In this episode, we have Noel Davison, PhD, the Director of Business Development at VIVOLTA BV, join us from The Netherlands. VIVOLTA is at the forefront of developing and manufacturing electrospun medical products on behalf of its clients, providing cutting-edge solutions for the medtech industry. Noel will be sharing insights into VIVOLTA's role as an innovative CDMO in the vibrant medtech cluster of The Netherlands, highlighting how this ecosystem fosters innovation and collaboration. For more information on VIVOLTA, visit www.vivolta.com

Steve and Noel explore the unique advantages of medical electrospinning over traditional lamination methods, particularly in stent and scaffold applications. Noel will discuss the tunability and scalability of electrospinning, and how it offers significant benefits over encapsulation methods, especially with non-resorbable and resorbable medical polymers. He also dives into the challenges of bonding to nitinol and cobalt-chromium scaffolds shares a compelling case study that showcases VIVOLTA's innovative approach and unique capabilities of manufacturing these types of electrospun products in their automated production systems.

Host/ Producer: Steve Maxson | Innovation & Business Development Manager | US Extruders

Guest: Noel Davison, PhD | Director of Business Development Officer | VIVOLTA

Announcer: Bill Kramer | President | US Extruders

Editor/ Original Music: Eric Adair | Marketing/ Business Development | US Extruders

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