Multilayer coil with high flexibility and torsional rigidity realize optimal torque transmission in tortuous anatomy for precise deployment and delivery.
Metal Tubing
Flexible metal tubing formed by single/multifilar/multilayer coil, designed to balance flexibility, elongation resistance, and torsional rigidity by adjusting numbers of filar/layer.
Act One (Cable Tube)
Multifilar coil with excellent torque response, elongation resistance, and flexibility ideal for maneuverable delivery catheter for stable positioning.
Wire Coil
Single filar coil with excellent flexibility and compression resistance is often used for the catheter shaft's outer coil and endoscopic device.
WIRE ROPE
Flexible metal tubing formed by single/multifilar/multilayer coil, designed to balance flexibility, elongation resistance, and torsional rigidity by adjusting numbers of filar/layer.
Wire Rope
Designed to balance flexibility, elongation resistance, and high strength, typically used for angulation wires in endoscopy and medical robotics forceps.
Flexible Drive Cable
Flexible cable realize high flexibility and torque force transmission, ideal for drive cable for atherectomy, impeller, anchoring, and device release mechanism.
Torque Rope
Wire rope achieves 1 to 1 torque transmission, typically used for endoscopic clips and forceps, required flexibility and precise rotational control.
COATING
Flexible metal tubing formed by single/multifilar/multilayer coil, designed to balance flexibility, elongation resistance, and torsional rigidity by adjusting numbers of filar/layer.
Precoating
Fully PTFE coated each filar add excellent lubricity to both inside and outside of the single/multifilar coil.
Inner Tube Assembly
Internal coating is applied to metal tubing to add lubricity, chemical isolation, or surface preparation to the tubing inside.
Outer Coating
Outer coating adds lubricity, low coefficient of friction, chemical resistance, and electrical isolation to metal tubing and wire rope.
BRAIDED SHAFT
Flexible metal tubing formed by single/multifilar/multilayer coil, designed to balance flexibility, elongation resistance, and torsional rigidity by adjusting numbers of filar/layer.
Tie Layer
A thin thermoplastic tie layer (8μm) enhances adhesion between the outer jacket and inner liner to reduce delamination.
PTFE Liner
Ultra-thin PTFE liner maximizes the catheter lumen for smooth delivery, with exceptional coating thickness consistency streamline your catheter manufacturing.
Braid-Reinforced Shaft
Engineered shaft with our process ensuring exceptional consistency, realize excellent trackability, pushability, and deliverability for catheter manufacturing.
EXTRUDED TUBING
Flexible metal tubing formed by single/multifilar/multilayer coil, designed to balance flexibility, elongation resistance, and torsional rigidity by adjusting numbers of filar/layer.
Multi Layer Tube
With our co-extrusion process, our seamless tubing meets critical design tolerance. Ideal for handling high pressure evenly, such as a balloon catheter.
Single Lumen Tube
Polymer extrusion tubing with high concentricity and excellent surface condition enables the catheter to handle high pressures consistently and effectively.
Variable Durometer Tube
Our automated process eliminates labor and welded points for smooth transition between soft tip to a hard proximal end for excellent blood vessel trackability.
MACHINING & ASSEMBLY
Flexible metal tubing formed by single/multifilar/multilayer coil, designed to balance flexibility, elongation resistance, and torsional rigidity by adjusting numbers of filar/layer.
End Termination
Eye, loop, ball, and threaded studs end are available to be a permanent end termination on the wire rope where it connects to the load.
Processing on Surface
The swaging and flat-grinding process to improve the mechanical property. Auger with one spiral wire on the surface is available for Archimedes screw.
Laser Welding & Assembly
Laser weld, plasma weld, EDM, and L-grinding are available for combining different mechanical properties of metal tubing into one shaft, and for end treatment.
POWER TRANSMISSION
Flexible metal tubing formed by single/multifilar/multilayer coil, designed to balance flexibility, elongation resistance, and torsional rigidity by adjusting numbers of filar/layer.
Flexible Drive Shaft
Small diameter flexible shaft offers excellent performance during high-speed rotation through obstructed or curved path, ideal for limited space applications.
Flexible Rack
A flexible rack with stainless steel wire rope core, ideal for the rack section, needs to be flexible, high-force movement, and low-noise operation required.
Synchronous Round Belt
Its round design allows the wire rope to draw in 3-dimensional, makes it easy to design a linear-motion system, especially in limited space application.
OEM & ODM
Flexible metal tubing formed by single/multifilar/multilayer coil, designed to balance flexibility, elongation resistance, and torsional rigidity by adjusting numbers of filar/layer.
Other
Flexible metal tubing formed by single/multifilar/multilayer coil, designed to balance flexibility, elongation resistance, and torsional rigidity by adjusting numbers of filar/layer.
Wire Rod Coater
The wire-wound is precisely made to minimize scratches on the surface, control film thickness very accurately, and realize precision coating quality.
Comparison of Properties
| Lumen |
Torque transmission (low tortuosity) |
Torque transmission (high tortuosity) |
High-speed rotation |
Flexibility | Push/Pull | Compression | Elongation |
Breakng strength |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CABLES |
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|
Wire rope |
X |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
|
Torque rope |
X |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
|
Drive cable |
X |
5 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
|
COILS |
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|
Round Wire |
✔ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
|
Flat wire |
✔ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
|
CABLE TUBES |
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|
ACT-ONE |
✔ |
5 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
|
Torque coil |
✔ |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
POLYMER TUBES |
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|
Single lumen |
✔ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Stainless-steel braided tubes |
✔ |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
Legend
5 – Highest applicability
1 – Lowest applicability
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Question:
Are off the shelf products available?All components are custom-made. Off the shelf products are not available. Contact us for a bespoke offer.
Question: What sizes are possible?
ACT-ONE cable tubes OD range is between 0.2 mm – 4.0 mm. For more information, please contact us!
Question: What is the price of Asahi Intecc medical components?
Price depends on quantity, complexity and optional treatments. Please contact us for more information.
Question: What is the lead-time for our components?
Our custom-made wire rope and sIngle-layer cable tubes such as ACT-ONE have an average lead-time of four weeks. For more complex cable tubes and sub-assemblies, six to eight weeks should be expected.
Question: What is the minimum order quantity (MOQ)?
The MOQ is 20 parts for cut components or 1,000 m for spool-based products such as wirerope.
Question: Where are the components produced?
All prototype phase products are made at the Osaka R&D Center in Japan. For orders above 1,000 parts, production is usually transferred to our Thailand or Vietnam factories.