Cardiovascular Catheters
Catheter Materials from Avient
Whether it’s designed for a diagnostic angiogram or a therapeutic angioplasty, the catheter is a potential life-saving device that requires careful design, specialized materials, and precise engineering in manufacture and use. Avient understands what you need to manufacture this critical heart health tool, with an ability to provide formulations suitable for seeking FDA approvals. Whether the material you require is extrudable or processable, bondable or weldable, Avient will help you find the ideal formulation for cardiovascular catheters.
Highlights
- Radiopacified to be visible under fluoroscopy
- Packaged in kits, with lengths up to 60 inches
- Fixed wire, over-the wire, mono-rail designs
- Color masterbatch for coloration to assist is choosing proper sizes during medical procedures
- Additive masterbatch for lubricity, laser-marking, or antistatic properties
Technologies
| Polymer Additives | Polymer Colorants | Thermoplastic Elastomers |
|---|---|---|
| Cesa™ WithStand™ Antimicrobial Additives | OLDOnColor™ HC Colorants for Healthcare | Versaflex™ PF Tack Layer For Surface Protective Films |
| OLDOnCap™ HC Additives for Healthcare | Versalloy™ Thermoplastic Elastomers |
| Thermoplastic Urethanes | Engineered Polymer Formulations |
|---|---|
| NEUSoft™ Thermoplastic Polyurethanes | Colorant Chromatics™ X-Ray Opaque Formulations |
| NEU™ View Translucent Radiopaque Solutions | NEU™ Specialty Engineered Materials |
| NAME | CATEGORY | DESCRIPTION | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesa™ WithStand™ Antimicrobial Solutions - Product Bulletin | Product Bulletin | Technology description, key characteristics, markets and applications | View |
| Colorants & Additives for Healthcare - Application Bulletin | Application Bulletin | Essential polymer solutions for critical healthcare applications | View |
| How TPEs Can Help Medical and Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Meet Growing Global Demand - White Paper | White Paper | This whitepaper details how TPEs can be used to meet global demand for healthcare devices and apparatus | View |
| Material Selection for Four Healthcare Environments - White Paper | 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 |
| OnCap™ HC Additives for Healthcare - Product Bulletin | Product Bulletin | Learn about additives are specially formulated to meet material performance requirements in today’s healthcare environments | View |
| OnColor™ HC Plus - Product Bulletin | Product Bulletin | Polymer colorants formulated specifically for healthcare product applications | View |
| What's the Difference? TPEs and Liquid Silicone Rubber - eBook | eBook | This high-level, objective look at both TPEs and LSR touches on some key topics to consider in three critical categories—design, production and performance—to help you make a more informed decision | View |
