What is a Vascular Disease?
Vascular disease includes any condition that impacts the circulatory system — the system of blood vessels (arteries and veins) which carry blood and nutrients throughout our body.
Vascular diseases range from minor defects in arteries to severe and life-threatening conditions, including
- stroke
- peripheral artery disease (PAD),
- abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA),
- pulmonary embolism (blood clots),
- deep vein thrombosis (DVT),
- chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), and
- varicose veins.
High blood pressure, cholesterol deposition, vascular injury and infections can affect the natural circulatory systems. In addition, obesity, diabetes, alcohol consumption, and tobacco smoking increase the risk of vascular diseases.
Lower leg access to vascular system
An Overview of the Vascular Device Market
The vascular device market is highly segmented based on the location of the disease in the body, disorder type, and end user. In general, it can be divided into four broad segments:
- Neurovascular
- Cardiovascular
- Endovascular, and
- Peripheral.
The global vascular device market has been recorded to value at $26.6 million in 2020 with growth prospects of $51.8 million by 2030, expanding at an annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.5% in the period between 2020 to 2030. This growth is mostly driven by the increase in the number of patients with cardiovascular disease, such as atherosclerosis, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, and other cardiac disorders. A growing number of hospitals and surgery centers also boost the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
What are Vascular Devices?
The main categories for vascular devices are:
- stents including peripheral stents, coronary stents,
- balloons,
- hemodynamic flow alteration devices, and
- catheters for intravascular imaging,
- vascular grafts, and
- closure devices.
The end user market segment is quite limited to the key medical device OEMs and vascular care providers, including the specialized vascular disease centers, hospital units, and urgent care units. This means that customer requirements, and patient demands require widely varied products.
Catheter delivery system w/ stent implant
Critical Components for the Vascular Device Market manufactured by AMETEK EMC
AMETEK EMC has been a leading manufacturing partner for vascular devices for decades. In addition to engineering and manufacturing advanced vascular device components, we also help to improve existing medical devices in a wide variety of vascular projects.
All three of AMETEK EMC’s expert brands
Avicenna &
Laserage, and
TSE serve this market.
- Laserage: engineers and manufactures vascular device components like stents, delivery catheters, imaging components takes place in the United States, Waukegan, Illinois. Manufacturing and engineering capabilities include laser-cutting, laser-welding, surface finishing, electro-polishing, and micro-blasting new vascular instruments and devices as well as advancing the existing vascular devices.
- Avicenna: manufactures vascular components and assemblies in the United States, Montevideo, Minnesota. The engineering and manufacturing team at this facility focus on the laser ablation of polymer materials where lasers are ablating small holes for fluid passthrough or larger surfaces for electrode placement. For this process precision and consistency are key.
AMETEK EMC’s laser-processed solutions are known to offer reliability, and accuracy, lower manufacturing & operational costs, and advanced functionalities to our clients. This directly leads to better value and patient outcomes for the OEMs.
- TSE: manufacture custom interconnects for the vascular device market. Surgeons tend to utilize capital equipment that needs to be connected to the patient or the catheter used inside the patient’s body during a vascular procedure. These interconnects are the result of collaborations between the OEMs’ project teams and TSE’s engineering team. First, specifications are devised for conductor details and connect requirements, then TSE engineers collaborate on component sourcing and detail processing to complete the required assembly.
Laser cut and laser welded Nitinol and stainless steel components for vascular implants and delivery systems.
Which Components does AMETEK EMC Manufacture for each Vascular Market?
1 - NEUROVASCULAR MARKET
As the leading provider of outsourced, customized precision components with capabilities in precision laser ablation of fine wire and shafts, AMETEK EMC has designed, developed, and manufactured solutions such as:
- Drug infusion catheters
- Embolic coil detach wires
- Embolic coil composite guidewires
- Magnetic positioning cables
- Vascular imaging interconnects
Vascular Access technology
2 - CARDIOVASCULAR MARKET
- Implant stent components
- Vascular imaging interconnect
- Embolic protection composite guidewires
- Implant delivery catheters
- Valve frames
- Atherectomy devices
Vascular stent
3 - ENDOVASCULAR MARKET
AMETEK EMC also provides outsourced engineering design services focused on :
- Catheter components and assembly
- Nitinol stent implants
Vascular stents
4 - PERIPHERAL MARKET
AMETEK Engineered Medical Components supports leading OEM companies in this market with manufacturing and engineering design services focused on :
- Nitinol stent implants
- Catheter components and assembly
- Valve frames
- Imaging inspection devices
Heart valve replacement implants
High Quality Biomaterials
AMETEK EMC manufactures vascular implants, and delivery components with industry-approved and standardized biomaterials. Most vascular implants are made of metal such as
titanium and titanium alloys as well as
Nitinol. Stainless steel and other high-value metals such as
Elgiloy, L605, and MP35N are also utilized for implants. Some implants can also utilize
polymer structures. The most common biomaterials in vascular delivery systems are
stainless steels and extruded polymer components and assemblies.
These biomaterials are industry accepted and reliable. They are used to provide accurate resistance, strength, and durability for vascular devices so they can provide optimal treatment for patients.
AMETEK EMC collaborates with clients to completely understand the requirements of each project, engineer simplified solutions, design, develop and experiment with prototypes, manufacture high-value solutions, and get the components validated for production every day.
The vascular device market is a broad market demanding reliability and innovation at a fast pace. With a team of expert engineers and 40+ years of experience in this market, AMETEK EMC has stood the test of time to continuously offer an advanced, creative, and efficient solution to clients.