Originally Published EMDM January/February 2005
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Adhesives and Materials |
Adhesives
A line of more than 3000 grades of adhesives, sealants, coatings, and potting and encapsulation compounds is offered. The company’s products include epoxies, polyurethanes, silicones, acrylics, and polyamides. Grades designed for use on disposable and reusable medical devices are available. The products meet USP Class VI requirements and withstand exposure to most types of sterilants. Master Bond Inc.
Light Curing Systems
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A company offers a range of solvent-free USP Class VI and ISO 10993 light curing adhesives and light curing systems. The company’s medical adhesives are successfully used to bond needles, catheters, anaesthesia masks, tube sets, and various other medical assemblies.
Dymax
Plastic Tubing
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Heat-shrink tubing and related extruded products are made from fluoropolymers and other resins. Thin-wall and reinforced tubing and profiles are available. The company also manufactures multilumen access introducers, regional anaesthesia catheters, guidewires, and custom devices.
Teleflex Medical
Steel, Titanium, and
Special Alloy Products
Stainless steel, titanium, and special alloys are offered for the fabrication of medical products. Applications include orthopaedic and dental implants, suture needles, staples, surgical blades and saws, stents, catheter guidewire systems, and lead wires. The company’s strong R&D base and efficient distribution provide reliable solutions to customers. Sandvik Bioline
Liquid Silicone Rubber
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A line of liquid silicone rubber is available in lubricant concentrations with Shore A durometers ranging from 15 to 60. The product line was designed to prevent vulcanized silicone surfaces, in contact with each other, from sticking. Potential applications include septums, stoppers, O-rings, gaskets, valves, and seals. NuSil Technology
Ceramics
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A company uses ceramic injection moulding (CIM)—a combination of particulate materials, injection moulding, and sintering sciences—to produce small complex parts. Complex shapes are achievable in ultrahard materials that are difficult, costly, or impossible to form through traditional processes. CIM enables the production of multiple components that previously required assembly. SPT Roth
Precision Components
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A company manufactures precision components from precious metals and titanium. The firm refines, casts, forms, and machines the metals at its own facility. Available services include engineering and design assistance, prototyping, surface treatment and coating, assembly, packaging, and sterilization. Semifinished products such as wires and tubing and micromechanical components are routinely produced.
CM Medical, Cendres & Métaux S.A.
Semifinished Products
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Drawn and flat wires and profiles are made from mate
rials including stainless steel, titanium, and cobalt chrome. The company specializes in high-precision manufacturing in sizes as small as 0.02 mm with tight tolerances of 0.001–0.004 mm. Various tolerance requirements for drawing, grinding, forming, coiling, and coating can be satisfied. The Notz Group
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