Medical Tubing and Extrusion

Medical tubing and extrusion technologies

Compounding Solutions launches new tie-layer resin

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Compounding SolutionsCompounding Solutions (Lewiston, Maine) recently announced that it has launched a new tie-layer resin for the medical device industry.

ReZilok Rx is meant for the manufacturing of multilayer co-extruded medical films and catheter tubing, the company said in a February announcement.

Compounding Solutions’ R&D team developed ReZilok Rx as a linear low-density polyethylene grafted with maleic anhydride.

The resin is ISO-10993-5 compliant. Compounding Solutions’ officials boast that ReZilok offers excellent bond strength to numerous substrates.

“The current tie-layer resins in the market have been subject to numerous changes over the last five years, coupled with the resistance of the manufacturers to offer medically approved grades.  We wanted to provide a quality medical solution,” said Scott Neal, owner and general manager of Compounding Solutions.

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Chris Newmarker is the executive editor of WTWH Media life science's news websites and publications including MassDevice, Medical Design & Outsourcing and more. A professional journalist of 18 years, he is a veteran of UBM (now Informa) and The Associated Press whose career has taken him from Ohio to Virginia, New Jersey and, most recently, Minnesota. He’s covered a wide variety of subjects, but his focus over the past decade has been business and technology. He holds bachelor’s degrees in journalism and political science from Ohio State University. Connect with him on LinkedIn or email at cnewmarker@wtwhmedia.com.