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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
Resources
Technologies
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
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
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 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
Next-Generation TPE Technologies for Medical Devices - White Paper White Paper Medical challenges, TPEs for barrier technologies, soft and clear temperature-resistant TPEs and overmolding 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
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
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