Advances in medicine make headlines. But who, on hearing of some novel optimized therapy, gives thought to the material necessary for its implementation? This is where we come into the picture: Every new development brings with it a host of challenges in medical technology that High Performance Polymers must face. Our task is to provide accurate solutions to these, and this is best accomplished through early and intensive dialog with you.
We can supply you with high-performance polymers satisfying the test requirements of country-specific regulations, such as the European Community‘s Directive 93/42/EEC and the regulations of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP).
High quality and low processing tolerances in the extrusion process make VESTAMID® L and VESTAMID® E excellent materials for the manufacture of catheters. Their mechanical properties, the combination of elasticity, flexibility, hardness and toughness and their high bursting pressure provide for the reliability that, for example, dilation catheters do not buckle and never burst.
TROGAMID® CX is a glass-clear, UV resistant compound with excellent resistance to chemicals and stress cracking, good creep behavior, and also low tendency to warp. The material is licensed under USP, Class VI, the highest class in the United States Pharmacopeia that even allows exposure to blood. Therefore TROGAMID® CX is suitable for manufacture of structural components that come into direct contact with drugs or bodily fluids. These include infusion and transfusion components such as connectors, adapters, and multiple stopcocks and the housings of devices.
Special VESTODUR® polybutylene terephthalate compounds are also licensed for direct contact with active ingredients. These compounds are easy to process and the moldings made of them are dimensionally stable. They feature low sliding friction. Thus, on the one hand, dimensionally stable housings like pipette housings and functional components of inhalers can be made with them. But VESTODUR® is also suitable for processing with the melt-blow process, where the structure of the non-wovens produced can be adjusted. They are used as blood filters, for example.
Sterilizable coatings of VESTOSINT® invest metal parts such as orthopedic instruments and knee-joint supports with a low sliding friction and a high mechanical strength. Thanks to the smooth non-porous surface, bacterial growth is prevented, and components are easy to clean. Therefore VESTOSINT® is not only used to coat components in medical technology, but also hospital furniture and permanent installations.
In close collaboration with you, a producer of medical technology components, our specialists take care to achieve a perfect synthesis of raw materials, design, mold technique and processing technology.
