BMS expands textile engineering capabilities
Adds a cleanroom for medical device textile production and plans to hire more staff
Biomedical Structures (BMS), a US provider of biomedical textiles for medical devices and other clinical applications, has expanded its textile engineering capabilities with the addition of a cleanroom for medical device textile production.
The Warwick, Rhode Island-based company said the new facility has been purpose-built for manufacturing finer PET fibres, DSM Dyneema Purity, and other mono- and multi-filament fibres for orthopaedic, cardiovascular and general surgery applications.
The company has also expanded its braiding capabilities with multiple new 16-carrier braiding machines, as well as a 48-carrier model for improved production capacity of polymer and wire braiding.
BMS said it plans to support the expansion by hiring new technical staff to complement its engineering expertise. More sales engineering and project management expertise will be added in the near future.
BMS president John Gray said: “These expanded capabilities for more advanced engineering and production of our biomaterials will allow us to innovate further and deliver at the level our customers have come to expect.”
BMS offers expertise in knitting, braiding, weaving, nonwovens, and composites, and uses implantable-grade absorbable and permanent fibres in orthopaedic, general surgery, tissue engineering, cardiovascular, bariatric, cosmetic surgery, and veterinary applications, including implantable devices, drug delivery technologies, and surgical instrumentation.
