Innovative medical devices from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) get a lot of press. But many of those devices wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for innovative contract manufacturers and suppliers.

Working with materials as pliable as polyester and as strong as stainless steel, these companies are always innovating to create new or improved components that their customers want — or don’t yet know they need.

Here are some of the latest innovations from medtech industry suppliers, selected by the editors at Medical Design & Outsourcing and designed to assist physicians in performing procedures and to help patients heal.

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