and surface characteristics.
• Stents: Core wires are used to create the expandable scaffold of stents, often undergoing intricate grinding to achieve specific expansion properties and strut configurations.
• Catheter components: Core wires can be shaped into various catheter components, such as shafts, balloons, and delivery mechanisms, requiring precise grinding for optimal functionality and compatibility with guidewires.
• Electrodes: Core wires are used in electrodes for cardiac and neurological procedures, where grinding ensures precise tip shapes and facilitates smooth insertion.
• Surgical instruments: Core wires can be ground into intricate shapes for various surgical instruments, offering strength and flexibility for specific tasks.