Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Lubrizol introduced a new soft hydrophobic TPU technology at MD&M West
Lubrizol introduced a soft hydrophobic thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) technology for medical applications at the trade show MD&M West this week. The technology, part of the Tecothane product line, eliminates the need for plasticisers. The material can be extruded or injection ...
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Monday, November 21st, 2011
Last week, the medical trade fair Medica and the medical manufacturing supplier trade fair Compamed took place, attracting visitors from around the world.
At Medica, the German packaging supplier PolyCine introduced a processing technique that blocks migration of plasticisers from PVC. EMDT Editor in Chief Norbert Sparrow spoke with PolyCine's Head ...
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Even if medical-grade PVC is still a healthcare staple, the narrative on the use of PVC in medical applications has been driven largely by the prohibition crowd. The health impact of plasticisers leaching from the material into patients' bodies has put the media spotlight squarely on PVC-alternative materials. PolyCine is ...
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Friday, November 4th, 2011
PolyCine GmbH based in Schiffweiler, Germany, a company specialising in high-quality non-PVC film for medical packaging systems, has announced that it has achieved a breakthrough in the processing of PVC-tube. Though PVC-based medical devices have been under scrutiny for many years ...
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Friday, December 17th, 2010
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First of all, thank you very much for all of your replies to my blog post on PVC, which I wrote to get a discussion started on this material. I would like to comment on some of the very interesting remarks that you have ...
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Thursday, December 9th, 2010
The use of phthalate plasticised PVC for medical devices has been a controversial issue for many years now. Personally, I have been involved in the discussion for the last two decades by writing articles in European Medical Device Technology and making presentations at different conferences. Even though the issue has ...
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Sunday, August 15th, 2010
The potential risks related to the use of plasticisers, and specifically DEHP, in PVC-based medical devices has been under scrutiny for many years. While alternative materials have been developed and are quite successful in the marketplace, PVC remains attractive to the device industry precisely because it has been the focus ...
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
From the Wire: Scientists have published the first report on a new way of preventing potentially harmful plasticisers — the source of long-standing human health concerns — from migrating from one of the most widely used groups of plastics. The advance could lead to a new generation of polyvinyl chloride ...
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
The past, present and future of plasticised PVC in medical applications is discussed in a new book authored by Xiaobin Zhao and James M. Courtney (Shawbury, UK: iSmithers, 2009). Update on Medical Plasticised PVC details the manufacturing and processing of the material, selection of plasticisers, and associated regulatory and environmental ...
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