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Medical Device Manufacture
Medical manufacturers build innovative medical products and components using a wide range of materials with properties that are often difficult to balance without compromise. Through March Plasma Systems’ surface modification technology, manufacturers and designers solve problems or meet challenges by creating the desired surface properties without impacting the selected bulk material properties. Plasma delivers superior performance, higher quality and reliability with improved bonding, increased wettability, hydrophilicity, hydrophobicity, lubricity and biocompatibility. It removes nano-level contaminants, introduces specific functional groups and deposits a variety of biocompatible coatings.
March Plasma Systems provides innovative plasma processes and equipment to meet specific application requirements of the medical industry. Medical manufacturers and suppliers can select from March’s full line of batch and in-line systems to easily integrate plasma technology into all phases of product development and manufacturing. Whether the manufacturing environment requires high-speed automation, standalone or cleanroom processing, March has the ideal solution for lean medical manufacturing.
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Medical Device Applications Team
James D. Getty, Medical Device Market Manager
Dr. Getty leads March’s Applications Engineering and Business Development activities, including the Marketing activities supporting the business’ Semiconductor, Printed Circuit Board, and Life Sciences market segments. Dr. Getty joined March in 2000. Prior to March Dr. Getty has held positions in the semiconductor industry. Dr. Getty has a B.S., Chemistry from the University of California at Irvine and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of California at Davis.
David Foote, Sr. Staff Applications Engineer
Mr. Foote has an extensive background in chemical vapor deposition (CVD) with a focus on plasma enhanced CVD. Prior to working with March he developed processes in the semiconductor and semiconductor equipment industries. He holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. Mr. Foote has been granted over 35 patents.
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