The conference offers the latest trends, technologies, and technical information to help spark innovation for improved medical device design and functionality. According to conference co-chairman Bernard Powell, senior product manager for PolyOne’s distribution business, the conference will offer the medical community an opportunity to focus narrowly on the benefits of elastomers in healthcare for application areas such as medical devices, pharmaceutical packaging, drug delivery devices, prosthetics, and orthopedics.

The page below summarizes the common overmolding situations for medical, universal, polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene, polycarbonate, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, nylon and copolyester. Medical Overmolding Avient has several USP VI overmolding products available for use in medical device applications.

Backed by robust bio-compatibility pre-testing, healthcare quality systems, and change control standards, these ‘medical grade’ concentrates and pre-color formulations can help minimize risk and avoid high costs of non-compliance. Standard and custom color solutions for today’s complex medical applications Help protect or enhance the performance of polymers used in medical devices, diagnostics and pharmaceutical packaging.

However, this can negatively impact the mechanical and physical performance of medical plastics. They can be used in medical applications that include ergonomic grips, handles, gaskets, seals, IV connector caps, and diagnostic testing devices. The new range contains shades commonly used in medical devices: yellow, mid and dark grey, mid green, light and dark blue, white, and black.

These new materials are formulated to improve design, performance and processing capabilities versus traditional silicone, thermoplastic urethane (TPU), or thermoplastic vulcanizates.  

TRUE BLUE 101 URETHANE

GRAY 39 URETHANE

DARK GRAY URETHANE

Thermoplastic Urethanes

Geon(TM) DB5523 NEUTRAL ALLOY URETHANE REP.