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Engineers love solving problems. But sometimes they’re solving problems that didn’t need to exist in the first place. We’ve seen it happen more than once. A customer brings us a medical device design that works well on the bench and everyone is excited, but they have no idea how it can be manufactured. Figuring out…

Mechanical thrombectomy has become one of the most important advances in stroke treatment over the past decade. As physicians continue improving outcomes for patients with acute ischemic stroke, demand for new thrombectomy technologies continues to grow. Startups, strategic medical device companies, and physician inventors are looking for ways to improve access, simplify procedures, increase clot…

Catheter-based procedures continue to move deeper into the body, into smaller vessels, and toward more complex anatomy. Physicians are treating conditions through less invasive access points, navigating more difficult pathways, delivering more advanced therapies through smaller, more advanced devices. That is why catheter miniaturization matters. Smaller catheters support less traumatic placement procedures, expanding treatment options…

Founded in 1996, Phil Leopold and Andy Leopold made a decision that was both professional and personal. They wanted to work together, and they wanted to bring Andy’s family closer to Phil and his wife, Ginger. So, they started Medical Murray with a simple idea: Take on hard engineering problems and solve them in a…

When designing a catheter, shaft performance is often where success or failure is determined. Pushability, torque response, flexibility, and kink resistance all depend heavily on catheter shaft design and reinforcement strategy. One of the most important design decisions in catheter development is how the shaft is reinforced. Most engineers think of reinforcement as a choice…

Sterilization validation is one of the final steps before a medical device moves toward regulatory submission or commercialization. For many teams, it also becomes a bottleneck. Validation studies can take months to complete, especially when a new sterilization cycle must be developed from the ground up. But in many cases, there is a more efficient…

Verification and Validation (V&V) testing is a critical milestone in medical device development. It’s where teams generate objective evidence that a device meets design requirements and performs as intended. Yet many V&V programs run into delays, failed tests, or repeated studies. In most cases, the issue isn’t the testing itself, it’s how the program was…

As a medical device approaches regulatory submission or commercialization, the focus shifts from design iteration to verification and validation (V&V). This phase provides objective evidence that the device meets design requirements, performs as intended, and is safe for clinical use. For minimally invasive devices such as catheters, delivery systems, and implants, a complete V&V program…

Scaling a catheter program is not simply about increasing production volume. It is about increasing maturity across four critical areas: device design, manufacturing process, quality system, and cost structure. Most catheter programs move through three distinct phases: Each phase serves a distinct purpose. When expectations are aligned with that purpose, catheter scale-up becomes predictable, controlled,…

Women’s health has been underrepresented in medtech for far too long.Not because the clinical needs are small, but because they have often been treated as niche. We do not see it that way. At Medical Murray, women’s health is not a side category or a temporary focus. It is a critical and growing area of…