Abstract:

Medical devices are often complex injection molded plastic parts. Many of these plastic parts' internal features need to be molded accurately in order to perform their proper functions as medical devices. Irrigation nozzles and irrigation valve bodies are typical examples of such hollow parts. Molders of small complex molded plastic medical devices that have internal features, can 3D scan and inspect all features of their parts with the CGI cross-sectional scanning technology. This proprietary 3D scanning technology accurately and completely captures all surfaces, inside and out, of an injection molded part. The scanned data can be: 1) inspected against the blueprint, 2.) compared to the 3D CAD model, or 3.) surfaced into 3D CAD. Many major injection molders of medical devices currently use this 3D scanning technology to speed the new design of their medical devices to market.