Medical Tubing
Since medical applications can vary widely, your tubing designs may require several specific performance characteristics, including different durometers, clarity, kink resistance, torque strength, lubricity, and biocompatibility—among many others. Avient provides traditional and customizable material solutions for common and specialty medical tubing uses.
Highlights
- Medical-grade thermoplastic elastomers that meet various regulatory requirements, such as ISO 10993 and USP Class VI
- Chemical resistant polymers with low extractables and leachables
- High wear resistance polymers
- Custom masterbatches for coloration and enhanced properties
- Flexible polymer solutions offering clear and opaque properties without plasticizers
Technologies
| In-Vivo Formulations for Healthcare |
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| NEUSoft™ Thermoplastic Polyurethanes |
Resources
| NAME | CATEGORY | DESCRIPTION | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biopharmaceutical Tubing | Case Study (Snapshot) | The lower extractable profile of Versaflex™ HC BT218 thermoplastic elastomer provided a drop-in material replacement with excellent clarity and performance for a medical tubing extruder | View |
| Colorants & Additives for Healthcare | Application Overview | Essential polymer solutions for critical healthcare applications | View |
| High Performance Clear Thermoplastics Elastomer | White Paper | Development and application of SBC compounds to offer good economics and formulation flexibility meeting the end use performance requirements | View |
| Medical Hoses | Case Study | Versalloy formulation boosts productivity for medical hose manufacturer | View |
| Medical Plastics Help Designers and Manufacturers Meet Changing Requirements | White Paper | Find out which materials make sense for your products, no matter where they’re used | View |
| NEUSoft™ TPU | Product Selection Guide | Product parameters of NEUSoft™ Polymers for healthcare | View |
| Specialty Engineered Materials for Healthcare | Product Selection Guide | View our portfolio on specialty engineered materials for healthcare | View |
| Specialty Engineered Materials for Healthcare (Chinese) | Product Selection Guide | View our portfolio on specialty engineered materials for healthcare (Chinese language version) | View |
| Thermoplastic Elastomers for Healthcare Overview | Industry Overview | Delivering specialized thermoplastic elastomer solutions for demanding healthcare applications | View |
| Versaflex™ HC & Versaflex™ HC BIO TPEs - BT Series | Product/Service Overview | Traditional and bio-based thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) formulated specifically to handle the complexities of biopharma tubing (BT) | View |
