Medical Industry + Precision Manufacturing = Perfect Match

The medical industry and precision manufacturing is a perfect match. Manufacturing has long been associated with bulky machines, dirty equipment, oil, smoke and harsh chemicals. This is no longer the case when the medical industry meets precision manufacturing. You see a much different environment. Completely enclosed computer numerically controlled (CNC) lathes and machining centers have replaced the old bulky manual lathes and mills producing a much cleaner and safer environment. Clean rooms and finely tuned finishing and inspection procedures have been implemented to meet the high medical standards of sanitation and traceability. Precision manufacturers equipped with these standards, are manufacturing medical components which, either assist in medical procedures by making them less invasive, or are being used in surgical operations to replace or reinforce actual joints or bones.
To say that precision manufacturing has made the quality of life for all mankind better may be a little overstated. However, high tech manufacturing has made the quality of life for many individuals better. Hip replacements, ports, and other medical devices are being manufactured out of highly durable titanium.

Surely no one plans to have such an accident, but if it did happen the medical community along with precision manufacturers are better equipped to repair and rehabilitate human beings like never before. Many precision manufacturers have invested in high-tech equipment to keep up with the demand for these highly advanced medical devices. Laser welders and engravers are being utilized to weld small components and then serialize them for traceability. Three dimensional scanners and digitizers have been incorporated to map the human form so that medical engineers can develop prosthesis or modify other supportive technology.
When you look around you, it would be very difficult to find anything that has not been manufactured in one way or another. Now that prosthesis, joint, and bone replacements have all been established in medical procedures, we can now include parts of the human body among them. The medical community and precision manufacturers are continually making advances in design, and production technology, of medical equipment and devices. New breakthroughs in equipment are constantly being developed to push the limits of precision manufacturing capabilities to produce highly complex medical devices to improve the quality of life for the future.

For example: port implants can be implanted to assist individuals living with cancer, acquired immune deficiency syndrome or other life threatening illnesses, to aid in administering their own medications. Machine operators using 3D contour machining can actually replicate the face and human form. How does this affect quality of life? Lets say, for instance, you had a severe accident and part of your face was damaged. Through the use of 3D scanning and digitizing the uninjured side of your face may be digitized and modified to reconstruct parts of the injured side of the face – the technology is available.