Norman Noble to use Raydiance Corporation's Smart Light ultrafast platform

Sep 23 2009

Raydiance Corporation, developer of the world’s first commercial-grade ultrafast laser, announced today that its Smart Light^TM ultrafast platform will provide the core technology for an advanced laser machining process, Noble UltraLight^TM, to be launched by leading contract manufacturer Norman Noble, Inc. The Noble UltraLight^TM process will enable highly precise, athermal machining of bio-absorbable materials, shape memory metals and other exotic materials for the medical device industry.

For over 60 years, Norman Noble has been at the forefront of micro-manufacturing innovation, rapidly adopting new technologies to provide the most advanced precision machining in the industry. In deploying Raydiance Smart Light^TM with its Noble UltraLight^TM process, Norman Noble will have the most advanced capabilities for creating exacting and reproducible features in vascular stents, drug delivery systems, catheter devices, valves, needles and other medical devices.

“We are pleased to be working with a company that has been a long-time leader in their industry,” said Scott Davison, president of Raydiance. “Highly reliable, commercial-grade ultrafast will have profound effects on a range of advanced manufacturing applications. Norman Noble is ideally positioned to provide these capabilities with its new Noble UltraLight^TM.”

Raydiance’s most recent product, Smart Light MD^TM , is a software-controlled, ultrafast fiber laser that enables practical, athermal ablation applications for the medical devices industry. Most immediately, Smart Light MD^TM is being deployed in integrated workstations to manufacture both metal and bio-absorbable micro stents for cardiovascular applications.