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Plastics/Disposables

Accumold

Booth 2471

Accumold® is a high-tech manufacturer of precision micro, small and lead frame injection molded plastic components. Utilizing processes developed from Micro-Mold® technology, the company designs, builds and produces unique molds and parts efficiently for markets that include micro electronics, automotive, fiber/optics, medical, and military/aerospace applications.

Accumold® specializes in complex, precise injection molded thermoplastic parts that require perfect detail no matter the volume. The company produces components that range in size from .005” to 3” with tolerances to .00004”. Their customers require an uncompromising attention to detail, extremely high quality, low production costs, and our speed-to-market services.

Booth 807

AOK Tooling Ltd. is a precision mold manufacturing, plastic injection molding, metal stamping, product engineering design & product assembly company. AOK Tooling Ltd. established in year 1999. Main products are medical, irrigation, electronics, automobile part mold manufacturing, plastic molding & sub-assembly. The company has about 350 employees with 150 mold makers, 35 mold design engineers. ISO9001-2000 certified company. AOK Tooling has 10K standard cleanroom to manufacture and assemble medical products. The company is one stop solutions product provider company.

Booth 1857

Apple Rubber offers a full line of ISO 9001-2000 certified rubber parts and sealing solutions for industry with USP Class 6 grades available. In addition to silicone, Apple Rubber now offers medical-grade elastomers such as Viton® fluorocarbon (FKM) and EPDM rubber for medical applications. Complete engineering support, manufacturing, quality assurance and a Class 10,000 ISO Class 7 certified cleanroom are also available.

Booth 965

AVANCA Medical Devices, Inc., introduces the proprietary RPD™ line of Reciprocating Procedure Devices. The RPD™ is a ergonomic one-handed safety procedure device that replaces the traditional syringe for physician-performed procedures. Currently, there are over a dozen medical specialties with over sixty procedures that can be utilized by the Avanca RPD™. The RPD™ provides precise needle control, outstanding aspiration/injection characteristics, and full one-handed functionality for the demanding syringe for procedures performed by physicians.

The AVANCA RPD™ is designed for less patient trauma and pain due to safer, more accurate fluid withdrawal. Its unique design gives the operator a surer, more ergonomic grip and reduces forward intrusion of the needle, resulting in a high-level of operator satisfaction.

Web: http://www.bayermaterialsciencenafta.com

Booth 3111

Bayer MaterialScience LLC produces a wide range of proven and innovative materials for the healthcare market, including polycarbonates, polyurethanes, thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs), coatings, adhesives and sealants.

Medical product manufacturers have come to rely on Bayer’s Makrolon® polycarbonate (PC), Bayblend® PC/ABS blend, Makrofol® PC film, Makroblend® PC/PET blend, Apec® high-heat PC and Texin® TPU to meet the critical design, manufacturing and end-use performance parameters of a variety of medical device and packaging applications, including: surgical instruments; respiratory equipment; drug delivery devices; X-ray development tanks; diagnostic devices; cardiovascular devices, including oxygenators and blood reservoirs; and intravenous devices such as manifolds used in coronary arteriography, stopcocks, and IV connection mechanisms.

Web: http://www.cacglobal.com

Booth 966

Control & Automation Companies’ thermal shrinking / laminating removal machine model CAC-SHTR-01 is designed to facilitate the removal of the thermal shrink tubing used during the catheter lamination process. This semiautomatic equipment uses and proprietary precise cutting system that applies a precise and controlled cut over thermal shrinking material that covers the full length of a catheter providing and easy and consistent thermal shrink tubing removal.

The equipment help to overcome the problems associated with associated with the manual thermal shrinking removal associated with the manual fixtures.

Booth 964

FasTest Inc. offers test connectors for ultra thin hypodermic and catheter tubing. The company has a smallest connector available for medical device leak test applications. Previously available for outside diameters down to 0.030”, FasTest’s new ME001 style connector is quickly connected to diameters down to 0.015”.

Capable of sealing down to 0.015" OD, the ME001 connector is designed for leak testing infusion set and drug delivery devices. The compact 0.84" OD easily mounts in limited space locations and the pneumatic actuation is ideal for soft touch control of delicate components or automation for ergonomics or high production testing.

Booth 729

GPS China, an Irish owned outsourcing and manufacturing company has been in operation for over 20 years and in this time has developed long-term partnerships with some of the worlds leading medical device companies.

GPS China specializes in the design, development, manufacture and assembly of plastic medical devices and pharma packaging. The company is equipped with class 100k cleanrooms, ISO13485 certified, FDA registered and have extensive expertise in an array of technologies including extrusion, injection moulding and sterilisation. GPS China customers benefit from an integrated range of services, established logistic network and a single point of contact for their entire supply chain requirements.

Booth 1507

SPEEDFLOW ® - GVS IV FILTER
The GVS Group is one of the world's leading OEM manufacturers of injection molded filters for the medical industry. For over 25 years, GVS has focused on innovative production processes, constant improvement of our products, and continuous development of technical skills to provide support for our customers to development their products.
GVS Filter Technology Inc. offers a complete line of Speedflow® IV filters, including Speedflow Adult, Kids and Baby. Our Hi-Flo PES membrane offers superior Taxol and other chemo drug flow rates. Manufactured under ISO13485 and FDA procedures. Other products: Epicare® epidural filters, hydrophobic disc filters, tubular and disc blood filters, Easydrop flow controllers, HME and anesthesia filters. Custom manufacturing.

Booth 2532

Halkey-Roberts’ new 3-way/4-way swabable luer activated stopcock provides the safety of a closed system with a leak-free aseptic swabable port. The needlefree access port can be swabbed in order to maintain a sterile barrier. The company has incorporated swabable valve technology into the stopcock to provide customers with another easy to use needlefree access product.

•Swabable to prevent contamination
•Provides a closed system
•Eliminates use of caps
•Transfers with patient
•Lipid resistant materials
•Latex-free, DEHP free
•Low priming volume and dead space
•Low profile swabable port

Booth 2532

Halkey-Roberts needlefree bag access valves and break-off valves are designed to attach directly to the solution bag during their production. These swabable valves can be used as needlefree injection sites or to access the bag with a mating luer connector, eliminating the need for spike ports and needles.

All raw materials are USP Class VI, latex-free and DEHP-free. Bodies are available in polycarbonate and stems are produced from silicone.

The bag access valve is designed to fit 6.8mm (.268") I.D. tube ports. The break-off valves are designed to fit two tubing sizes: 6.0mm and 6.6 mm I.D.

Booth 790

STAR (Sphere-Templated Angiogenic Regeneration) 3D Scaffold is a proprietary breakthrough technology for addressing biointegration issues.

In contrast to many porous biomaterials that are "found" materials originally designed for other uses (such as filtration), STAR has been specifically engineered for the purpose of enhancing biointegration and promoting healing.

STAR material enhances the biointegration of percutaneous (passing through the skin) and fully implanted devices. The key to STAR is its tightly controlled pore geometry. Unlike other 3D scaffolds with varying pore sizes, STAR's precisely engineered, uniformly sized pores maximize angiogenesis, encouraging both tissue and blood vessel ingrowth while minimizing foreign body encapsulation.

Booth 1388

Hsiner Co. Ltd. manufactures CPAP full face mask series. The company can make one peice molded silicone. Their products are ergonomic, comfortable, and affordable.

Booth 1367

Injectech LLC is a manufacturer for the medical device industry offers a new line of one way check valves. The valves are manufactured from lipid resistant radiation stable polycarbonate with a silicone disk. Configurations include a female luer to either a male slip luer or male luer lock with rotating ring. All valves are manufactured in a Class 100,000 clean room. The cracking pressure is 1.5 – 5.0 psi. The back pressure is 45 psi.

Booth 1367

Injectech LLC, an ISO certified manufacturer for the medical device industry, introduces a line of barbed rotating male luer connectors. The barbs are sized to work with tubing ID’s of 1/16” through 1/4”. Materials offered include lipid resistant radiation stable polycarbonate and ABS. Parts can be purchased as separate components or as assemblies. All molding is performed in a Class 100,000 clean room.

Booth 627

Kettenbach GmbH & Co. KG is a manufacturer of medically evaluated absorbent sponge materials made of pure cotton and regenerated cellulose. Their materials are applied in various medical fields as well as in the industrial field as a component for other devices. The lint-free sponge material can absorb 17 – 20 times its own weight in aqueous solutions. Within the limitations of the material, they are capable of adjusting material to client’s requirements. With over 50 years of experience in the production of absorbent sponge materials and considering the various fields of application, one could speak of a versatile absorbent sponge material.

Web: http://www.makuta.com

Booth 2395

Makuta Technics designs and manufactures plastic components with the world's smallest features for the medical and pharmaceutical industries. As a global leader in micro sized part development, Makuta utilizes 75 years of experience, advanced technology, and sophisticated engineering techniques to produce components for industries where quality and precision are guaranteed.

Booth 2026

Medegen Inc. provides MaxPort™ Swabable Stopcock.
MaxPort™ is a closed, contamination free system that protects against microbial ingress and needle sticks. MaxPort™ eliminates caps and reduces set changes, all with a minimal priming volume and high flow rate. MaxPort™’s closed system prevents air ingress and leaking and is made of a clear material for easy visualization. MaxPort™ is suitable for a variety of IV therapy applications, making it a perfect addition to current product offering.

Booth 3185

Metro Mold & Design is a custom molder for the medical, bio-medical and pharmaceutical industries for 34 years. The company has developed a prototype parts division called ExpressParts™, which takes 3 D solids from concept to a production-ready injection molds in days, not weeks. This exceptional rapid tooling and molding can be performed in both thermoplastic injection molding and extrusion blow molding. MMD is ISO certified and has Class 100,000 clean rooms for molding and assembly. MMD offers highly sought after technology that provides prototype parts at production quality of complex part geometry.

Booth 3031

MicroLumen, Inc. provides high performance medical tubing. The company’s polyimide tubing is a thermoset plastic providing excellent mechanical, thermal and chemical properties and is manufactured with extremely tight tolerances. Standard ID ranges of 0.004" to 0.086" with thin profiles. Polyimide tubing is ideal for catheter shafts and low-invasive medical devices; Cardiovascular, Neurological, Urological applications. Braid & Coil reinforced designs available for added torque and column strength. PTFE liners, flexible tips, embedded marker bands, multi-durometer constructions and custom laser-machining are available. They offer innovation solutions and improve catheter systems by adding value. ISO 9001:2000 and USP Class VI Biocompatible.

Booth 3031

MicroLumen Inc. provides high performance medical tubing ideal for critical applications and low-invasive medical devices. Typical applications include cardiovascular & urological catheters, stent deployment and drug delivery systems. The company primary product line is Polyimide; which has excellent mechanical, thermal & chemical properties. Braid reinforced designs are available for added flexibility, torque & column strength. MicroLumen offers value-added solutions: Thermoplastic jackets, multi-durometer designs, flexible tips, sub-assembly, PTFE liners & laser machining. USP Class VI biocompatible tubing & ISO 9001:2000.

Booth 2445

NeedleTech Products, Inc. is introducing BONUS™ NEEDLES. The company’s BONUS™ needle program is primarily a Bone Needle that can be used for Bone Marrow Biopsy, Bone Marrow Aspiration or Vertebroplasty. The advantage or BONUS™ of this needle is that the handle can be easily removed and replaced as needed. This feature allows for better visibility during Vertebroplasty and subsequent cement delivery. The second BONUS™ feature this product offers is the ability to receive multiple cannula with a single handle.

Booth 1568

Pacific Hospital Supply Company Ltd. provides Pahsco-Vac wound drainage system. It is easy to activate. Large pouring spout is located close to the edge of the evacuator. 3-spring design provides a constant post-operative drainage to a surgical wound. Drainage records can be written on the area provided on the evacuator. It is available in 1/8”, 3/16” and 1/4” of size, reservoirs, tubing and trocar in kits or individual components. It has clear reservoirs with graduation available in 200ml, 250ml and 450ml.

Booth 2486

Plastic & Metal Center introduces expansion of its Thermo Vacuum Formed Packaging line as well as expansion of its CNC machining centers to a new building. PMC has also expanded its injection molding capabilities with new Overmolding machine. These expansions help PMC to become a one-stop shop for all metal and plastic parts from rapid prototyping to machining to production metal parts and molded parts. PMC can design and produce thermo formed trays within weeks and specializes on low volume and prototyping.

Booth 957

Plastomer Technologies’ choice in materials used for stenting plays a significant role in achieving increased strength, especially where shape retention and surgical handling are major factors. The company offers highest quality customized PTFE and expanded-PTFE fibers for use in manufacturing medical stents. Using PTFE fibers in stent fabrication offers desired properties such as natural lubricity for ease of handling, with the increased strength required for suturability and shape retention. Applications for use of ePTFE stents center on vascular grafting. The company offers low denier ePTFE and PTFE thread available in custom lengths and widths.

Booth 957

Plastomer Technologies offers machining medical components involves skill, intricacy and cleanliness. More when transforming medical grade plastics, including its own processed in house high purity PTFE material, into customized solutions for the industry. Machined plastic medical components are found throughout imaging, laboratory, surgical and other critical industry applications and are produced by Plastomer Technologies to specific requirements. Tight tolerance custom components produced include connectors, couplings, seals, check valves, diaphragms, plugs, etc. from any engineered plastic including PTFE, PEEK, Acrylic, UHMW, G10 and Polypropylene. Plastomer machines and fabricates only plastics to ensure no cross material contamination occurs.

Booth 2600

Precision Extrusion in concert with customers has developed a PTFE lined, braid reinforced catheter that combines various hardnesses of outer layers but also clear and radiopaque layers and variable pics per inch along the shaft.

These shafts can be used to provide a “delivery system” type of guide catheter that provides a variety of variable stiffness along the shaft to the distal end, along with clear and/or radiopaque distal tips. The PTFE liner provides a very lubricious inner surface.

This catheter shafts can be braided with round wire, single or double ended, as well as flat or ribbon wire of various tensile strength. The most common outer jacket materials are nylon or nylon copolymers (PEBAX®, or polyurethane).

Booth 1087

Precision Medical Plastics, Ltd. is a ISO 13485:2003 certified contract manufacturer specializing producing precision thermoplastic tubing, catheters and providing component assembly services for the medical industry. The company capabilities include: wire or monofilaments braided tubing, multi-lumen tubing, thin wall tubing, co-extrusion tubing, microbore tubing, radiopaque tubing, hole punching, printing, tip forming, OEM assemblies. The company supplies high pressure braided tubing (1200PSI), Angiographic tubing, PICC tubing, sheath tubing, Dilator, Epidural catheter, CVC tubing, Pig tail catheter, drainage catheter and so on.

Web: http://www.qosina.com

Booth 2121

Qosina is adding new light sensitive extension lines to its expanding inventory of sub-assembled components. These extension lines with amber tubing effectively protect light sensitive solutions or compounds. The company’s forty-inch long polyethylene tubing is available in 1.5 mm I.D. by 2.5 mm O.D. (Part # 12597) and 1 mm I.D. by 2 mm O.D. (Part #12598). A male luer with ABS collar and polyethylene stem is bonded at one end and a polyethylene female luer bonded to the other, both with non-vented caps. This is an efficient way to administer compounds with light sensitivity.

Booth 412

Racer Technology specializes in engineering and medical grade devices. A one-stop contract manufacturer providing customized product design, prototyping, plastics injection molding, tooling fabrication, metal stamping, plating and precision machining to customers with manufacturing throughout Asia and sales support in USA. The company is headquartered in Singapore, with facilities in China (Suzhou), Indonesia (Batam) & Malaysia (Senai).

The company has their own in-house tool making and design section, with expertise in 3D mold design and prototyping capability, and communicate design flaws back to customers which improves manufacturing quality.

Capabilities include:
• Mechanical Consultant
• Mechanical Design
• Prototyping
• Tooling Fabrication
• Plastics Injection Molding
• Plastics Injection Insert Molding
• Metal Stamping
• Machining
• Box Build.

Booth 2367

RAUMEDIC, Inc. has extensive production expertise in the areas of extrusion, precision injection molding and the fabrication and assembly of medical and pharmaceutical tubing, sub-assemblies and systems. Backed with over 50 years of polymer processing expertise, a brand new state-of-the-art 110,000 sq. ft. Class 10,000 clean-room facility, in house material research and compounding, prototyping, applications and process engineering RAUMEDIC focuses on customer specific solutions for the medical device industry.

New from RAUMEDIC:
-High pressure catheter tubing
-Silicone adhesives
-DEHP-free PVC tubing
-Low Tack Silicone tubing
-Dehesive Tubing
-Antimicrobial Tubing
-Multilayer tubing

Booth 309

Founded in 1954, Rayco Technologies is a Precision Elastomeric Solutions Specialist. It creates precision components that are used in major industries including medical devices.

Rayco believes in early involvement with their customers. Its award winning Elastomeric Technology Center (ETC)develops unique Elastomeric compounds for mission critical applications with specific requirements. Their design center engages partners from concept to product design and quick prototyping of precision components.

Its manufacturing facilities in both Singapore and China have dedicated teams and are ISO/TS 16949, ISO 9001:2002, PSB-ODS Free and ROHS certified. They are also equipped with Class 100 clean room production environments and an ISO /IEC 17025 accredited laboratory that conducts chemical, mechanical and analytical test services.

Booth 1930

RTP Company has developed standard lines of UniColor™ universal masterbatch and precolored resin products for use in medical products and pharmaceutical applications. The standard and custom color solutions meet with ISO 10993-1 tests for bio-compatibility standards and were carefully developed for cost-effectiveness and availability from RTP Company's global manufacturing facilities.

RTP Company's palette of pigments can be utilized to create virtually any biocompatible color. Custom colors are uniquely developed based on specific color requirements. Masterbatch and precolor bio-compatibility products can be developed for use with any resin, including styrenics, olefins, elastomers, nylons, PVC, engineering resins, and high temperature resins.

Booth 1930

Water Clear and Gamma Stable TPE's from RTP Company

RTP Company has developed optically clear thermoplastic elastomers ideal for use in the healthcare industry. These materials are used for respiratory masks, 2 shot molding for human touch zones, injection pens, other medical devices and economical replacement options for PVC and silicone.

Gamma sterilization testing of these materials has shown excellent color stability and property retention past 3 times the standard sterilization dosage. Development of the Water Clear TPE materials is ongoing and RTP Company will be releasing additional grades in 2008 including bondable and barrier grades.

Booth 1571

Sanbor Medical is a U.S. contract manufacturer with a high quality and low cost production facility in China, providing off shore pricing with on shore reliability. The company provides services of Class I & II devices, and produces box builds, medical instrumentation, and single use device assemblies, along with packaging in Class 100,000 cleanroom and sterilization through FDA registered partners. In addition to finished devices, the company offers PCB assemblies, electro-mechanical sub-assemblies, and plastic molded components. The company is FDA registered, ISO13485, ISO9001 certified and UL/CSA registered.

Booth 2074

From concept to production, Schnipke Engraving Co. offers various injection molding services featuring micro molding technology for miniature medical devices and implants. The company's technology and experience consistently result in excellent quality and cost-savings. Supporting capabilities include high-volume automation, continuous reel insert molding, and over molding. Schnipke Engraving is a peace-of-mind resource to the medical device industry.

Booth 626

Scitech Medical an ISO 13485 certified company which is committed to the delivery of safe and innovative solutions for minimally-invasive treatments of vascular diseases and gastroenterology procedures, using catheter-based and endovascular technologies. Accessories are used on interventional cardiology & radiology (hemodinamic Cath Lab), vascular surgery, urology, oncology, dialysis, endoscopy and drainage procedures.

Some of the products the company supplies: stents, catheters, manifolds, indeflators, etc.

Booth 229

The SkyeModule M4 is a feature-rich, easy-to-use HF RFID reader module specially designed to serve three distinct market applications: product authentication, access control and contactless payment.

The SkyeModule M4 provides industry-leading security and sophisticated features normally associated with much more expensive readers at a ground-breaking price. Its small size and intelligent software ease integration and provide customers with a significant cost-performance advantage.

• Open architecture; forward compatible and highly scalable
• Supports more ISO15693 and 14443 A/B tags than other readers
• TagIQ™ maximizes tag performance
• C-API for development
• Small footprint
• Best-in-class output power (200mW) and noise reduction
• Minimal power consumption

Booth 1185

Metrix Company provides a variety of custom manufactured disposable medical devices. As a full-service OEM contract manufacturer, Metrix specializes in RF and heat-sealed bags, screen printing, hot stamping, assembly, and packaging.

Booth 1689

Thieme Corporation introduces Reaction Injection Molding (RIM) with Polyurethane (PUR) systems for low annual part production runs. Manufacture device enclosures, housings, panels and structural parts using this cost saving process and material system. Realize lower tooling and end assembly costs. Do things in your design that thermoforming, injection molding, and fiberglass lay up technologies can't do. Manufacture parts with multiple wall thickness without sink or distortion. Make large single shot parts up to 75 lbs.

Booth 937

Vitaltec Corp. acts as a professional and reliable OEM/ODM partner to offer with total solutions: production, assembly, packaging and validation. The company is specialized in thermoplastic injection molding, silicone LIM molding, tube extrusion and blow molding. The main product ranges include: anesthesia, critical care, emergency and respiratory care. All production services are taken place under the certifications of GMP and ISO 13485.

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