Having been involved in the design and manufacture of many medical products, experience has shown me that most times customized equipment is required to manufacture them. Designing and building one‑off pieces of customized equipment is typically expensive and time‑consuming.

The focus of this design project was to build cheaper and more versatile equipment to manufacture medical guidewires. My solution, still in use today, originated from my childhood love of building Erector Set models, blended with my engineering degree knowledge of flexible manufacturing cells.