Expanded Extrusion Product Offering to Full-Service, Custom Medical Extrusion
April 13, 2011 6:56 am | Interface Catheter Solutions | Product Releases | CommentsInterface Catheter Solutions announces a major expansion of its extrusion offering beyond high-quality balloon tubing to full-service, custom medical extrusion.
LISTED UNDER: Extrusion | Extrusion Equipment | Prototyping
Durable and Economical Tubing for Peristaltic Pumps
February 4, 2011 6:47 am | Eldon James Corp. | Product Releases | CommentsEJ BioMed's Flexelene 135C tubing has proven to be one of the most durable and economical products available for use in peristaltic pumps, with a usable-life surpassing 500 hours.
LISTED UNDER: Peristaltic | Peristaltic | PVC Tubing
Multi-Lumen Tubing Is Wire Reinforced
February 4, 2011 5:50 am | Product Releases | CommentsPutnam Plastics, a PolyMedex Discovery Group company, introduces wire reinforced, multi-lumen tubing for minimally invasive procedures that require multiple working channels and high mechanical performance.
LISTED UNDER: Reinforced | Multilumen Tubing
Tri-Clamp Ends Reduce Risks Associated With Barb-Style Fittings
December 13, 2010 6:06 am | AdvantaPure | Product Releases | CommentsAn option for sanitary connections is now available from AdvantaPure— Overmolded Tri-Clamp Ends for PVC, TPE, and TPR tubing and hose.
LISTED UNDER: Fittings | Fittings | Silicone
Tubing Combines Multi-Layer Polyimide and TPE
November 10, 2010 6:40 am | Polymedex Discovery Group | Product Releases | CommentsPolyMedex Discovery Group offers custom multi-layer tubing composed of thermoset polyimide and thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) laminate.
LISTED UNDER: Polyimide
Silicone Tubing Stocked in 49 Sizes
October 26, 2010 7:10 am | AdvantaPure | Product Releases | CommentsThe wide selection—from 0.03 to 1.0 in. I.D.—is aimed at meeting the various application needs of the pharmaceutical, biomedical, and biotech industries.
LISTED UNDER: Silicone | Silicone | Silicone
Contract Manufacturer of Single-Use Medical Devices
October 21, 2010 7:27 am | Ndh Medical, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsSpecializing in custom extrusion, including PVC alternatives, NDH provides tubing available in a wide range of medical grade thermoplastics.
LISTED UNDER: Injection Molding | Insert Molding | Thermoplastics Molding
Fiber Optics for Potentially Damaging Environments
September 15, 2010 12:26 pm | Fiberguide Industries, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsAllowing the use of fiber optics in potentially damaging environments, Fiberguide Industries introduces its new standard line of single fiber assemblies. Fiberguide’s assemblies have proven effective in a number of scientific and industrial applications.
LISTED UNDER: Fiber Optics | Optics | PVC Tubing
Complex Thermoplastic Extrusions Offered for Medical Devices
September 13, 2010 12:59 pm | Helix Medical | Product Releases | CommentsHelix Medical LLC, a custom manufacturer for the medical device and healthcare industry, offers complex thermoplastic extrusions for medical devices.
LISTED UNDER: Extrusion | Extrusion Equipment | Plastics
Ten Surface Treatments that Improve the Performance of Biomedical Components
September 2, 2010 11:49 am | by Surface Solutions Group | Articles | CommentsSurface treatments are available to improve function, ease of use, service life, and patient comfort of medical devices and products. Surface Solutions Group of Chicago specializes in solving a wide range of functional problems at the surface of devices, from guide wires to needles to tubing to cannulas. Here is an overview of successes using coatings to improve the surface function of devices.
LISTED UNDER: Nitinol | Nitinol | Hydrophilic Coating
Sustainability Scorecard: Kaiser Permanente Raising the Bar
September 1, 2010 11:55 am | by Chris Loughnane | Blogs | CommentsWe [Kaiser Permanente] evaluated the four major players and found that clinical performance and pricing were comparable, but there were big differences in terms of sustainability performance," explained Robert Gotto, the executive director in Kaiser Permanente's Procurement & Supply group. "One supplier had the foresight to develop a camera that doesn't need to be sterilized with chemicals. It uses steam instead, and can cut down chemicals in operating room by half." So the steam-sterilized endoscope provider ended up getting the five-year, $100 million contract.
LISTED UNDER: PVC Tubing
PVC Filter Monitors Designed for Water and Corrosive Liquids
August 24, 2010 7:14 am | Orange Research | Product Releases | CommentsPVC filter monitors from Orange Research measure differential pressure to check the health of filter media in filtration equipment for water and corrosive liquids.
LISTED UNDER: Gauges, Meters, Monitors | PVC Tubing | PVC
Tubing Bonding System Eliminates Cumbersome Bundles
July 28, 2010 7:03 am | Newage Industries, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThe Hot Bond process joins lengths of reinforced and unreinforced tubing of similar material using heat, not leachable adhesives or solvents, for an orderly arrangement.
LISTED UNDER: Prototyping | Wire and Cable | PVC Tubing
New Extruders Designed to Produce Precision Medical Tubing Within Clean Room and Controlled Environments
July 14, 2010 7:39 am | American Kuhne | Product Releases | CommentsAs a result of working closely with end users to develop an in depth understanding of their requirements, American Kuhne has satisfied the need for reduced floor space with a line of compact extruders. These extruders are designed to produce precision medical tubing within the space limitations that often exist in clean rooms.
LISTED UNDER: Precision
Proximally Reinforced Catheter Tubing Has Wire
June 11, 2010 6:08 am | Polymedex Discovery Group | Product Releases | CommentsPolyMedex Discovery Group introduces a line of custom catheter tubing with wire reinforcements embedded within the wall at the proximal end of the catheter only, and no reinforcement on the distal end.
LISTED UNDER: Reinforced
