Fewer Prototypes. Faster Innovation.


VirtuCath™ is a focused, powerful analysis and simulation tool for micro-catheter engineering. Instead of relying on costly and time-consuming physical prototype cycles, you can now virtually build, test and optimize your designs in real time. Validate your concept and refine its performance in hours, not weeks, saving thousands in materials and engineering time with every iteration.

Powered by the MuJoCo physics engine from Google DeepMind.

A Specialist Tool for a Complex Challenge

VirtuCath gives you the specific tools you need to innovate faster and with greater confidence.

  • Eliminate Costly Prototype Cycles
    Each physical prototype cycle costs thousands of dollars in materials, fabrication, and engineering hours. VirtuCath allows you to virtually build, test, and iterate on dozens of designs on your PC. Optimized the design before the first physical build, saving your budget and timeline.
  • Focus on Dynamic Performance
    VirtuCath is not a general-purpose FEA package; it's a specialist tool for catheter design. Precisely predict deflection, curvature, and force feedback under pullwire actuation. Eliminate guesswork and understand how your design will behave in the real world.
  • Model Complex Composite Structures
    Easily define multi-segment, multi-layer catheters with the included materials library and braid or coil reinforcement layers. VirtuCath is built to handle the complexities of modern catheter design.
  • An Engineer's Workflow, Not an Analyst's
    Design in a straightforward GUI built for device engineers, not FEA specialists. Get meaningful, dynamic results and anlysis instantly without a steep learning curve.
  • Confidential & Secure
    VirtuCath runs 100% on your local PC. No cloud uploads, no data collection. Your intellectual property stays yours.
  • No Specialized Hardware
    Optimized for high performance on standard computer hardware. No expensive, high-power GPU required.

From Concept to Simulation in Minutes

The streamlined workflow lets you focus on engineering, not on complex simulation setups.

1. Build Your Catheter from First Principles

Use the intuitive interface to construct your catheter section by section and layer by layer. Select materials from a built-in materials library of polymers and add reinforcements like braids or coils. From this layered design, VirtuCath automatically calculates critical engineering properties like bending stiffness, torsional stiffness, kink resistance, and much more. Define the catheter's overall geometry and pullwire system (1, 2, or 4 wires)—all directly within the GUI. Save, load and share design files to accelerate team collaboration.

2. Generate Comprehensive Reports

Your layered design is more than just a simulation input—it's a complete engineering profile. VirtuCath instantly generates a detailed report of all calculated catheter properties. This includes key performance indicators and potential failure modes like critical kink radius, cross-section ovalization, burst pressure, reinforcement coverage area, and more. Use this data to validate your design choices and document your work before ordering physical prototypes.

3. Run the Dynamic Simulation

Once your parameters are set, VirtuCath constructs the MuJoCo physics model in seconds. Watch your virtual catheter come to life in the interactive 3D viewer and respond dynamically to your control inputs.

4. Analyze Real-Time Feedback

Actuate pullwires and observe the catheter's deflection in real time. Live data readouts for tip angle, segment curvature, catheter ovalization, and pullwire forces provide immediate, actionable feedback to rapidly optimize your design for peak dynamic performance.

VirtuCath simulation and analysis screenshot

Join the Beta Program

Get early access to VirtuCath and help shape the future of catheter design. This is an early beta meant to solicit feedback on the design and direction of the tool. It likely has bugs, but it's an opportunity to influence the direction of development.

As a thank you for helping shape the future of VirtuCath, all active beta participants will receive 50% off their first year's license upon commercial launch.

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Contact Us

For beta program inquiries, to request a demo, or to discuss your specific simulation needs, please use the form below or email directly at support@virtucath.com.