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
| Vinyl Formulations | Polymer Additives | Polymer Colorants |
|---|---|---|
| Resilience™ HC Healthcare Formulations | WithStand™ Antimicrobial Additives | OnColor™ HC Colorants for Healthcare |
| OnCap™ HC Additives for Healthcare |
| Thermoplastic Elastomers | Thermoplastic Urethanes | Engineered Polymer Formulations |
|---|---|---|
| Versaflex™ Thermoplastic Elastomers | NEUSoft™ Thermoplastic Polyurethanes | Colorant Chromatics™ X-Ray Opaque Formulations |
| Versalloy™ Thermoplastic Elastomers | NEU™ View Translucent Radiopaque Solutions | NEU™ Specialty Engineered Materials |
| Dynaflex™ Thermoplastic Elastomers | ||
| Dynalloy™ Thermoplastic Elastomers | ||
| Trilliant™ HC Healthcare Thermoplastics |
Resources
| NAME | CATEGORY | DESCRIPTION | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorants & Additives for Healthcare - Application Bulletin | Application Bulletin | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| Resilience™ HC for Medical Device Housings - Application Bulletin | Application Bulletin | Benefits, properties, and effects of using Resilience™ HC for polymer housings on medical devices | View |
| Therapy Device - Case Study | Case Study | Versalloy™ used to provide brand distinction and durability for BiowavePRO® non-invasive neuromodulation system | View |
| Thermoplastic Elastomers in Medical Devices - White Paper | White Paper | Safety factors, barrier properties and applications of TPEs in medical devices | View |
| WithStand™ Antimicrobial Solutions - Product Bulletin | Product Bulletin | Technology description, key characteristics, markets and applications | View |
