08/05/2026
A material can pass every prototype test and still fail in production.
Why?
Adhesive compatibility. Sterilization requirements. Converting limitations.
The biggest material selection risks often don't appear until it's too late.
Our latest article explores what engineers should evaluate before a design is frozen and how early manufacturing involvement can prevent costly surprises.
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By Ron Romain, Senior Development Engineer and Scott Irwin, Sourcing Engineer Material selection is one of the first decisions a development team makes and one of the last problems they expect to pop up. Yet in medical device development, the materials chosen in early design sessions routinely becom...