Syqe Medical is using XJET additive manufacturing for the production of parts for its inhaler.
The pharma-tech company develops technologies that enable precise delivery of a wide range of therapeutic molecules by inhalation. The company is mostly acknowledged for the efficacy of treatment with medical cannabis using an Inhaler.
The precision of its Selective-Dose inhaler provides patients with optimum balance between symptom relief and adverse events, which makes it easier for them to regain their quality of life.
AM comes into play when these medical professionals wanted to create a high-precision, high-temperature and electrically insulated test facility for product development. They first searched for PEEK materials and traditional manufacturing methods that could meet heat resistance requirements but they were limited by the numerous adjustments to bring, long delivery times and expensive production costs.
“Realising we needed another solution, we turned to XJet,” elaborates Itay Kurgan, Product manager at Syqe Medical. “We have a wealth of experience with additive manufacturing technologies and whilst the polymer materials don’t have the heat resistance we needed, XJet ceramic materials are resistant to temperatures even higher than our requirements and of course they are electrically insulated. Minor design adjustments are very easy, and results are precise and repeatable, so we can achieve optimum accuracy and delivery times are very fast. Where all other options were flawed in at least one aspect, XJet provided the perfect solution.”
XJET’s patented NanoParticle Jetting is increasingly satisfying medical professionals across the industry. The company’s ceramic AM currently serves Straumann Group in digital dentistry. Not to mention that, last year, it helped in the fabrication of a cryotherapy probe that would prevent breast cancer.
Today at Syqe, the Carmel system will manufacture ceramic parts with superfine details, smooth surfaces and high accuracy; details that will be preserved with the use of soluble support material which simply washes away.
“Ceramics have some very valuable material properties, but it can be difficult to exploit them due to difficulties in the manufacturing process. XJet delivers all the benefits of ceramic materials, with accuracy and precision, but without the difficulties of traditional manufacturing,” says XJet CBO Dror Danai.
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