Request for Proposal
Status: RFP is Closed
Licensing, product acquisition, contract research, proof of concept leading to scale-up to manufacturing, joint development, supplier agreement.
Phase 1 – Feasibility evaluation, proof of concept
Phase 2 – Technology adaptation/optimization
All terms to be negotiated between the Solution Provider(s) and the Client sponsor, as warranted.
RFP Title
NineSigma, representing a Global Leader in medical devices, invites proposals for technologies that can create micron scale structures on metal surfaces. The challenge is to obtain a robust micropatterned surface with a high aspect ratio that can maintain the surface characteristics in a high pressure, high temperature environment. The approach must be applicable to curved (non planar) metal surfaces.
Microstructures on the surfaces of medical devices have many advantages for the various medical application. Surface patterning imparts critical functional features to the device, such as anti-fouling, hydrophobicity, adhesion, etc. The RFP sponsor is seeking innovations that allow creating precise microstructured patterns on non-planar metal surfaces.
The technology must:
Preferred features
Possible approaches might include, but are not limited to:
The following approaches are not of interest:
Your response should address the following: