Polycarbonates
PVDF Connectors Deliver High Purity, Compatibility
June 10, 2013 5:28 pm | by MDT Staff | Colder Products Company | Product Releases | CommentsColder Products Company has announced the addition of PVDF to the available material options throughout its FitQuik Connectors product line. This material addition creates more than 100 new FitQuik Connectors alongside the existing nylon, polypropylene and polycarbonate materials and configurations available.
LISTED UNDER: Connectors | Polycarbonates
Materials Impact Medical Device Design Trends
June 3, 2013 2:22 pm | by Sean Fenske, Editor-in-Chief, MDT | Eastman Chemical Company | Articles | CommentsThere are an array of factors that impact the design of medical devices, from available components to healthcare trends. In this Roundtable presentation, participants spoke to the way in which healthcare trends are impacting material development and, as a result, how materials are then impacting medical device design.
LISTED UNDER: ABS | Acetals | Acrylics
Resins for Medical Equipment Housings
April 5, 2013 4:57 pm | by MDT Staff | Product Releases | CommentsStyron, the global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex and rubber, has introduced the following new resins for medical equipment enclosures. These materials can be used with all types of therapeutic and diagnostic equipment applications.
LISTED UNDER: ABS | Polycarbonates
Component Miniaturization in a Broad Range of Materials Offers More Options
March 22, 2013 11:28 am | by MDT Staff | Minnesota Rubber & Plastics | Product Releases | CommentsMinnesota Rubber and Plastics provides custom miniaturized components in a broad range of materials, giving designers more options and greater flexibility.
LISTED UNDER: Injection Molding | Molding | Nylons
Antimicrobial Compounds Help Designers Enhance Safety of Healthcare Applications
February 19, 2013 3:13 pm | by MDT Staff | Sabic Innovative Plastics | Product Releases | CommentsSABIC’s Innovative Plastics business today introduced powerful new tools to help medical device manufacturers reduce HCAIs among patients and clinicians. SABIC’s nine new antimicrobial compounds featuring silver technology have been tested for log reduction values – the level of microbes eliminated from a surface – according to the ISO 22196-2007 protocol.
LISTED UNDER: Polycarbonates | Polymers | Polypropylenes
Plastic Solutions for Portability, Miniaturization and Sustainability of Healthcare Applications
January 16, 2013 11:03 am | Sabic Innovative Plastics | Product Releases | CommentsRecognizing the increasing prevalence of device miniaturization, a need for greater portability and a desire to find more sustainable solutions, SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business will exhibit at MD&M West...
LISTED UNDER: PEEK, PEK | Polycarbonates | PolymersUL Acquires IDES, Launches Dynamic Plastic Search Tool Integrating Data Sheets and UL Test Results
July 26, 2012 11:53 am | News | CommentsUL, a world leader in advancing safety, announced today the acquisition of Laramie, Wyoming-based IDES, the leading informational resource for plastic material. Coinciding with the announcement, UL unveiled the next-generation version of IDES' popular Prospector online service which combines plastic materials data sheets and UL plastic identification reports...
LISTED UNDER: ABS | Acetals | Acrylics
Polycarbonate Enables Thinner Walls in Medical Devices
June 15, 2011 6:44 am | Bayer Materialscience, Llc | Product Releases | CommentsAs demand for smaller, less intrusive medical devices continues to grow, designers and OEMs are increasingly seeking materials with properties that can make these new devices possible.
LISTED UNDER: Polycarbonates
Thermoplastic Polycarbonate-Urethane
April 21, 2011 6:54 am | Dsm | Product Releases | CommentsBionate II PCU is an innovative, medical polymer with built-in surface modification technology. It is designed for chronic implants, with enhanced processing and it is backed by an established FDA Master File.
LISTED UNDER: Polycarbonates | Plastics | Urethanes
Flow Control Switch Is Made of a Polycarbonate Body
January 31, 2011 7:03 am | Qosina | Product Releases | CommentsMade of a polycarbonate body and an acetal slider which acts as an ON/OFF switch, this high pressure flow control switch can be used with any application that involves liquid flow and requires inline shut off capability.
LISTED UNDER: Polycarbonates | Switches/Pushbuttons | Control
Fittings Product Line Expanded With Polycarbonate Offerings
September 23, 2010 6:31 am | Colder Products Company | Product Releases | CommentsThe latest additions include hose barb to hose barb tees, straights, elbows, and Ys, along with luers, all in medical-grade polycarbonate material.
LISTED UNDER: Polycarbonates | Fittings | Fittings
Polycarbonate Resins
July 5, 2007 12:14 pm | Bayer Materialscience, Llc | Product Releases | CommentsMakrolon polycarbonate resins provide excellent impact strength, glass-like transparency, excellent temperature resistance, superior processability, and dimensional stability. Certain Makrolon polycarbonate resins designated as “medical-grade” meet FDA-modified ISO 10993-1 requirements.
LISTED UNDER: PolycarbonatesPlastics Color Effects
September 3, 2004 5:30 am | Bayer Materialscience, Llc | Product Releases | CommentsCompany offers six Leda® compounded color effects—Silverado, Black Starlight, Heart's Desire, Fade-to-Black, Titanium, and White Marble—to meet the unique requirements of design industries. These further expand the palette of the company's Fantasia™ colors and special effects program.
LISTED UNDER: Polycarbonates
Modeling Material
April 29, 2004 6:27 am | Stratasys Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThis polycarbonate modeling material is indicated for pharmaceutical- and medical-equipment modeling, among other applications. Polycarbonate (PC) is a durable plastic, first introduced for rapid prototyping in 2001, and now common for functional prototypes.
LISTED UNDER: Polycarbonates | Prototyping | Rapid Prototyping
