Solutions That Touch Lives
Nordson EFD works with organizations like yours to develop innovative medical technologies. Everyday, we leverage our engineering expertise as a leading producer of precision dispensing systems. Our fluid dispensing solutions deliver precise and consistent quantities of adhesives, sealants, lubricants, and various fluids utilized in nearly all medical device assembly processes.
We put our decades of experience to work serving the medical assembly industry to make your projects successful.
Medical Device Manufacturing
Leading medical device manufacturers are developing more compact, lightweight, and advanced solutions.
Leading medical device manufacturers are developing more compact, lightweight, and advanced solutions.
Nordson EFD offers the consistent precision fluid dispensing required to satisfy the demand for enhanced process control, encompassing process validation and traceability. We recognize that the medical device and life sciences sectors must adhere to strict regulations for product quality and uniformity, rendering process control a vital concern.
We assist you in fulfilling these needs by:
- Concentrating on delivering solutions for deposits at the micron scale, as tiny as 0.5nL.
- Offering expertise in overseeing assembly procedures from the initial idea to the finished medical device, ensuring that your fluid dispensing solution is refined from research and development to mass production.
- Focusing on lab-driven decisions: Nordson EFD process engineers examine key stages throughout the development process to identify and resolve fluid assembly challenges, ensuring you can consistently and accurately apply tiny quantities of fluids onto materials or substrates that are difficult to reach.
- Facilitating the Industrial Internet of Things, empowering manufacturers to gather real-time data, and beyond. The acclaimed PICO Nexμs jetting system links high-precision fluid dispensing with Industry 4.0 efficiencies. Users are now able to oversee, regulate, and track jetting operations at each dispensing point through standard Industrial Ethernet protocols using programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and human-machine interfaces (HMIs).
- Providing expertise working with machine builders to develop manufacturing systems that make smaller, lighter, and more advanced medical device products than ever before.
Watch this video to see how our precision fluid dispensing products meet stringent FDA and other agency regulations for quality and product consistency.
For information about the production of diagnostic devices such as BGMs and CGMs or reagent dispensing for test strips, lab-on-a-chip, and more, visit our In Vitro Diagnostics Solutions page.
Bringing Medical Devices from Idea to Impact
End-to-End Fluid Dispensing Solutions
Why Partner With Us Early?
Too often, manufacturers pick their fluid first, then scramble to make it work later. That’s backwards. When you start with Nordson, you can focus on moving forward. We team up with fluid makers and bring serious dispensing know-how to the table. That means smoother production from start to finish — without the costly do-overs.
Setting the Foundation
You’re innovating quickly and chasing funding, all while trying to stay aligned with regulatory requirements. With so many unknowns and variables, it’s easy to head down the wrong path.
We help you start strong with expertise about fluid selection and application, backed by 60+ years of experience and global lab access. That means fewer false starts and more clarity moving forward.
Making It Work — the Right Way
Now your concept starts to take shape, but even small inconsistencies in fluid dispensing can create big problems down the line.
Our team helps you design with the end in mind, so there’s no need to backtrack later. We’ll work closely with your team to solve complex dispensing challenges, giving you the confidence of knowing that your prototype will perform consistently and scale smoothly.
Scaling Without Compromise
It’s go-time. The focus shifts to refining quality and producing at volume. You need repeatability and reliability.
We deliver production-ready dispensing solutions with full control at every point. With short lead times, smart inventory strategies, and global distribution, we help you stay ahead of demand. Add in global support, and you’ve got a partner that keeps your lines running and your reputation solid, wherever you are in the world.
The Nordson Advantage
Our goal is your success — not just at launch, but across the full lifecycle of your product. When you make the right decisions early, you have more time to focus on what really matters: creating life-changing medical devices for the people who need them.
Regulatory Approval
Partnering with Nordson from day one means fewer surprises. With faster regulatory approval times all the way through, you get an easier journey from design to delivery.
From Idea to Impact
Nordson EFD enables medical device manufacturers to move rapidly from idea to full production. Ready to build smarter and scale faster?
Let's bring your ideas to life with fewer setbacks and more regulatory-ready confidence.
Dispensing Applications
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Ablation Catheters
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Catheter Bonding
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Needle Hub Bonding
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Contact Lens Monomer
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Pacemaker Assembly
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Hearing Technology
Ablation Catheters
Ablation catheter manufacturing frequently requires microdots as small as 150 µm (0.15 mm) (0.006") diameter. Nordson EFD has designed a line of valves that enable dispensing in tight spaces at more complex angles. In addition, manual applications are supported with sophisticated handheld fluid dispensers. Innovative medical assembly begins with a reliable, accurate fluid dispensing solution.
Catheter Bonding
Manufacturers worldwide rely on Nordson EFD for the reliable application of glues that bond catheter components together. From balloon to marker bonding and bonding guidewires to tips, repeatable dispensing provides better quality control. Consistent hub bonding, tube joining, sensor attachment, and coating starts here.
Needle Hub Bonding
When medical manufacturers need a high-speed way to bond needles to hubs with UV-cure adhesives, they turn to Nordson EFD. Our jetting valves dispense up to 1000 deposits per second without sacrificing accuracy in the amount applied for high-quality, high-throughput needle bonding applications.
Contact Lens Monomer
When you need a consistent amount of monomer in contact lens molds, EFD provides reliable aseptic valve systems to maintain high production throughput while preventing bacterial growth. Our systems are also used for filling molds with repeatable amounts of saline solution to maintain consistent contact lens quality.
Pacemaker Assembly
When it comes to matters of the heart, you can't risk poor quality. That's why manufacturers turn to Nordson EFD to supply reliable fluid dispensing solutions to bond and seal pacemaker assemblies. From underfill to sealing, we provide manual to automated solutions for these life-critical fluid dispensing applications.
Hearing Technology
Hearing aid technology manufacturers face a growing demand for both hearing aids and cochlear implants as the population ages. To keep up with production, manufacturers have turned to fluid dispensing technology as a reliable source of machinery on their production lines.
Dispensing Solutions
PICO® XP Jetting System
PICO XP for high speed and “boringly” repeatable dispensing performance from valve-to-valve and after maintenance.
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PICO® Nexμs™ Jetting System
The PICO Nexμs Jetting System is a small, 24V, DIN-rail mounted jetting controller providing behind-the-scenes control...
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xQR41 MicroDot Valves
xQR41 MicroDot™ Valves needle valve features QR (Quick Release) technology, a 60% smaller form factor, and modular...
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UltimusPlus I-II Dispensers
UltimusPlus I-II Dispensers fluid dispensers provide high-precision benchtop fluid dispensing control for advanced...
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Optimum Dispense Tips
Optimum Dispense Tips for the highest quality results, free of flash and burrs.
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Optimum Syringe Barrels
Optimum Syringe Barrels for consistent, trouble-free fluid dispensing.
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Fluid Dispensing for Contract Manufacturing
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Dispense Technology
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Automated Dispense Solutions
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Design for Manufacturing
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Machine Builders
Fluid Dispensing for Contract Manufacturing
Fluid dispensing is a critical — and often complex — step for contract manufacturers in the medical industry. It’s highly specialized and can easily become a bottleneck if not done right. Nordson EFD delivers precision dispensing solutions that improve yield and throughput, along with end-to-end expertise — from prototype testing to on-site service support.
Dispense Technology
Medical contract manufacturers choose Nordson EFD for solutions that adapt easily to changing production needs. Our PICO® jet valve systems accurately dispense tiny amounts of fluid at high speed, helping reduce waste and boost overall output. These systems are built for maximum flexibility — the modular design supports a wide range of fluid body assemblies and is simple to clean and maintain, making it easy to reconfigure as your process evolves.
Similarly, a full line of benchtop fluid dispensers allow operators to choose from pre-programmed dispensing programs in manual applications. This provides flexibility to work on different applications on the same bench.
Automated Dispense Solutions
Automation is essential for meeting the production volume medical product assembly demands. Our diverse selection of robots offers the right solution for any contract manufacturing need – the three and four axis systems offer easy programming, optical inspection, height and tip detection, safety enclosures and dispense validation. In this way, we are able to scale production to your needs, with the repeatability and accuracy the project requires.
Design for Manufacturing
Developing a flexible manufacturing process begins by partnering with Nordson EFD early. Starting with rigorous laboratory testing and leveraging 60+ years of fluid dispensing experience, we are able to get your project from start to finish faster. As the process moves forward to design-for-manufacturability (DFM) prototyping, our team guides your process by keeping manufacturing at scale in mind, ensuring that the product is ready for production.
Machine Builders
Machine builders are also essential to medical device assembly, delivering automation that is fast, flexible, and production ready. Nordson EFD partners with machine builders as a single source dispensing supplier, providing proven technologies that integrate seamlessly into custom systems.
By collaborating early to test and validate applications to end customer specifications, we help reduce integration risk and speed machine acceptance. Backed by 60+ years of dispensing expertise and global support, Nordson EFD helps machine builders meet aggressive development timelines and time to market demands.
Industry Resources
Life Sciences Brochure
Recommendations for High Performance Dispensing in the Life Sciences Industry
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White Paper: 10 Essential Questions for Reevaluating Your Medical Device Assembly Process
Is Your Medical Device Dispense Valve System Delivering All The Performance You Paid For?
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White Paper: 12 Techniques to Get Better Fluid Dispensing Control in Today’s Life Sciences Market
This white paper showcases the many ways in which manufacturers in the life sciences industry have improved their...
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Our blog posts are here to help you learn more about the endless opportunities provided by innovative fluid dispensing systems. Discover new equipment, applications, and best practices for using fluid dispensers, to help improve your manufacturing processes.
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