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Our Mission

Unleashing your production innovation

Design Catapult is dedicated to bringing our customers' products to life. Our focus on ensuring the commitment to our customer base is achieved through the meeting of our customer expectations by providing impeccable quality and on time deliveries. We realize the importance of sustaining a business environment that complies with all applicable quality, regulatory, and statutory requirements. Moreover, Design Catapult Manufacturing recognizes the importance of continuous improvements to sustain a compliant Quality Management System.

Design Catapult HQ in Fountain Valley, CA, specializing in medical devices, hardware and consumer products as a full-service product development firm in Orange County.
Design Catapult designed and engineered Johnson & Johnson VERITAS Vision System delivers high-performing, reliable tools for a smooth, effective cataract surgery for patients
20 Years Of Expertise

Decades of designing, engineering and producing both consumer & commercial products

  • Sketch to Scale
  • Industrial design ideation
  • Concept Renderings
  • System and Subsystem engineering design
  • CAD / Solidworks
  • Model Making
  • Appearance Models
  • Prototyping
  • Graphic Design
  • Design review and update
  • Production documentation
  • Tooling procurement
  • Component Purchasing
  • Production planning and pre-production manufacturing
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We Offer 4 Phases of Product Development Services

Design Catapult is a medical product development agency in Orange County offering ideation services

Industrial Design

PHASE 1

Our design process begins after meeting with our clients and thoroughly reviewing their objectives and design requirements. The Industrial Design team then works together to generate a series of concept sketches which feature a variety of form configurations, analyses of ergonomic usage, and preliminary engineering for component assembly. All concepts are evaluated by the client and refined based on their feedback to produce a final design direction to move forward with.

Design Catapult is a medical product development firm in Orange County offering prototyping services to medical device companies

Engineering

PHASE 2

The chosen design is then handed off to the Mechanical Engineering team (as well as the Electrical and Software Engineering team if needed). They work in tandem with the Industrial Designers to develop a 3-Dimensional CAD (computer-aided design) model of the product which contains all of the functional features and tolerances necessary for prototyping, including low to high volume production and user operation, all while still maintaining the original design direction.

Design Catapult can help medical device companies go from prototyping to product engineering in Orange County

Prototyping

PHASE 3

Using the 3D Engineering model, various rapid prototyping processes are considered for fabrication. The prototyping process involves producing functional full scale models of the product. The prototype must be evaluated for proper fitment of components, mechanism functionality, human factors/user experience, and overall form. Engineering revisions are made based upon the findings of the prototype testing and subsequent prototypes are produced to verify issue corrections to achieve optimal functionality.

Design Catapult is a full-service production company that can take your idea and turn it into a production ready product ready to go to market

Production

PHASE 4

During our many years of product development, we have been the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for a large variety of companies. We work with our contracted manufacturing facilities both domestically and abroad to procure quality components for our in-house assembly and packaging processes. We are geared up to run both low and high volume production assembly lines right here at our facility. We also develop logos and packaging at our clients’ request for the branding and retail solutions of the products.

Sector Experience

Our multidisciplinary product development team works with clients from many sectors to create novel products that sell.

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Not seeing your sector? Design Catapult specializes in the above industries but has decades of product development experience in just about every sector you can name.

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Orange County’s Top Product Development Agency – 20 Years In The Making

2019 - Now
To fulfill medical clients needs, DC offers a "one stop" opportunities for US based manufacturing from "Sketch to Scale." DC integration and experience with medical products to consolidated design and manufacturing operations
2013 - 2019
Increasing demands by medical clientele result in DC expansion to include Medical Manufacturing (2016) with incorporation of DCM
2007-2012
Design Catapult builds customer base and expands offerings for design & development
2005
Design Catapult is founded, focusing on rapid design and prototype services to quickly launch customers ideas into products. "Think, Create, Launch."

JOBS AT DC

Design Catapult is a full-service product development firm in Orange County, California. For 20 years, we have provided industrial design, product engineering, commercialization and manufacturing for our clients. We specialize in medical device, hardware as a service and wellness product design and engineering.

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Medical Device Engineer
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Quality Control - Medical Compliance Manager
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FAQs

How can a product development firm help my company?

Design Catapult can be a proven product engineering and design source for established mid-size to enterprise companies that need additional help with their R&D.

Startups and founders tap Design Catapult to expedite their product development with decades of expertise, ability to get to market quickly and have access to domain expertise for product engineering.

How much does your services cost?

Pricing is custom based on scope of work and product development service needed for success.

Contact us to discuss your products needs to get a quote

Can I use you for specific product development phases?

Yes, after evaluating your products needs we can work with you specific phase development. Some of our enterprise Fortune 500 clientele tap us for engineering phases. Small-to-Mid-size clients might want to outsource the entire product development and we do all four phases.

Do you work with Startups?

We love startups. DC was created with startups looking to partner with seasoned product development professionals to get to market launch quickly. Investors love knowing that product development will be done right (the first time) and capital won’t be wasted on costly revisions.

Can you help with our patent?

Yes! We are fluent in the patent process and know exactly what it takes.

We can work with your patent attorneys and supply them the necessary documentation, product sourcing, product descriptions and renderings for a successful USPTO application.

If you are not working with a patent attorney. Design Catapult has many we have worked with for 20 years. Feel free to ask for referrals.

Do you have experience in medical regulatory and compliance?

Design Catapult has been in medical and knows the high stakes of developing for Class I/II/III medical devices and medtech.  We follow better practices and can supply the necessary documentation for FDA compliance.

Please reach out to us and have a conversation about what you specifically need for your next project.

What software do you use?

Solidworks, Adobe, Altium, FormLabs and many more…

Design Catapult an Orange County product development firm offers prototyping engineering as a phase two service

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