Pacific Plastics & Engineering (PPE) has reportedly added another sterile cleanroom to assemble medical devices used in minimally invasive surgery known as laparoscopy.
The company’s move has resulted in new medical device jobs. According to a report filed by mercurynews.com, Pacific Plastics & Engineering has grown to 92 employees, including six new hires working in design engineering, tooling, assembly and quality assurance.
The company, according to plasticstoday.com, has added another stand-alone 1000-ft2 Class (7) 10,000 cleanroom within the facility’s existing footprint. The new cleanroom contains automated lines for assembly and secondary operations including pad printing, assembly, and heatstaking. This expands the company’s production line to include two Class (7) 10,000 cleanrooms, the first containing six presses, and five Class (8) 100,000 soft-walled cleanrooms. Both of the Class (7) cleanrooms represent the only hard-walled cleanrooms in the Northern California area, notes the company.
Under start-up incubation services, PPE delivers a diverse array of services for utilitarian, affordable design, development, manufacturing and pre-clinical testing of innovative medical products.
The company also supports in medical device design, engineering, materials selection, production, and tooling solutions. The company creates 3D models that are ready for funding proposal presentations and early stage testing. Prototyping and quality are essential during the design and development phases. When 3D models and computer simulations do not provide optimum data, the designers and engineers at PPE produce a tangible, testable prototype.
Medical devices produced are used for:
- Cancer testing
- DNA assay testing
- In-vitro applications
- Anthrax detection
- Pacemakers
- Spinal ablation
- Orthoscopic procedures
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