Industries Served – Medical Device

Best Technology is located in Minneapolis, MN, arguably the medical device capital of world…. Big names like Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Abbott, and the list goes on and on are located in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Twin Cities. With these big names has sprung up start-ups that manufacturer components of some devices. And with those components come parts that require medical equipment cleaning.

Common Medical Devices

• Cleaning Ti pacemaker / defibrillator case halves
• Bone screws
• Orthopedic implants
• Battery components cleaning
• Surgical scalpels
• Orthopedic implant passivation
• Surgical instrument passivation
• Robotic instrument passivation
• Surgical stapler passivation
• Pacemaker/defibrillator electronic circuit boards
• Surgical biopsy instruments

Typical Systems

• Precision medical device part cleaning using closed loop automated wash-rinse-rinse dry system
• Multi-tank manual medical ultrasonic cleaning equipment
• Stainless Steel Medical Device Automated Precision Cleaning and Citric or Nitric Acid Passivation
• High Precision Cleaning Vapor Degreasers with 3M Novec Engineered Fluid

Medical Device Industry Case Studies

• Medical Device Guidewire Automated Ultrasonic Cleaning and Passivation System
• Manual Benchtop Ultrasonic Citric Acid Passivation System
• Medical Device Surgical Part Deburring Centrifugal Barrel Polishing Finishing System
• Ensuring Quality: Medical Device Cleaning in the Manufacturing Process

Due to this large concentration of medical device companies in Minneapolis, MN, Best Technology’s focus has been in the medical device industry. The owner, Mike Bangasser, worked at Boston Scientific for years as a manufacturing R&D process design engineer and he brings this experience to help our customers. Not only does he help select the right parts cleaning machine for the process but he also aids in the process development, design and validations.