Polypropylenes

Antimicrobial Compounds Help Designers Enhance Safety of Healthcare Applications

February 19, 2013 3:13 pm | by MDT Staff | Sabic Innovative Plastics | Product Releases | Comments

SABIC’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 | Comments

Recognizing 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 | Polymers

5 Key Considerations for Working with Biomedical Textiles

January 2, 2013 4:28 pm | by Todd Blair | Articles | Comments

As concerns over many implant materials, including metals, grow, medical device engineers are increasingly looking to biomedical textiles to aid in device design and implant performance. The advantages for more biomimetic functions are vast, but in order to satisfy performance requirements, there are a number of key considerations engineers must be prepared to address. Every decision, from biomaterial selection to processing technique, must be carefully assessed by a contract manufacturing partner with specialized medical textile expertise to develop a device that both delivers clinically and meets all compliance standards for regulatory approval.

LISTED UNDER: Cylinders | Nonwovens | Wovens

UL Acquires IDES, Launches Dynamic Plastic Search Tool Integrating Data Sheets and UL Test Results

July 26, 2012 11:53 am | News | Comments

UL, 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

Animal-Free Polypropylene Is USP Class VI Offering

May 18, 2011 7:20 am | Product Releases | Comments

Due to increased customer demand and a change in supplier certifications, Value Plastics, manufacturer of plastic tube fittings, has chosen to include a certified USP Class VI polypropylene as one of their core resin offerings.

LISTED UNDER: Polypropylenes | Fittings

Connectors in Nylon and Polypropylene

March 17, 2011 7:33 am | Qosina | Product Releases | Comments

Qosina has teamed up with Colder Products Company to now offer their FitQuik Connectors. Available in both white and black nylon and natural polypropylene, the more than 350 fittings...

LISTED UNDER: Nylons | Polypropylenes | Fittings