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LISI MEDICAL
Strengthening the
traceability of medical
instruments
Another world, other issues. The area of
medical implants and ancillaries in which
LISI MEDICAL operates, is constantly undergoing
technological changes. The division is involved
in a large number of research programs and
brainstorming on these issues. For example, it
is a member of the pilot group that conducts
research on improving the traceability of surgical
instruments coordinated by the National
Research Center on RFID (CNRRFID). Such
research on the applications of RFID (remote
identification through radio frequency chips) aim
to link users and manufacturers of ancillaries
to find solutions to ensure better traceability of
all instruments throughout their use on various
patients and sometimes in various hospitals. In
that context, LISI MEDICAL is in charge of finding
ways of inserting RFID chips into the ancillaries
designed and manufactured in the division,
taking into account the various constraints they
face throughout their use in hospitals.
These new constraints are an adventure
playground on which LISI’s teams are progressing
apace, encouraged by the research and
development efforts deployed by the Group.
The resources made available to researchers
are in line with the ambitions and goals of
excellence that have been set. Across the
automotive, aerospace and medical divisions,
the LISI Group development teams are working
both upstream, on materials and processing
research, and downstream, on the very design
and development of our fasteners solutions.
3D PRINTING
TO ACCELERATE
PRODUCTION
Constantly looking for new manufacturing methods, the
division is highly interested in quick production technologies
on metal powder, similar to the Additive Layer Manufacturing
(ALM) process, which uses the laser electronic beam. These
studies highlight the benefits of 3D printing techniques, used
in rapid prototyping, compared to conventional processes
like casting or forging. This research has not only shown
that these methods improve the properties of the parts
manufactured using these techniques, but they also reduce
the production time considerably. An interesting solution
for those customers who want very short manufacturing
lead times, parts validations that are very close to mass
production, as well as single implants used for specific
pathologies.