TAGS: Sustainability / Natural Solutions Surface Modification Formulations and Transparency Polymer Reinforcement
Avient exhibited at Medical Design and Manufacturing (MD&M) West as part of the IME West show, highlighting its polymer solutions and services that can assist healthcare OEMs and molders in solving complex device and material challenges and help advance sustainability efforts.
Display of Sustainable Alternatives
Drawing from its comprehensive portfolio of specialized global additives, colorants and polymers for healthcare, Avient’s on-site experts focused on a growing list of compliant technologies, bio-based and other sustainable alternatives to traditional materials, and its design services that support product development. Some featured technologies include the following:
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Mevopur™ healthcare colorants and formulations represent a broad portfolio of polymer colorant solutions developed specifically for today’s complex and highly regulated applications. Manufactured across a global network of ISO 13485 facilities, they meet or exceed requirements for regulations such as USP Class VI, ISO 10993, USP 661, and ICH Q3D.
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Mevopur™ healthcare functional additives comprise a portfolio of consistent, compliant functional additives to help protect or enhance the performance of polymers used in medical devices, diagnostics, or pharmaceutical packaging. This broad line of additives includes Mevopur™ chemical foaming agents that can help reduce material use by up to 20 percent, providing another way to increase sustainability in healthcare packaging products
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Cesa™ low retention additives are designed for use with polypropylene and polyethylene in a wide range of applications. These functional additives enable the material surface to repel water or other liquids to deliver the last drop out of a package or devices such as pipette tips. They also eliminate the need for secondary coating or wetting processes to achieve equivalent performance while also reducing production costs
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Colorant Chromatics™ Transcend™ Premier Healthcare Colorants are bright, high-temperature solutions developed specifically for medical applications. They are offered in pre-colored or concentrate form in a range of vivid opaque and transparent colors that are fully bio-compatible per ISO 10993 standards to provide ultra-high-heat resistance and performance without compromising safety. Customized colors and solutions are also available to meet specific needs
Specialized Polymers Displayed
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Trilliant™ HC healthcare thermoplastics portfolio includes the HC8910 and HC8920 series for improved resistance to harsh chemicals and hospital-grade disinfectants over other flame-resistant (FR) polymers such as PC/ABS, PC/PET, and copolyester
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Mevopur™ healthcare bio-based polymer solutions are available in pre-colored formulations, they offer a sustainable drop-in replacement for fossil-based grades and can be processed and recycled in the same channels
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Versaflex™ HC TPEs include the HC3810 series formulated without animal derivatives for use in a wide range of applications. It also contains more specialty formulations like the HC BT218 grade, which was developed specifically to handle the complexities of biopharmaceutical tubing and deliver excellent weldability, kink resistance, and low levels of extractables
In addition to specific polymer solutions, experts were on hand to share insights on the specialty services Avient provides, specifically Avient Design and ColorWorks™ Design and Technology Centers, to support customers throughout product development.
Avient Design is a highly specialized group of industrial designers and project engineers who use a unique combination of design, polymer science, and manufacturing expertise to simplify the product design process and help get you to market faster. ColorWorks™ centers provide invaluable ideas, inspirations, and technical guidance to help establish high-impact color concepts and differentiate brands and products.
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Source: Avient