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Precision Medical Glass (PMG) manufactures precision glass and technical ceramic components for OEM and research partners. ISO 13485 certification enables PMG to meet your strict medical requirements, while our lineage includes over 40 years of experience succeeding with the most difficult projects. PMG offers machining, polishing, coating, hermetic sealing (including glass laser welding), and glass and ceramics bonding. PMG manufactures micro-optics and components down to < 1mm dimensions.

ISO13485:2016 certified

Optical

Ophthalmic and orthoscopic optics, reticles for medical assembly, optical filters for spectroscopy, the need for manipulating light is paramount for many medical applications. PMG understands this requirement for accuracy, timeliness and value.

Non-Optical

Precision sensors, lab-on-chip applications, encapsulation, extreme wear, electrical insulation, the non-optical applications within the medical component market are vast.

Lab and Measurement

Custom slides, precision tooling, exacting optical coatings and filters for spectroscopy are just a few of the areas medical labs and measurement fields employ glass and ceramic components.

Wafer Scale

As volumes grow, the ability to mass produce components on a wafer scale becomes more and more important. PMG regularly builds components for the medical market at wafer scale.

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Reticles
Micro-Optics
Light Pipes/Homogenizers
Prisms
Flat Optics
Cylindrical Optics
Cuvettes
Optical Filters

Reticles

Reticles, also known as graticules, are patterns of lines or markings that are built into the eyepiece of an optical device.

Windows

Micro windows with dimensions under 1mm (.04") are used as a protective cover for sensitive micro-optical systems.

Prisms

Prisms are optical tools that disperse, distort, or manipulate light beams. They can also rotate, reverse, or invert images.

Micro Light Pipes

Micro light pipes focus and homogenize or smooth out incoming light, often from multiple light sources.

Light Pipes

Light pipes, often called light guides, direct light from a source to where it is needed.

Homogenizers

Light homogenizers are optical components that make light beams more uniform by eliminating variations in intensity.

Micro-Prisms

PMG knows that the world keeps getting smaller. We have built many different micro prisms for our partners.

Traditional

Almost any coating can be added to these optics, allowing complete design flexibility.

Windows

Protection from external elements, redirection of light, or blocking of specific wavelengths are some of the more common applications.

Wedges

Optical wedges, also known as wedge plates or wedge prisms, are optical windows with a controlled lack of parallelism between their surfaces.

Rod Lens

A rod lens is a specialized cylindrical lens with a high aspect ratio, meaning its length is much greater than its diameter.

Cylindrical Lens

A cylindrical lens, also known as a cylinder lens, is an optical lens that focuses light into a line instead of a point.

Cuvettes

Optical Cuvettes are small, sealed square glass containers used in laboratories to measure the optical properties of solutions.

Optical Filters

Optical filters are designed to transmit one portion of the optical spectrum while blocking other wavelengths.

Tooling

Precision tooling can be made of glass when precision is paramount, or CTE is a concern. Tooling can also be manufactured from technical ceramics when heat, abrasion, or significant durability is of primary concern.

Valves

Technical ceramics are an ideal material for precision valves. The extreme hardness of these materials means longer life for critical and difficult-to-replace components.

Precision Tubes

PMG inherits world-class capabilities for precision glass tubes. These tubes are frequently used for critical pressure transducer applications where precision is critical.

Traditional Medical Glass

Glass is preferred in several medical applications due to its unique properties, such as biocompatibility, chemical stability, optical clarity, and durability. These characteristics make glass ideal for various medical devices, implants, and equipment. Here are some areas where glass is a preferred material in medical applications:

Hermetically Sealed Glass

Glass laser sealing is an innovative process that opens up new possibilities for wafer- level electronics encapsulation based on hermetic all-glass housings. The hermetic fusion is created by an extremely precise laser. Here, glass is only bonded to glass at the touching surfaces an area of just a few micrometers

Biocompatible

Glass is used in human implants in various forms and for different purposes thanks to its unique properties, such as biocompatibility, chemical stability, and durability.

Optical Filters

Optical filters are designed to transmit one portion of the optical spectrum while blocking other wavelengths.

Reticles

Reticles, also known as graticules, are patterns of lines or markings that are built into the eyepiece of an optical device.

Micro-Optics

Almost any coating can be added to these micro-optics, allowing complete design flexibility.

Laser Sealing

Metal Soldering

Plating glass with precious metals such as gold or platinum allows for a hermetic seal to be created by brazing or soldering the tubes to a header or other component.

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Precision Glass Components

Optical

Non-Optical

Lab and Measurement

Wafer Scale

Optical

Reticles

Windows

Prisms

Micro Light Pipes

Light Pipes

Homogenizers

Micro-Prisms

Traditional

Windows

Wedges

Rod Lens

Cylindrical Lens

Cuvettes

Optical Filters

Non-Optical

Tooling

Valves

Precision Tubes

Medical

Traditional Medical Glass

Hermetically Sealed Glass

Biocompatible

Optical Filters

Reticles

Micro-Optics

Laser Sealing

Metal Soldering

Wafer-Scale

Wafer-Scale Components

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