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How silicone tubing is used in designing medical devices

May 26, 2020 By Danielle Kirsh

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When it comes to silicone tubing, medical device designer need to consider a wide variety of mechanical properties. Dan Sanchez, Product Manager, Trelleborg Healthcare & Medical The global medical tubing segment continues to rise at a significant rate and is expected to reach $9.4 billion by 2022, according to MarketsandMarkets Research. … [Read more...] about How silicone tubing is used in designing medical devices

Filed Under: Catheters, Coatings, Extrusions, Tubing Components Tagged With: silicone, Trelleborg

How tubing companies are supporting medtech during COVID-19

May 7, 2020 By Danielle Kirsh

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, the medical device industry is scrambling to meet the demand for devices that have experienced shortages. Ventilators are among them, and tubing and extrusion companies say they are doing their best to support device makers during the pandemic. Since the start of the pandemic, tubing … [Read more...] about How tubing companies are supporting medtech during COVID-19

Filed Under: Seals, Tubing Components Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Flexan, fluortek, Freudenberg Medical, Putnam Plastics, Trelleborg

Trelleborg touts geometric transition extrusion technology

February 6, 2020 By Danielle Kirsh

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Trelleborg is showcasing its GeoTrans geometric transition extrusion technology at MD&M West, Feb. 11-13, in Anaheim, Calif. The technology uses high consistency rubber silicone and eliminates the use of assembled joins that can be weak and cause failure modes and internal misalignments. With the assembled joints eliminated, component … [Read more...] about Trelleborg touts geometric transition extrusion technology

Filed Under: Extrusions Tagged With: Trelleborg

5 medical tubing manufacturing processes to achieve complex geometries

October 11, 2019 By Chris Newmarker

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Medtech companies have demanded increasingly complex geometries in medical tubing. Here's a rundown of five manufacturing processes that could help them get there.  Dan Sanchez, Trelleborg Healthcare & Medical Here are several tubing processes that may be of interest to medical device designers: Geometric transition extrusion With … [Read more...] about 5 medical tubing manufacturing processes to achieve complex geometries

Filed Under: Extrusions, Tools Tagged With: geometric transition extrusion, micro-extrusion, multi-lumen, reinforced, Trelleborg

How geometric transition extrusion can reduce medical tubing risk

October 4, 2019 By Chris Newmarker

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Complex extrusions open up design, quality and performance possibilities for medical tubing products, such as catheters, wound drains and hemodialysis tubing. Dan Sanchez, Trelleborg Healthcare & Medical Many medical tubing designers are increasingly looking to geometric transition extrusions manufactured of high consistency rubber (HCR) … [Read more...] about How geometric transition extrusion can reduce medical tubing risk

Filed Under: Extrusions Tagged With: Trelleborg

8 medical device industry supplier innovations you need to know

June 21, 2019 By Nancy Crotti

Medical device innovation doesn’t just come from startups or big corporate R&D departments. Contract manufacturers and suppliers are increasingly playing a role, too.  Long gone are the days when medical device industry suppliers simply produced or manufactured according to specifications. Companies are increasingly coming up with their own … [Read more...] about 8 medical device industry supplier innovations you need to know

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Filed Under: Advanced Materials, Coatings, Components, Extrusions, Injection Molding, Materials, Mold Components, Product Development, Research & Development, Silicone, Tubing Components Tagged With: 3m, covestro, Freudenberg Medical, herrmann ultrasonics, Integer Holdings Corp, Nikomed USA, Teleflex Medical OEM, Trelleborg

Reinforced silicone tubing: 6 things you need to know

July 21, 2017 By Chris Newmarker

Biocompatibility, flexibility and durability make extruded silicone a top medical device tubing choice. Keep these six things in mind when reinforcing it. Dan Sanchez, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions When it comes to their use in medical device, silicone tubes are getting even better –enhanced with a variety of reinforcements and coatings that help … [Read more...] about Reinforced silicone tubing: 6 things you need to know

Filed Under: Tubing Components Tagged With: silicone, Trelleborg, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, trelleborgsealingsolutions, tubing

11 companies with interesting technology at MD&M East

June 9, 2017 By Chris Newmarker

Thousands of engineers and executives are expected to descend on the Javits Center in New York next week for MD&M East, the largest medical device manufacturing event on the East Coast. Fun attractions include Apple co-founder Steve "Woz" Wozniak delivering a keynote speech, the 19th annual Medical Design Excellence Awards, robot battles and a … [Read more...] about 11 companies with interesting technology at MD&M East

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: colorite, crystalis, HP, mack, mackmolding, magnesiumelektron, md&meast, navtar, nelsonlaboratories, Proto Labs, protolabs, tekniplex, tissuegen, Trelleborg, UBM, zeiss, zeus, Zeus Inc.

Silicone and medical devices: 7 things you should know about it

May 23, 2017 By Chris Newmarker

Drew Rogers, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions. Silicone’s popularity for use in medical devices has been growing.  This is due to its compatibility with bodily fluids and strong chemical structure. Advancements in medical polymers are also part of this push toward next-generation single-use medical devices, implants and packaging technology. In order … [Read more...] about Silicone and medical devices: 7 things you should know about it

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Trelleborg delivers low-friction seals to support infusion pumps

June 2, 2016 By Abigail Esposito

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions showcases its wide range of medical device and life science solutions including liquid silicone rubber parts, coatings, tubing and hose and an array of rubber-molded and multi-component products used to support advanced infusion devices and transdermal drug delivery at MD&M East in New York City. The choice of … [Read more...] about Trelleborg delivers low-friction seals to support infusion pumps

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