15 cool medical devices using Solvay healthcare polymers

15 Cool Applications
Made Using Medical Grade Polymers

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Surgical Instruments
Components of
Medical Equipment
Life Science
Miscellaneous
© 2017 Solvay Specialty Polymers – Medical Grade Polymers Featured Applications
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Single Use Instruments
• Application: adenotonsillectomies and adenoidectomies
• Materials: Ixef® PARA
• Processing: injection molding
• Main Value Proposition:
- Light weight metal replacement
- Superior stiffness, strength and flow
- Biocompatibility
- Gamma-sterilizable
- Colorability
Source: Press release - Oct 19, 2017
“We tested several very high-end polymers, but only Ixef® GS‐1022
PARA resin delivered the necessary combination of high flow in the
mold and outstanding strength and stiffness in the finished part to
give the forceps the leverage that our design targeted.
Olivier Lecerf, Chief Operating Officer, Elasso Surgical Instruments

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Reusable Instruments for Spinal Surgeries
• Application: bender for 5,5-6,0 mm titanium rod
• Materials: 30% carbon reinforced KetaSpire® PEEK
- Compatible with aggressive chemicals, steam and gamma
- Cost effective balance of high strength and stiffness
needed for bending the implantable titanium rod
- Strong chemical resistance
- Up to 70% reduced weight vs metal
- Improved ergonomics
- Complex and integrated parts
- Biocompatibility

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Reusable Instruments for Spinal Surgeries
• Application: pliers and awls
• Materials: 50% glass reinforced AvaSpire® PAEK
- Compatible with aggressive chemicals, steam and gamma
- Cost effective balance of strength,
stiffness and dimensional stability
- Strong chemical resistance
- Up to 70% reduced weight vs metal
- Improved ergonomics
- Complex and integrated parts
- Biocompatibility

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Components of
Medical Equipment
Life Science
Miscellaneous
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Sterile Knob Covers
• Application: surgical microscopes
• Materials: Radel® PPSU
- Autoclavability up to 1000 cycles
- Toughness and impact resistance
- More efficient and faster processing than other thermoset materials (20-sec cycle time)
- Tight-tolerance fit to closely match the mating component
- High-quality feel and surface appearance
- Good processing stability
- Low shrinkage
Source: Press release - Aug 11, 2010
Components of Medical Equipment

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Compact LED Lighting Unit
• Application: surgical lighting units
• Materials: Udel® PSU and Radel® PPSU for injection molded handle, handle post and
lamp’s yoke attachment
- Durable performances after frequent chemical disinfection
- Withstand repeated autoclave cycles up to 250°F/121°C
- High stiffness and dimensional stability
- Color match with other components
Source: Press release - Sept 15, 2015

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UL-Approved Autoclavable Battery Enclosure
• Application: Hall® Lithium Battery System for Powered Surgical Tools
• Material: AvaSpire® PAEK
- Withstands repeated autoclave cycles (275°F/134°C)
- Compatible with aggressive hospital cleaners and disinfectants
- High strength, ductility and impact resistance
- UL 94 V0 flammability rating at 0,8 mm
Source: Application Spotlight from Solvay
“AvaSpire® PAEK provides excellent performance in this
innovative new battery system and its unique combination of
properties sets it apart from competitive materials”
̶ MikeDeCesare, R&D Engineer, ConMed Linvatec

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Quick Couplings
• Applications: surgical sterilization units
• Material: Radel® PPSU
- Cost-effective and lightweight alternative to metal
- High strength and toughness
- Withstand over 1000 cycles of disinfection and steam sterilization
- Resistant to bases and other chemicals
- Compliant with ISO 10993-1 for limited exposure, non-implantable applications
- Solvay supported the development with mold flow analysis
to help determine optimum part design
- Inherently flame retardant
Source: Press release - Nov 19, 2013

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High Flow Couplings
• Applications: biopharma devices, surgical equipment, patient monitoring devices,
pressure therapy equipment
• Material: Udel® PSU
- Temperature stability up to 280°F/138°C
- Durability
- Mechanical strength
- Autoclavability
- Improved panel mount design
- Easier and faster to use coupling
- Replacement of brass in pressurized
hot water applications
Source: Press release - June 12, 2014

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Microtubes
• Application: monofilaments and microbore tubing for catheters, endoscopic working
channels, laparoscopic instruments
• Udel® PSU benefits:
- Transparency
- Stiffness
- Steam sterilizability
• KetaSpire® PEEK benefits:
- High stiffness and hardness
- Excellent resistance to chemicals
- High temperatures
- Easier to work with than stainless steel
Source: Press release - Feb 10, 2015

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High Pressure Impellers
• Application: blowers and fans for medical uses, e.g. ventilators and Continuous
Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machines for sleep apnea patients
• Material: Radel® PPSU
- High heat resistance
- Exceptional hydrolytic stability
- Great chemical resistance
- Flame retardant
- Compliance with ISO 10993-1
- Ultrasonic welding
Source: Press release - Jun 6, 2013

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Wheelchairs
• Application: latching device for wheelchairs (TranslockTM System)
• Material: Ixef® PARA
- High stiffness; tensile and flexural strength comparable to and alloys
- Ultra-smooth finish without sharp points or edges
- Greater strength and rigidity than 30% glass-filled polypropylene (PP)
- Excellent processability even for varying thicknesses without sink marks or warpage
- Molding process with less costly aluminum tools and no machining
Source: Solvay press release – Jan 18, 2012

Components of
Medical Equipment
Life Science
Miscellaneous
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Slidestain Carousel
• Applications: slide stainer systems used for hematology and microbiology applications
• Material: Radel® PPSU (injection molded)
- High transparency
- Superior chemical resistance
- Exceptional toughness
- Resistance to repeated steam sterilization
- Greatly expanded design options
- Compatibility with ultrasonic welding
Source: Press release - Mar 24, 2015
Life Science

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Sensors
• Application: medical, laboratory and biopharma
• Material: Veradel® HC PESU A-301
- Flowability for design of thinner walls, complex shapes and different cross sections
- High transparency
- Continuous temperature of use up to 399°F/204°C
- ISO 10993 biocompatibility standards
- Master Access File on record with FDA
Life Science

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Ricordi Chamber
• Application: isolate healthy pancreatic tissue cells for clinical transplants
• Material: Radel® PPSU R-5000
• Processing method: injection molding
- Resistance to 1000 autoclave cycles
- Lightweighting and cost efficiency vs stainless steel
- Transparency
- Exceptional toughness
- Hydrolytic stability at high temperatures
- ISO 10993 biocompatibility
Life Science

Components of
Medical Equipment
Life Science
Miscellaneous
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Tattoo Grips
• Application: ergonomic grips for tattoo needle
• Material: Radel® PPSU injection molded
- Sterilizability (reached 1000 sterilization cycles under load)
- Alternative to conventional metals
- Light weighting
- Surface texture
- Wide selection of colors
Source: Press release - Jun 9, 2015
“Morphix designed its grips to help relieve the pain
and discomfort associated with repetitive-use
stress injuries that tattoo artists often experience”
Miscellaneous

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