AMETEK SMP Develops
New Titanium Strip Products for
Ground-Breaking Medical Applications
Hamilton Precision Metals and SMP Wallingford, two of the six businesses that
comprise AMETEK Specialty Metal Products (SMP), are delighted to announce
that they have added two new Titanium strip grades – grade 9 and 23 – to their
product portfolio for medical applications.
Having developed a proprietary production
devices that enable safe, external re-charging for
process for both Ti grades, the two AMETEK
a range of transformative neuromodulation and
facilities are now able to produce a thin strip
neurostimulation therapy applications.
that ultimately offers external charging
capabilities for implanted medical devices
“Our new Titanium strip grade products are set to
when incorporated to the external shell. This
make a major contribution to the treatment of
new production technology involves a cold
Parkinson’s disease, sleep apnea and chronic pain
rolling and annealing process that yields
without the use of opioids,” said Matt Lappen,
titanium strip with outstanding microstructure Product Manager for SMP Strip Business. “We’re
characteristics and formability properties.
very excited to be a part of this ground-breaking
therapeutic advance.”
Historically, Ti grades 1 and 2 are used for
implantable medical devices such as CRM cardiac
Hamilton Precision Metals and SMP Wallingford
rhythm management and drug delivery systems.
exhibited at the MD&M West on Feb. 5 at the
However, these grades don’t offer non-contact
Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
charging capabilities for batteries. Using grades
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9 and 23 allows for the manufacturing of smaller
.