Founded in 2020 from James Rogers’s garage machine shop, Proto Dev and Fab develops medical devices and turns difficult design ideas into working prototypes. The company combines product-development and design-for-manufacturing guidance with hands-on fabrication, including prototype work such as the Project Spiritus rescue-ventilation device. Rogers brings experience as a machinist and design engineer, along with multiple granted and pending patents and a master’s degree in engineering.
Alva Prototypes, IncFounded in 2014, Alva Prototypes makes custom precision-machined prototypes and parts for medical-device manufacturers, with a particular focus on surgical instruments and orthopedic devices for the spinal market. The Pottstown company helps customers refine designs for easier, less costly production and can carry projects from prototype development into light manufacturing. It is also a specialty partner for secondary machining of 3D-printed, patient-specific implants.POTTSTOWN, PA
Briganti Product Development Group, LLCFounded by President Richard Briganti, Briganti Product Development Group is a boutique consultancy that turns early medical-device ideas into working prototypes and products ready for market. The company supports projects from concept through launch, balancing customer needs, technology goals, and manufacturing considerations along the way. Its team also helps clients protect intellectual property and navigate regulatory approval.CONSHOHOCKEN, PA
KEK DesignFounded in Rochester in 1970, KEK Design has grown from a one-person industrial design consultancy into a multidisciplinary firm that develops, engineers and prototypes products for medical and defense technology. Its in-house model and fabrication shop lets the team move quickly from concept to physical prototype, while its work includes products such as Carestream’s mobile X-ray system and L3Harris tactical radios. Now in its third generation of Kober ownership, KEK has completed more than 1,000 projects over five decades.ROCHESTER, NY
ProtoSpark LLCFounded by father and son Jose and Giovanni, family-owned ProtoSpark LLC is a Brooklyn machine shop that turns ideas into working prototypes through CNC machining, 3D printing, and mechanical design. The shop serves both individual inventors and established companies, pairing hands-on manufacturing experience with fast turnaround and collaborative communication. ProtoSpark also offers beginner-focused CNC training for people entering modern fabrication.BROOKLYN, NY