Plastics in medical & health
Modern healthcare would be impossible without many plastics medical products that we take for granted: disposable syringes, intravenous blood bags and heart valves, etc.
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EHEC bacteria cannot survive in corrugated packaging
FEFCO informs that corrugated packaging is clean and hygienic, because of very high temperatures applied during the manufacturing process and because each package is used for only one delivery.
Solvay announces major expansion in healthcare market
Solvay Specialty Polymers – a leading global supplier of high-performance thermoplastics offered for use in a range of markets – has expanded its focus on the healthcare industry with the creation of a dual-pronged management team for implantable and non-implantable medical devices to meet the growing needs of its global customers.
New medical package offering improved opportunities for real-time adherence control
Stora Enso Pharma DDSi Wireless - a new medical package offering improved opportunities for real-time adherence control.
Versaflex TPE healthcare grades for medical fluid delivery systems
PolyOne GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers, a global leader in high-performance, custom-formulated thermoplastic elastomer solutions (TPEs) released the results of bondability studies that show the excellent performance of Versaflex HC TPEs using solventless, solvent-based, and heat welding adhesion methods.
SABIC helps medical device makers
SABIC Innovative Plastics’ specialty materials help medical device makers stay ahead of healthcare trends in safety, home care and regulation.
DuPont: high performance polymers for drug delivery systems
The Autopen 2 from Owen Mumford includes several functional components made of DuPont Delrin acetal resin that are fundamental to its use for the effortless and accurate delivery of insulin to diabetes patients.
First biodegradable toothpaste tube
Tectubes introduces the world's first truly biodegradable toothpaste tube made from FKuR's bioresins.
Nobel Biocare's dental healing caps are molded of Solvay’s
Biomaterial delivers exceptional performance in dental implant application Nobel Biocare, a leading supplier of restorative and esthetic dental solutions, has introduced dental healing caps made of Eviva polysulfone (PSU) resin from Solvay Advanced Polymers, LLC, for excellent biocompatibility, practical toughness, and sterilizability via gamma radiation. Eviva PSU resin is part of Solvay’s Solviva line of biomaterials that are offered for use in implantable medical devices.
Stora Enso provides its Memori card to Meridian Health's electronic Health Journal
Stora Enso has signed an agreement to provide its Memori product to an electronic Health Journal for outpatient pain monitoring to Meridian Health, a leading not-for-profit health care organization in New Jersey, U.S.
Dental device made of Solvay's Udel Polysulfone
Grind Guard Technologies, LLC, Clarkston, Mich., has introduced a unique dental device designed for the treatment of bruxism – the tendency to clench and grind teeth while sleeping. The mouth guard is made of Udel P-1700 polysulfone (PSU) resin from Solvay Advanced Polymers, LLC, for high strength, heat resistance, and biocompatibility.
DME and P.E.T.S. Unveil New Patented Electric Valve Gate & Sequencer
Electric Valve-Gate System ideally suited for high-precision, clean-room molding applications, commonly found in the medical arena. This patented Electric Valve-Gate offers unprecedented valve-pin movement of 6"/s. and unequaled closing forces (over 35,000 PSI)
Bisphenol A link to heart disease
More evidence linking bisphenol A (BPA) to heart disease has been found by a group of researchers in the UK.
Ticona offers GUR UHMW-PE with vitamin E for customer testing and sampling
Ticona, the engineering polymers business of Celanese Corporation, announced two new grades of GUR ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) with vitamin E are available for sampling and testing in orthopedic implants. Vitamin E, a biocompatible antioxidant, provides additional oxidation stability to the engineering thermoplastic that should further extend the life of artificial prosthesis replacements.
Borealis meets customer demand with relaunched healthcare solutions
Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, starts to re-launch its Bormed LD PE range for blow, fill and seal products in response to customers demand for continued availability of the high-performance grades.
Borealis presents value-added Bormed solutions at Pharmapack 2009
Borealis` blow fill and seal (BFS) low density polyethylene (LDPE) products for healthcare packaging are back and taking pride of place among its comprehensive range of Bormed dedicated polyolefins at Pharmapack 2009.
E-care with intelligent packages
Stora Enso and the healthcare software provider Medixine jointly offer a mobile service based on Stora Enso Pharma DDSi packages to help patients with their medication.
PolyOne offers innovation to the healthcare industry
PolyOne Corporation featured a wide variety of polymer solutions for the healthcare industry recently at Medical Design and Manufacturing (MD&M) West in Anaheim, California.
Application of SABIC's Lexan HPM plastic
A hemodialysis blood pump from Renal Solutions, Inc., featuring SABIC Innovative Plastics` advanced hemocompatibility polycarbonate (PC) resin, is helping meet demands for new and innovative healthcare devices. The patented Pulsar? blood pump made with Lexan HPM resins helps prevent buildup of thrombus on the pump`s walls that could potentially interfere with the effectiveness of treatments.
Unusual Gerresheimer's closure system for pharmaceutical products
Increased safety - and in addition increased economy through the entire process chain: with these qualities an innovative closure system for pharmaceutical products totally convinced the jury for the 2007 German Packaging Award. This internationally prestigious prize was awarded to the new type of desiccant closures for tablet containers which Gerresheimer has developed under the Duma trademark.