How custom springs play a pivotal role in the medical equipment industry and healthcare.

Did you know that high-quality metal springs like those made by respected specialty spring manufacturer, Tennessee Spring and Metal, play a pivotal role in the medical industry? Thanks to our high-quality 100% traceable metal, excellent customer service, and reliability, our springs can save lives.

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10 Ways Metal Springs Are Used In the medical equipment industry and healthcare.

Custom Springs For Medical Devices and Equipment

Springs are used in medical devices and equipment, such as surgical instruments, diagnostic tools, and imaging devices. They provide essential functions like tension, compression, and torsion (depending on the type of spring). Springs enable medical equipment like forceps, clamps, retractors, and endoscopes to stretch, hold, fold and bend ... things.

Surgical Steel Springs For Implantable Medical Devices

We’re doing our part to keep the TSA on their toes. Springs are often used in implantable medical devices like pacemakers and insulin pumps. They also help control the release of medication, regulate fluid flow, and enable the device to adapt to changes in the patient's body, ensuring proper functionality and comfort.

Spring-fed Surgical Tools and Equipment

Springs are the key ingredient in surgical tools that require precise force, tension, or compression. They are critical for creating the just-right amount of pressure or tension for cutting, suturing, or manipulating tissues during surgical procedures.

Putting a Spring in Your Step: Prosthetics and Orthotics

Metal Springs are used in prosthetic and orthotic devices to mimic natural joint movements and provide support. They help enhance mobility and comfort for people with limb amputations or musculoskeletal disorders.

Spring-loaded Medical Packaging

We’re going to spring a surprise on you with this one: Metsal springs are even used in medical packaging! Springs can help secure and protect delicate medical instruments, vials, and containers from damage during shipping. They prevent movement and cushion against shocks during transportation and storage.

Drug Delivery Systems

Springs are also used in different types of drug delivery systems, such as auto-injectors (like life-saving epi-pens) and inhalers. Did you know that springs can control the release of medication and ensure accurate dosages are administered?

Springs Show Up In X-rays and Diagnostic Equipment

Custom springs can be used in diagnostic equipment like blood pressure monitors, ultrasound probes, and imaging machines. They aid in the movement and positioning of components critical for accurate diagnostics.

Guided by Springs: Catheters and Guidewires

When used in catheters and guidewires, steel springs provide flexibility, shape memory, and stability during insertion and navigation within the body.

Springs Get You There: Mobility Aids

Springs are used in mobility aids like wheelchairs and mobility scooters to provide shock absorption and cushioning, enhancing comfort and reducing strain on the body.

In the medical industry, precision, reliability, and biocompatibility are critical requirements for any component, including springs.

Back to Braces, Y’all!

Springs are used in dental applications like orthodontic devices, dental braces, and other dental equipment to apply controlled pressure and force for straighter (if not whiter) teeth.

Tennessee Spring and Metal is also happy to work closely with medical professionals and engineers to design and produce springs that meet these stringent criteria and contribute to the overall safety and effectiveness of medical devices and equipment. Our sister company, FluidForming Americas also works with medical engineers and medical equipment manufacturers to fabricate precise metal components. FluidForming’s high forming pressures enable the formation of repeatable, organic shapes commonly used throughout the healthcare industry.

For more on how springs are vital to our health and well-being, check out June’s post. For more on custom springs, read this. Contact Tennessee Spring and Metal online or call us at 1-800-497-3545.

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10 Surprising Reasons Why Metal Springs Are Lifesavers In the Medical Equipment Industry