Marian offers die cutting, material slitting, and clean room contract manufacturing for the medical market. With extensive experience, innovative manufacturing capabilities, and a robust quality management system, Marian supplies customers with a turnkey process from prototype through clinical trials to final packaged product.
Marian’s quality certifications include ISO 13485, FDA registered facility, cGMP, and cleanroom manufacturing. We have ISO 13485 certifications in Monticello, Suzhou, Chicago, and Singapore, allowing a global reach for medical manufacturing needs.
Contact Marian to learn more about our die cutting capabilities and see how your applications and processes can improve.
Medical Manufacturing Overview
Advanced Medical Component Fabrication
Medical programs rely on consistent performance and controlled manufacturing. Marian supports these needs through structured workflows that deliver accurate medical components using precision die cut materials across development and production.
End-to-End Prototype Development
Marian’s prototyping process allows customers to move quickly from CAD concepts to functional die-cut medical components that reflect real production conditions. Early evaluations help refine material selection, material thicknesses, and specific shapes, ensuring components perform as intended before verification builds.
Using techniques such as rotary die cutting, steel rule die cutting, slitting, and island placement, prototypes are produced from compatible die-cut materials so engineers can assess adhesion, fit, handling, and assembly alignment. This approach reduces redesign cycles and prepares devices for smooth progression into larger builds.
High-Precision Multi-Layer Processing
Many die-cut medical products require multi-layer constructions for adhesion, fluid management, protection, or structural support. Marian’s controlled lamination processes maintain alignment and tight tolerances across films, foams, adhesives, and release liners.
Using methods such as rotary die processing, precision slitting, and high-speed production, layers remain consistent through scaling. These capabilities support applications in wound care, diagnostics, wearable sensors, and drug-delivery patches, where accuracy directly affects device performance.
Innovative Die Cut Solutions for Medical Devices
As medical designs evolve, Marian supplies die-cut solutions for the medical industry that support dependable function, comfort, and assembly efficiency.
Flexible Films and Adhesive Innovations
Programs requiring skin-contact adhesives, barrier films, membranes, and protective layers benefit from Marian’s ability to convert adhesive tapes, films, and liners using controlled medical die cutting. These parts are used in patches, surgical drapes, diagnostic devices, and health-monitoring systems. Processes such as kiss cutting and rotary die cutting services support clean edges, predictable release, and consistent functionality.
Foam, Gaskets, and Specialty Components
Foams, gaskets, spacers, cushioning pads, and insulation elements are produced through calibrated medical device die-cutting workflows. Using steel rule die cutting, modular lamination, and precision die cutter setups, Marian manufactures die-cut parts that provide sealing, protection, thermal performance, or mechanical spacing without compromising sensitive substrates.
Benefits of Choosing Our Medical Die Cutting Expertise
Marian provides precision die cutting for the medical device industry, supported by a global manufacturing network and rigorous quality systems. Here are some reasons why you should choose us:
Strict Regulatory and Quality Compliance
Marian operates FDA-registered, ISO 13485-certified facilities with ISO 6 and ISO 7 cleanrooms that ensure controlled processes, traceability, and consistent die cut products. This infrastructure supports programs requiring validated cleanliness, reliable conversion, and compliant packaging materials.
Global Manufacturing Support and Logistics
With multiple certified locations, Marian delivers coordinated supply, harmonized production methods, and scalable custom precision die-cutting medical capabilities to meet regional and global demands.
Expert Design Collaboration and DFM Guidance
Marian’s engineers work closely with device teams early in development to align geometries, materials, and manufacturing approaches. This ensures each component supports efficient assembly and reliable performance across the full die cutting lifecycle.
Medical Industry Solutions
Advanced Wound Care
- Wound dressings
- OTC bandages
- Surgical tapes and drapes
- Device fixation
- Composite dressings
- Ostomy care
- IV dressings
- Trauma kit components
Health + Beauty
- Cosmeceutical pads
- Scar therapy patches
- Anti-wrinkle pads
- Wart removal products
- Under-eye pads
Wearable Device + Diagnostics
- Health monitors
- Transdermal drug delivery
- Device components
- Nasal screens
- Electrode pads
- Wearable sensors
- Security/ ID device
- Glucose monitoring strip components
Medical Electronics Devices
- Gaskets + seals
- Specialty films for displays
- Multilayer components
- Bonding + joining components
- EMI shielding + grounding
- Foam spacers + cushion
- Thermal management components
Manufacturing Capabilities
Marian offers precision converting/die cutting, narrow width precision slitting, island placement, and multi-layer lamination. We also offer clean room manufacturing to limit contamination during production.
Packaging Capabilities
- Pouches: barrier, heat-seal, cold-seal
- Thermoform packaging
- Blister and clamshell packaging
- Labeling and printing: serialized in process
- Automated cartoning
- Product assembly (kitting)
Medical Grade Thin Flexible Materials
- Pressure sensitive adhesives and tapes
- Silicone, acrylic, hydrogel
- Skin-contact, gentle release tapes
- PORON® Polyurethane Foams
- Foams and sponges
- Fabrics, filters, mesh
- Membranes and films
- 3M™ Medical Device Materials
Blog Posts
Device Packaging for Converted Products
Die-Cut Solutions for Rapid Diagnostic Testing
Wearable Device Design: Selecting a Stick-to-Skin Adhesive
Wear Studies and Skin-Contact Adhesive Selection
3M™ Hi-Tack Silicone Adhesive Tapes for Wearable Devices
5 Things to Know About Wound Care Device Manufacturing
Cleanroom Manufacturing: Converting for Medical Applications
Choosing a Medical PSA
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) in Device Design
Solutions for Medical Device Assemblies
Resources
FAQs About Medical Die Cutting Services
Here are the answers to some common queries that can help you with sound decision-making:
What Types of Medical Devices Can Benefit From Die Cutting?
Applications ranging from diagnostics and patient monitoring to advanced wearables use a variety of precision die-cut components.
Marian manufactures custom die-cut components for a variety of applications, including wearable and transdermal patches, diagnostic devices, medical equipment and electronics, health and beauty, advanced wound care, and more.
Can Marian Create Custom Precision Die-Cutting Medical Components?
Yes. Marian manufactures die-cut medical components for a variety of applications. All Marian locations work with customers in the medical industry, whether they’re making medical electronics, diagnostic devices, wearable devices, health and beauty applications, advanced wound care, and more.
Our capabilities allow us to produce parts using techniques like die cutting, slitting, island placement, and multi-layer lamination.
While all our locations manufacture die-cut components for medical applications, our facility in Monticello, Indiana, is FDA registered and focused on manufacturing components in cleanroom settings for applications with strict cleanliness requirements.
We also have packaging capabilities, including pouches, thermoform packaging, blister and clamshell packaging, labeling and printing, automated cartoning, and kitting.
How Does Marian Ensure Quality in Medical Die Cutting?
Medical applications have very strict requirements, including the cleanliness of the space where custom components are manufactured.
Marian is certified to ISO 13485, FDA registered, cGMP, and operates ISO 6 and ISO 7 cleanrooms. This helps us ensure the highest quality is offered, and consistent parts are produced for medical applications.
What Materials Are Used for Medical Die-Cut Products?
Because medical applications range from electronic monitoring devices used in hospital settings and doctors’ offices to wearable devices that stick to the body, there is a wide variety of thin, flexible materials used for custom medical solutions.
Wearables, advanced wound care, and health and beauty applications require thin, flexible materials that not only adhere reliably to the skin for the desired period of time, they also must be removed without harming the user, so choosing the right skin-contact material is imperative.
Diagnostic devices utilize several die-cut components, including microfluidic foam, silicone gaskets, spacers, filters, and more. These components are used for sealing, vibration damping, cushion padding, EMI/RFI shielding, bonding, thermal management, and more.
Are Rapid Prototypes Available for Medical Die-Cutting Projects?
Yes. Marian uses a variety of different processes to provide rapid prototypes and sample orders for our customers in the medical industry. All we need from you is a CAD file, preferably in .dxf format, and any relevant information about your part, and we can often complete your prototype within 24 to 48 hours using in-house materials.