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Plastics, due to their durability and versatility, are a material of choice for various healthcare products, such as pharmaceutical bottles and vials, drug delivery devices, monitoring devices, surgical instruments, or labware. And now these products can be made more sustainable by switching to polymers based on renewable materials instead of fossil fuel-based polymers.     For these reasons, medical devices and pharmaceutical packaging products are typically made with standard polymers (e.g., polyolefins, polyesters) and engineering plastics (e.g., polycarbonate, ABS, POM, PBT).

DÜSSELDORF, Germany – October 18, 2022 – At the upcoming K 2022, Avient will feature a recent successful collaboration with a global customer and manufacturer of medical devices. By color-coding its orthopedic devices, the customer was able to help medical professionals more easily determine which size of prosthesis would fit best for a patient.  Featured Articles

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Avient to Showcase Newest Additions to its Healthcare Portfolio at MD&M West 2025 Avient announces expansion to Cesa™ functional additives and NEUSoft™ TPU portfolios and will highlight its innovative material solutions for heal Featured Articles

Whether it’s high-use consumer goods or healthcare devices, you need to find materials that can resist degrading when they come into contact with common cleaners and disinfectants.   Various materials and their resistnace to common disinfectants used in consumer, industrial, and medical applications   Watch this webinar to learn more about considerations for chemically resistant materials for product development and durability.

Connected, Safer, and Smarter: PolyOne Collaborates with Halo Smart Labs on Next-Gen Home Safety Devices CLEVELAND – PolyOne recently worked with Halo Smart Labs in launching Halo and Halo+, devices that go beyond standard smoke alarms by combining home Featured Articles

Addressing this need, Trilliant™ HC Healthcare Formulations series HC8910 and HC8920 are formulated to help OEMs deliver more durable medical devices and equipment while reducing the risk of potential mechanical failure caused by repeated disinfection. The new range contains shades commonly used in medical devices: yellow, mid and dark grey, mid green, light and dark blue, white, and black. Featured Articles

These medical devices could benefit from the excellent chemical resistance found with Resilience™ HC Rigid Molding Materials To cope with this challenge, hospitals are cleaning medical devices more frequently and with harsher disinfectants than ever before. As shown in the tables below, PolyOne materials such as Resilience™ HC Rigid Molding Materials can offer improved resistance to cracking from disinfectants.

Associates participated in more than 2,800 learning experiences through PolyOne Academy in 2018. PolyOne associates performed more than 2,300 hours of community service through this program in 2018.  PolyOne can replace these rubbers in medical devices for additional sustainable developments, in applications such as ergonomic grips, seals, gaskets, and stoppers.