Surgical & Medical Instruments
Choosing the Best Formulations for Needles, Syringes & More
Surgical instruments that come into direct contact with human bodies and their fluids—devices such as hypodermic needles, syringes and trocars—are highly prone to contamination and degradation. Make sure you design and manufacture them with material that is durable, antimicrobial against odor-causing bacteria, and dimensionally stable. Avient will assist you in choosing the formulations to help your customers achieve consistent outcomes.
Highlights
- Reusable and disposable materials
- Chemical and impact resistant materials
- Can withstand multiple sterilization cycles
- Antimicrobial blends to fight odor-causing bacteria
Technologies
| Thermoplastic Urethanes | Engineered Polymer Formulations |
|---|---|
| NEUSoft™ Thermoplastic Polyurethanes | Colorant Chromatics™ X-Ray Opaque Formulations |
| In-Vivo Formulations for Healthcare |
Resources
| NAME | CATEGORY | DESCRIPTION | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesa™ WithStand™ Antimicrobial Solutions | Product/Service Overview | Technology description, key characteristics, markets and applications | View |
| Colorants & Additives for Healthcare | Application Overview | Essential polymer solutions for critical healthcare applications | View |
| Contact Lens Container - Case Study | Case Study | Custom Versaflex™ formulation enhances contact lens container manufacturing productivity | View |
| Gasket of Radial Artery Hemostat | Case Study (Snapshot) | Customized Versaflex™ TPEs provided soft-touch TPEs and met regulatory needs | View |
| How TPEs Can Help Medical and Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Meet Growing Global Demand | White Paper | This white paper details how TPEs can be used to meet global demand for healthcare devices and apparatus | View |
| Medical Device Disinfection: How to Prevent Cracking and Crazing | Technical Literature | Understand the material compatibility with common disinfectants of various materials used in healthcare applications | 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 |
| OnCap™ HC Additives for Healthcare | Product/Service Overview | Learn about additives are specially formulated to meet material performance requirements in today’s healthcare environments | View |
| OnColor™ HC Plus | Product/Service Overview | Polymer colorants formulated specifically for healthcare product applications | View |
| Resilience™ HC for Medical Device Housings - Application Bulletin | Application Overview | Benefits, properties, and effects of using Resilience™ HC for polymer housings on medical devices | View |
| Surgical Instrument - Endoscope Components | Case Study (Snapshot) | Transcend™ Premier PPSU Healthcare Pre-colored Solutions offer excellent resistance to steam sterilization and chemical resistance for surgical instruments | View |
| Syringe Tip Cap | Case Study (Snapshot) | Versaflex™ HC Thermoplastic Elastomers increased process efficiency and formulated a solution that met medical application requirements for syringe tip cap. | View |
| Therapy Device - Case Study | Case Study | Versalloy™ used to provide brand distinction and durability for BiowavePRO® non-invasive neuromodulation system | View |
