Medical Gages

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WESTport's medical gage division designs and manufactures both variable and fixed-limit gages for the medical device industry — with special emphasis on manufacturers of orthopedic and prosthetic devices. From Luer taper and hexalobe gages to bone plate pedestal gages, complex conical thread gages, and fully custom designs, our engineering team works alongside yours from first concept through final certification. Every gage is precision ground, hand lapped, and calibrated in our ISO/IEC 17025 accredited (A2LA) laboratory, and ships with a Certificate of Accuracy traceable to NIST. The WESTport medical gage line Each gage is built to the specific demands of your application. Standard forms and proprietary geometries are both welcome — specify the standard, or send a drawing. Hexalobe Gages — Plug & Ring. Go/No-Go gages for internal and external hexalobe drive recesses on surgical fasteners, bone screws, and implant components. Built to ISO 10664 or to your patented/proprietary profile. Luer Taper Gages — ID & OD. Internal- and outside-diameter gages verifying the 6% Luer taper on syringes, catheters, IV sets, and connectors. Manufactured to ISO 594 and the current ISO 80369 small-bore connector standards. Bone Plate Pedestal Gages. Custom fixed-limit gages that verify the features that matter on locking and cortical bone plates — screw-hole diameters, countersink geometry, plate thickness, and feature-to-feature relationships — catching problems before expensive 5-axis-milled parts become rejects. Medical Thread Plug & Ring Gages. Fixed-limit Go/No-Go gages for internal and external medical threads, including the complex conical thread forms used in orthopedic and spinal fixation hardware. WESTport is among the foremost medical thread gage manufacturers in the country. Variable Thread Inspection System. A system purpose-designed for the medical industry that delivers actual measurement data — not just pass/fail — on conical medical threads: pitch diameter