Medical Tubing
Material Options for Healthcare Tubing
Because of the wide range of medical functions, you need tubing options that satisfy a long list of requirements, including flexibility or rigidity, low kinkability, torque strength, lubricity, and biocompatibility—among many others. Avient provides materials for medical tubing uses suitable for each medical device.
Highlights
- Materials designed to transport fluid to and from the body
- Chemically resistant to acids or alkalis
- Color masterbatch for functional coloration
- Additive masterbatch for lubricity, laser-marking, or antistatic properties
Technologies
| Engineered Polymer Formulations | Polymer Colorants | Polymer Additives |
|---|---|---|
| In-Vivo Formulations for Healthcare | Mevopur™ Healthcare Colorants and Formulations | OnCap™ HC Additives for Healthcare |
| Cesa™ WithStand™ Antimicrobial Additives |
| Thermoplastic Elastomers | Thermoplastic Urethanes |
|---|---|
| Versalloy™ Thermoplastic Elastomers | NEU™ View Translucent Radiopaque Solutions |
| Versaflex™ HC Thermoplastic Elastomers | NEUSoft™ Thermoplastic Polyurethanes |
Resources
| NAME | CATEGORY | DESCRIPTION | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cesa™ WithStand™ Antimicrobial Solutions - Product Bulletin | Product/Service Overview | Technology description, key characteristics, markets and applications | View |
| Colorants & Additives for Healthcare - Application Bulletin | Application Overview | Essential polymer solutions for critical healthcare applications | View |
| High Performance Clear Thermoplastics Elastomer - White Paper | White Paper | Development and application of SBC compounds to offer good economics and formulation flexibility meeting the end use performance requirements | 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 |
| 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 |
| Medical Hoses - Case Study | Case Study | Versalloy formulation boosts productivity for medical hose manufacturer | View |
| NEUSoft™ TPU | Product Selection Guide | Product parameters of NEUSoft™ Polymers for healthcare | View |
| OnCap™ HC Additives for Healthcare - Product Bulletin | Product/Service Overview | Learn about additives are specially formulated to meet material performance requirements in today’s healthcare environments | View |
| OnColor™ HC Plus - Product Bulletin | Product/Service Overview | Polymer colorants formulated specifically for healthcare product applications | View |
| Thermoplastic Elastomers for Healthcare - Industry Bulletin | 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 |
| 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 |
