Contract R&D

For more than 40 years, the name Zeus has been synonymous with innovative products that make life-saving technology possible.

We know first hand how powerful collaboration can be having applied this approach for more than 40 years to develop such widely accepted standards of care as shunts, catheters, grafts, and stents. The synergy generated through the shared dialogue and development efforts of medical researchers and practitioners, device manufacturers, and component suppliers like Zeus is a proven formula for taking concepts to commercialization.

We serve as a creative consortium that provides multi-national corporations as well as start-up biotech firms with critical intellectual and physical resources along with extensive experience in polymer science, contract research and process development. Engage any or all of these resources; the choice is yours.

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If you have an idea or would like to talk with us further about new product development. Your secure email will reach one of our top-level research scientists, and we will contact you to discuss your idea further.  

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Contract Research

Zeus can help you condense the R&D phase by supplementing your own efforts with our advanced research services. Staffed by a multidisciplinary team of scientists & engineers , our analytical lab is certified and equipped with the most advanced technology and custom machinery. We deliver expert analytical services in a secure, confidential environment, providing results in a timely, responsive manner that enhances and advances your project.

Zeus adds value at every stage of the development continuum via services that include, but are not limited to:

  • Design consultation
  • Research and testing
  • Materials analysis
  • Materials characterization and selection
  • Prototype development
  • Assembly solutions

Once your concept is proven, we also can assist with limited scale up for clinical trials and other testing, the design of custom production equipment and processes, and ultimately, assist commercial scale up for market entry.

Zeus partners with multi-national medical device corporations and entrepreneurial biomedical firms to develop and successfully commercialize technology that is the standard of care, including:

  • Endovascular devices
  • Catheters
  • Grafts
  • Stents
  • Diagnostics
  • Orthopedics

Polymer Science

When it comes to polymer expertise in the medical device industry, Zeus has no equal. We have experience with virtually every engineered plastic used in the medical device industry today, including thermopolymers, thermosets, and PTFE used in catheters, grafts, shunts, stents, diagnostics and orthopedics. We are polymer scientists, creating custom polymer formulations that may include pharmaceuticals and biomaterials. This is particularly advantageous with emerging technologies where the polymer formulation must match the application, rather than the other way around. Zeus’ ability to design to the end use means that scientists don’t have to compromise their ideas strictly to fit current components.

Zeus materials scientists are adept at matching polymers to the desired performance requirements. Specifically, we can identify or create materials for advanced and emerging applications such as tissue engineering as well as those where porous media and modulated degradation profiles are mandatory.
  • Product specifications
  • Polymer formulations
  • Polymer selection
  • Polymer characterization
  • Commercial processing into the desired component

Wherever your ideas take you, Zeus is a powerful enabler utilizing advanced polymer science and unprecedented industry knowledge. We can create novel polymers and high-performance engineered polymer components for virtually any application to include:

  • High performance engineered polymers
  • Alloys
  • Custom blends
  • Integration of pharmaceuticals
  • Biomaterials

Process Development 

Integrity and confidentiality have been Zeus cornerstones for over 40 years. During that time, we have collaborated with physician researchers and medical device companies from initial “ideation” through the manufacture of commercial products This unique creative consortium of science and technology can accelerate and streamline development because of multiple perspectives. Leveraging intellectual capital in these ways has proven to be a highly effective pathway to success.

Zeus collaborates with physician researchers and medical device companies from initial “ideation” through the manufacture of commercial products. This unique creative consortium of science and technology can accelerate and streamline development because of multiple perspectives. Leveraging intellectual capital in these ways has proven to be a highly effective pathway to success.

Zeus excels at creating new processing technologies as well as the processes themselves necessary for new medical devices. Our multi-disciplinary team provides solutions for prototyping, manufacturing and assembly that pave the way to commercial reality.

Because Zeus operates within the highly technical, highly specialized medical device industry where each application is unique, we have become expert in the development of new processes. These include, but are not limited to:

  • Method development
  • Assembly methods
  • Resin formulations
  • Melt extrusion
  • Paste extrusion
  • Reactive extrusion
  • Injection molding
  • Electro/solution spinning
  • Ultrasonic welding
  • Laser cutting and marking
  • Adhesion
  • Surface modification
  • Coatings

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Contact us now to evaluate samples of our extruded tubing or request a quote. To locate regional distributors, contact a technical account manager at 1.800.526.3842 or 1.803.268.9500.
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