Norman Noble Adds Design and Testing Services

Medical device contract manufacturer Norman Noble Inc. now will provide additional design and testing services to its medtech customers. According to the company, the expansion of services streamlines the product commercialization process for customers, “freeing up internal engineering resources and enabling them to bring products to market more quickly and cost effectively.”

Design and testing services are essential to product development, product refinement, manufacturability, verification testing, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval.

New services include:

• Finite element analysis;
• Corrosion testing per ASTM F2129;
• Design model optimization for radial force, design for manufacturability, fatigue analysis, and raw material and process optimization;
• Test report data to support customer requirements for FDA regulatory compliance;
• Scanning electron microscopy analysis; and
• Nitinol austenite finish analysis using bend-free recovery per ASTM F2082 and differential scanning calorimetry per ASTM F2004.

“We understand how to develop and execute efficient, repeatable processes. With our new design and testing services, we’re applying the same level of expertise to a major part of the product development cycle,” said Norman Noble Chief Operating Officer Chris Noble. “Our assistance with design and testing enables our customers to heighten their focus on what they do best: anticipating, researching and conceptualizing innovative medical device technologies.”

Based in Highland Heights, Ohio, and established 68 years ago, Norman Noble is family-owned and operated. The company provides automated stent manufacturing, laser machining and welding, Swiss turning and milling, conventional and wire EDM, high-speed seven-axis contour milling, nitinol shape setting, and clean-room assembly and packaging. Prototype services also are available.