For Immediate Release:

San Jose, CA – Directed Light Inc. has greatly expanded their medical device contract manufacturing operations through their Advanced Technology Job Shop. As more medical device manufacturers outsource production engineering and R&D prototyping; and as parts become smaller and more intricate, laser materials processing has become a critical path to new product development.

Laser applications in the medical device industry, now provided by Directed Light include laser welding, laser cutting, laser drilling, and laser marking. Laser welding for medical devices allows DLI to hermetically seal very small and intricate components without contacting the device; thus eliminating or tightly controlling distortion due to a much smaller heat-affected zone. This provides a distinct advantage for laser processing over traditional TIG or electron beam welding. Directed Light also provides glove-box welding of implantable medical devices in an inert environment. With laser cutting or drilling, DLI is able to attain feature size to thickness aspect ratios that conventional methods of cutting and drilling cannot attain. This is true for a wide variety of medical grade metals and other biocompatible materials. DLI’s laser marking operations can produce highly precise markings, logos, and/or serialization without contacting the part. Laser welding, cutting, drilling, and marking have proven to be among the medical device engineers’ greatest assets in his or her manufacturing toolbox.

Directed Light is a laser technology company serving the industrial, medical and scientific laser community since 1983. For further information, please call us at 800-468-2326 or visit us online at www.directedlight.com.

Neil Ball discusses the value and uses and versatility of Lasers as a machining tool.

For Immediate Release:

San Jose, CA Directed Light Inc. announces capabilities for laser glove box welding & hermetic sealing. Also known as inert environment welding, laser glove box welding is a specialized process required for many applications and industries. The inert glove box environment is used for welding and sealing materials such as Titanium and Tantalum where exposure to oxygen (and corrosion) in an open welding environment might be undesirable. DLI supports the medical device industry for the manufacture of invasive surgical tools and implantable devices with this process. In addition, DLI supports the Aerospace and Telecommunications industries using its glove box welding capabilities for the final sealing of their assemblies to insure extremely high reliability and product longevity.

Directed Light is a laser technology company serving the industrial, medical and scientific laser community since 1983. For further information, please call us at 800-4468-2326 or visit us online at www.directedlight.com.

January 21-26, 2012
The Mascone Center – Booth #5129                
San Francisco, CA
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 February 13-16, 2012
Anaheim Convention Center – Booth #2848
Anaheim, CA
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 March 12-22, 2012
 Santa Clara Convention Center   
 Santa Clara, CA 
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Through our three business units, Laser Contract Manufacturing, Laser Components Sales and Service and Medical Laser and IPL Components and Service, we serve our customers in the medical device, aerospace, automotive, electronics, semiconductor, commercial products, and telecom industries in many ways.