Medical Devices & Syringes Pad Printing
At Unique Assembly and Decorating, we have years of experience decorating medical devices and syringes, including pad printing medical housing devices and plastic medical housing components, syringe screen printing, and more. We maintain the highest level of process control to ensure ultimate repeatability and permanent ink adhesion, two essential components of medical device and syringe printing. From pad printing plastic medical housing components, to screen printing syringes, we have the equipment and expertise to get the job done. Learn more about medical product printing and medical device pad printing!
Medical Device & Syringe Pad Printing Capabilities
Our years of experience mean we have successfully printed decorations on a wide variety of medical devices and syringes. From plastic to glass, we use pad printing, hot stamping, and screen printing depending on each of our clients’ specific needs. We offer easy solutions for difficult geometries including cylindrical, concave, and convex.
Common medical devices we are able to print:
- Catheters
- Trocars
- Cannulas
- Shafts
- Handles
- Microcatheters
- Sheaths
- Housing
- Tubes and hypo tubes
- Heat shrinks guide wires
- Connectors and components
- Marker bans and depth markers
Common syringes we are able to print:
- Disposable syringes
- Pre-filled syringes
- Safety syringes
- Auto injection devices
Pad Printing Automation 4 Station
Medical Device & Syringe Printing Processes
Pad printing on medical devices and syringes
Pad printing is the best option for printing on medical devices and syringes. It is used to transfer a 2-dimensional image – such as company logos, labels, and measurements – on medical housing devices and syringes. Pad printing on medical housing devices and components uses a silicone pad to transfer the image onto the item. It offers extremely fine detail and tight multicolor registration – a necessity for medical devices and syringes.
Screen Printing on Medical Devices & Syringes
Screen printing can be used on many different types of medical devices, but it is most popular on syringes. Syringe screen printing allows the transfer of large opaque images onto cylindrical plastic or glass syringes. In this process, a screen made of very fine mesh is used to apply the ink.
Hot Stamping Medical Devices & Syringes
Hot stamping is a dry process that uses heat and pressure to transfer reflective metallic foil or high-gloss opaque foil to a medical device or syringe. It can also be used to decorate raised areas like letters.
Pad Print Tooling Multiple Images
Medical Device and Syringe Quality Assurance
At Unique Assembly and Decorating, we know incorrect printing on medical devices and syringes can have serious consequences. So, we follow detailed standard operating procedures to maintain the highest level of process control, overall organization and white room cleanliness to ensure the integrity of each medical device printing project. As a 9001:2000 ISO-certified company, Unique Assembly and Decorating uses specific procedures to ensure quality control, including ink adhesion testing, print color matching and certificates of conformances.
Before any printing on medical devices or syringes can occur, Unique Assembly and Decorating must first identify the appropriate medical grade ink for the project. At Unique we offer medical class VI complaint inks made specifically for medical devices and syringes. To be qualified as medical grade, inks must go through many tests prescribed by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention to ensure that they are fit for human contact. These tests include an acute systemic toxicity test, intracutaneous test and implantation test.
We evaluate each project to make sure we accomplish permanent adhesion which is required in the medical device and syringe industry. Ink adhesion – the attachment process of ink to the surface of rigid material – is important for medical devices and syringes. To accomplish great ink adhesion, sometimes surface treatment is required.
A cleanroom environment is essential to ensure the safety of the product as well as freedom from contaminants and harmful chemicals or debris. We use a controlled environment white room for screen printing, hot stamping, and pad printing medical devices. The floor and walls are sealed and painted, high tact mats are located at entrances and no corrugated boxes or materials are allowed inside the room. Traffic inside the room is limited to necessary operators, supervisors, and quality control personnel only. The people inside the room wear Tyvex coats, hair nets, beard covers and rubber gloves at all times. These measures ensure that a cleanroom is maintained to complete the printing process.
Unique Assembly and Decorating follow strict FDA specifications and certification timelines. We work within ISO 13485 requirements as well as all applicable FDA and EU regulations.
The placement of identification markings on syringes must be extremely precise. A syringe printing inspection is required to verify that the orienting is in the correct place on the syringe barrel and that there are no smears, gaps, or blots.
Materials We Print On For Medical Devices & Syringes
Our highly trained staff will work with you to find the best, most cost-effective printing or decorating solution for your unique project, especially in regard to medical devices and syringes.
Plastic
At Unique Assembly & Decorating, we have over 20 years of experience plastic part decorating and printing on plastic parts for injection molders and other plastic part manufacturers. Armed with that experience, we can decorate or print on nearly any plastic material. We have experience printing logos and other text on plastic medical parts, promotional items, cosmetic bottles, electrical components, plastic buckets, and more! We offer multiple pretreatment options for polyolefin plastics such as polypropylene or polyethylene.
Plastics We Print On
- Polyethylene
- ABS
- Polypropylene
- Polycarbonate
- Polystyrene
- Nylon
- Delrin®
- Cycoloy®
- Valox
- Acetal
- Urea
- K-resin
- Other plastics considered too difficult to decorate or print
Glass
Unique Assembly & Decorating offers a range of glass product printing services for printing flat, cylindrical, and contoured glass objects. We have a proven track record for ink adhesion, durability, and cost-effectiveness of all finished glass products. Using ink designed specifically to adhere to glass parts, we are capable of pad printing, screen printing, or industrial digital inkjet printing a variety of glass parts.
Glass We Print On
- Clear
- Colored
- Frosted
- And More!
Metal
No matter the type of metal your part is made of, Unique Assembly & Decorating has the proper ink systems and printing processes to meet your metal part product decorating needs. Based on the project specifics (e.g., image size, number of colors, part size, quantity needed, etc.), Unique will help determine whether pad printing, screen printing, or industrial digital inkjet printing is the best solution for your metal part product decorating project.
Metals We Print On
- Bare Metal
- Stainless Steel
- Anodized Metal
- Painted Metal
- Powder Coated Metal
- And More!
And More
With over 20 years of experience in the rigid part decorating and rigid material pad printing industry, we are capable of printing or decorating nearly any rigid substrate including – plastic, glass, metal, ceramic, wood, and leather. Our product printing and decorating options include pad printing, screen printing, industrial digital inkjet printing, hot stamping, and heat transfer decal decorating. By offering a full list of product printing and product decorating options, we are able to provide the best product printing or decorating option for each product.
Other Materials Include
- Wood
- Leather
- Ceramics
- Some rubber and silicone products
Quality Control & Cleanliness
In addition, we follow detailed standard operating procedures to maintain the room's cleanliness, to create work area separation and to perform line clearances to ensure the separation and integrity of each medical device printing project. Lastly, Unique works closely with each customer to develop a specific SQP (supplier quality plan) that outlines the step-by-step procedures for receiving, setting up the pad printing, hot stamping or screen printing process, in-process inspection, and final inspection for each medical device printing project. This detailed quality plan ensures that these hot stamped, screen printed, or pad printed medical devices will meet or exceed the quality standards of each project.
Project Gallery
Unique Assembly is able to print or decorate nearly any rigid surface – flat or cylindrical, concave or convex, raised or recessed, and painted or coated surfaces.
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We have the capabilities to work with companies across the US and are excited to work with you on your upcoming project!
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Unique Assembly & Decorating, Inc.
2550 Wisconsin Ave,
Downers Grove, IL 60515