Machine Solutions Inc. (MSI) offers a solution to the labor intense, tedious, and unreliable process of pleating and folding angioplasty and stent deployment balloon catheters. The core, patent pending Balloon Form/Fold/Set Equipment (FFS) features our unique Wavepleat™ mechanism that allows for precise, consistent, and repeatable balloon profiles without the need for operator hand folding. Our FFS equipment is made to customer specifications allowing great flexibility in meeting a variety of requirements.

The FFS equipment from MSI provides many advantages over alternate methods, some of these include:
• Substantially reduced process cycle times.
• Uniform, repeatable, longitudinal pleat geometry including the balloon tapers.
• Consistent balloon unfolding during stent deployment.
• Optimized folded balloon profiles.
• May influence rewrap, depending on balloon material and thickness.