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How to Decide Which End Fitting You’ll Need for Your Flex arm Device

February 17, 2022

Flexible arms are easy to adjust and stay in place, but just as important are the end fittings for your flex arm device. End fittings provide mounting features that the flex arm alone can’t achieve, and can help make motions that allow the device to be easier to use. Rotation at one or both ends…

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Custom Flex Arm Components vs Engineered Components: What’s the Difference?

February 9, 2022

Let’s say you have a great idea for a medical device and you think a custom flex arm component might be needed. You shop around, find one you like, work with your supplier then realize: you’re going to need an engineered solution for your end fitting. Will it be too expensive? How is a custom…

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Be Nimble: How HatchMed is Changing the Game for Patient Care One Device at a Time

February 2, 2022

Med Tech is an exciting field where breakthroughs in technology happen nearly every single day. That’s exactly where HatchMed stands: at the very forefront of patient care. We had a great conversation with the team at HatchMed, a medical device manufacturer who works with Moffatt, to understand the challenges they face, how they created some…

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How to select a flex arm end fitting for your medical device

January 22, 2022

An end fitting should be like a seatbelt, integral to your end-users’ experience – but when it’s working best it means they’re probably not thinking about it. That means your end fitting needs to be seamlessly integrated with your flex arm and the rest of your medical device.  That said, with so many options finding…

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