The design-to-delivery process, end to end.
Our speed is engineered, not rushed. Every set moves through the same five stages, each design stage closing with a customer-approval gate, so the work is done once and done right rather than redone late.
- Phase I / Layouts ~½ day / layer
Layouts
We arrange your instruments and implants in the base, trays, and caddies, working from your set to a layout that earns its space and processes cleanly.
Safeguard The arrangement is locked with you before any design begins, so nothing downstream is built on a guess.
Customer approval gate - Phase II / Design 3-5 days / layer
Design
Brackets, fixtures, and caddies are designed around the approved layout. This is the most labor-intensive phase, and where the engineering that protects every instrument gets done.
Safeguard Brackets and fixtures are engineered for manufacturability and with sterilization validation in mind from the first sketch.
Customer approval gate - Phase III / Graphics 1 day / layer
Graphics
Laser etch, silk screen, and image sublimation for marking and branding, with any ventilation-hole adjustments made here while the design is still on the bench.
Safeguard Marking and any ventilation changes are confirmed before tooling, not discovered after.
Customer approval gate - Prototype 2-5 wks
Prototype
We build the prototype and validate it for sterilization. Level I prototypes run about 2 to 3 weeks; Level III about 4 to 5 weeks, depending on complexity.
Safeguard Every prototype is sterilization-validated before you commit to production, backed by our prototype validation guarantee.
- Production 6-8 wks
Production
Manufacturing drawings are released and the set goes into production, inspected through the build and delivered on a 6 to 8 week lead time. Production starts once every phase is approved and a purchase order is in hand.
Safeguard Drawings release only after all approvals and the PO, so the set you sign off on is the set you receive.
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Delivered, on time.
A validated, production set, built to the drawings you approved at every stage along the way.
Fast because the path is disciplined, not because steps are skipped.
Each design stage finishes with your sign-off before the next begins, which is the opposite of slow: a change is caught while it is cheap to make, on the bench, instead of after tooling or in production.
Design for manufacturability and sterilization validation are built into the early stages, not bolted on at the end. That is how a set can move quickly and still arrive correct, repeatable, and ready for the autoclave.
You don't need finished CAD. You need a set.
Bring us as little as an instrument list or a rough concept and we take it from there, through layout, design, graphics, prototype, and production. The earlier we see the set, the more of the speed is yours.
- An instrument or implant list
- A rough concept or sketch
- Existing CAD, if you have it
Start the first stage with us.
Send an instrument list or a rough concept. We design the layout, build and validate the prototype, and ship production on a 6 to 8 week lead time.
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