Miro Manufacturing serves a variety of industries: agriculture, appliance, heat transfer, heavy truck, medical, power distribution, and recycling. Though one might think these industries have little in common, we have uncovered through our decades of experience that they actually do share one critical thing: complex challenges.
While other contract manufacturers shy away from such challenges, Miro takes them on and thrives. We have a proven track record of successfully managing projects that involve developing new parts, creating tooling, and optimizing existing parts and tooling simultaneously for improved performance.
In this blog, we’ll explore how Miro delivers quality sheet metal components for medical equipment manufacturers.
What Is Medical Equipment Manufacturing?
Medical equipment manufacturing is the design, production, and distribution of a range of medical devices, instruments, and equipment used in healthcare facilities.
The term “medical equipment” encompasses everything from simple tools like tongue depressors to devices that diagnose, monitor, and/or treat medical conditions, to implantable devices, and countless other items required by doctors and medical facilities to care for patients.
At Miro, our extensive knowledge and experience in sheet metal manufacturing lends itself to the manufacture of non-implant, durable medical equipment, such as components for patient transport, for use in the field and in medical facilities.
Medical Equipment Manufacturing Throughout History
Examples of modern technology and manufacturing are all around us, even in the doctor’s office, but the development of devices for medical use actually goes back millennia.
Ancient Times
The early civilizations in Egypt, Greece, and Rome used materials like bronze, iron, and copper to make basic medical tools, including scalpels, forceps, needles, and cauteries.
The Middle Ages to the 19th Century
Medical knowledge during medieval times was rudimentary (and oftentimes wrong), as were the tools used. Doctors during this time used basic instruments from bloodletting, a common treatment for a wide range of ailments, amputations, and wound treatment.
The 19th Century
The 19th century was the dawn of modern medical manufacturing. During this time, the medical profession became more regulated, requiring equipment that met regulated standards. This century saw the invention of key pieces of medical equipment still used today: the stethoscope, hypodermic syringe, and ophthalmoscope. Additional scientific advances, like Louis Pasteur’s and Robert Koch’s discovery of germs, greatly influenced the development of medical devices.
Early 20th Century
Medical equipment manufacturing as we understand it today emerged in the early 1900s. The 1930s was an especially significant decade for medical manufacturing, as the globe prepared for World War II. In the United States, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 was the first law to define medical devices officially.
The Mid-20th Century to Today
The post-World War II economic boom led to new innovations in the medical device industry. The field of imaging technology advanced thanks to X-rays, ultrasounds, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. Other sophisticated devices developed during this time include artificial heart valves, cochlear implants, and dialysis machines.
Advancements in computer technology led to the introduction of computerized and software-based medical technologies.
1976 was a landmark year in the United States: the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was given authority to review and monitor medical devices. In the decades since, subsequent laws have refined regulations, approval processes, and patent systems for medical devices.
How Miro Serves the Medical Equipment Manufacturing Industry
Given the role durable medical equipment plays in saving lives and improving patient care, Miro is proud to support this industry with our sheet metal stamping, fabrication, and machining capabilities. What we manufacture often falls under either the durable medical goods or patient transport category as well as metal control boxes and components for surgical equipment and robots. One thing Miro does not manufacture is medical implants.
We have worked with our customers “from start to part,” collaborating with engineers throughout the design phase, educating them on sheet metal’s characteristics to optimize designs for manufacturing, and designing and building special tooling to manufacture the end parts.
Why Miro Manufacturing is Your Ideal Partner for Medical Manufacturing Projects
Miro’s suite of sheet metal manufacturing capabilities, including stamping, fabrication, and CNC machining, make us a key partner to medical equipment manufacturers, especially those looking to re-shore their manufacturing or narrow their list of domestic suppliers.
Our customers expect quality parts, and we deliver. To us, “quality” is more than just a word on our website or the name of a department: it’s our mandatory standard that we are committed to continually improving to exceed expectations.
Because we have capabilities that enable us to complete so many processes in-house, we can accurately forecast and hit delivery dates to keep our customers’ projects on schedule.
Our approach to contract manufacturing is to build collaborative relationships. As your manufacturing partner, we are here to guide you through your project from inception to production. For the outstanding service we provide, we are proud to offer competitive pricing.
Let us quote your next durable medical equipment project: https://www.miromfg.com/rfq/.
