Putnam Plastics Corporation

Expanding its capabilities to include advanced laser machining and short pulse and ultra-short pulse laser technologies, Putnam Plastics includes an in-house tool shop, which allows it to design custom tooling and fixtures to handle a variety of materials and tubing in need of laser machining.

Putnam Plastics Corporation has developed an advanced tri-layer tubing technology that significantly improves tensile and burst strength, while reducing elongation. Super-Tri tubing is made with a proprietary extrusion process and aids in the prevention of wire lock-up in catheters where guidewires are used.

Putnam Plastics Corporation has increased its range of custom PEEK extrusions for medical devices to include large diameter, thin wall tubing for endoscopy and laparoscopy procedures. This new offering extends Putnam’s thin wall, PEEK tubing range from microcatheter sizes up to 1 inch (25.4 mm) diameter.

Putnam Plastics has added variable pitch braid and coil reinforcement to its portfolio of variable flexibility medical catheter shaft technologies. These continuous manufacturing technologies are designed to reduce cost and improve product performance of complex shafts traditionally assembled manually.

Putnam Plastics Corporation has developed a line of polymer marker bands for fluoroscopic illumination of catheter tips used in minimally invasive medical procedures. These bands reduce costs by eliminating traditional gold or platinum marker bands and offer greater adhesion to catheter shaft tips.

Putnam Plastics Corporation, a leader in advanced extrusions for minimally invasive medical devices, has developed a proprietary process for manufacturing custom monofilament fibers up to 0.100 inches (2.54 mm) in diameter from performance materials such as nylon and polypropylene. Oriented, large diameter fibers offer substantial strength properties to replace metals in applications that require x-ray transparency or non-magnetic properties for MRI applications.