Ultra-fine holes in medical catheters can be achieved by laser drilling

Catheters are widely used in the medical industry as auxiliary treatment equipment, and are used in endotracheal intubation, ventricular drainage tubes, T-tubes, deep vein catheters, wound drainage tubes, urinary catheters, gastric tubes/nasogastric tubes, intravenous indwelling needles, infusion tubes and many other aspects. Due to some process requirements, it is necessary to punch holes in the catheter. Due to its application in the medical industry, its process requirements are relatively high, so the holes must be accurate in diameter and of good quality. Our common catheter materials are: silicone, latex, plastic and TPE. So, how are medical catheters made of these materials opened?

Laser drilling machine is a commonly used medical catheter hole-making equipment. The laser drilling machine adopts the principle of high-energy laser beam to penetrate the catheter. It has the advantages of high processing accuracy, standard aperture, good edge effect and high efficiency, avoiding the shortcomings of different apertures and broken edges of traditional drilling methods. The non-contact processing method of laser drilling makes the catheter surface free of mechanical stress, friction scratches, etc., greatly improving the product quality. The traditional method of drilling holes in medical catheters is drilling.

But it is easy to run the drill, drill deviation, etc., and the use of laser drilling machines does not have this convenient problem at all. The laser marking machine is used with a fixture, and the drilling position is accurate and efficient. Moreover, laser drilling does not require any consumables, and can also realize fully automatic drilling processing without manual operation. Compared with the traditional drilling process, the speed can be increased by 10~1000 times, which is a device that integrates efficiency and quality.