KALM Manufacturing Engineering
                                                                     
  Areas of Expertise      
                                               
  Medical Devices    

KALM's experience in the development of medical devices includes:

  • Devices for long term implantation
  • Transient invasive devices
  • Active devices
  • Disposables
  • Reusable surgical instruments

Our involvement in the development has included building the device specifications, product design and engineering, material selection, building the technical file, establishing and implementing the Quality Assurance system, document control, failure analysis, prototype production, and beta site production.

KALM interfaces with the relevant notified bodies and represents our clients and their products during the initial audit and subsequent regular audits as required. Over the years we have helped our clients achieve ISO9001:2000, ISO13485:2003, and CE approval for their facilities, processes, and products.

Examples of medical devices with which KALM has been involved include:

  • A disposable rigid sigmoidoscope incorporating a video camera and integral illumination system along with channels for insufflation, irrigation, and surgical procedures.
  • An extracorporeal vascular access device, consisting of a long term implantable port and disposable connector. We built and managed the design and technical tiles meeting ISO 13485, CE and FDA requirements.
 
We have also been involved in a number of other medical device projects that cannot be publicized at this time due to confidentiality issues.
 
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  Electronic Enclosures                                

KALM designs and builds electronic enclosures to clients’ specifications. Below are a number of examples:

  • An electronic enclosure with 5 motherboards for 15 Inserted Cards:
                       
   
  • RF switch box
 
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  Product Development                              
 

KALM has worked on the development of a number of products including:

  • Camera housings for security cameras
  • Development of the gear box and interface for a robot that provides motion on two radial axes from one axes of origin
                 
                                                                         
 
  • A robot for testing electronic cards by insertion and removal of the cards using a rack and pinion mechanism.
         
 
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  Production Tool and Test Equipment
 

A number of samples of the production tools and test equipment that KALM has produced can be seen below:

 
  • Chip Holder for ultrasonic welding
         
                                                   
   
  • Jig for the separation of the cartridge from the bullet without leaving marks on the bullet
 
   
                       
  • Body Armor Penetration Resistance Testing Machine
                     
                                               
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  Documentation  
   
 
  • Production files for medical video equipment.
  • Operating Manuals for Medical Equipment and Machinery.
  • Medical Device CE and FDA 510K Documentation.
  • Risk analysis using the Failure Mode Evaluation Analysis (FMEA) methodology. For an advanced Colonoscope, Video Rectoscope and Cellular Phone Antenna Production.
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