Medical Polymers,
Components & Processing - Innovations and Developments
Covestro
Pushes Development for Medical Wearables
At the combined Compamed 2019
and Medica 2019 trade fairs from 18 to 21 November in
Düsseldorf, Covestro will be presenting solutions for
portable medical devices and an innovative wound care
concept in Halls 8b and 13. For several years now, the
company has been positioning itself as an important
material supplier for this emerging market.
At Booth D46 in Hall 13,
material solutions for flexible medical electronic patches
based on Platilon® and Baymedix® polyurethane materials
will be presented, as well as new solutions for on-body
drug delivery devices made of Makrolon® polycarbonate and
Bayblend® blends.
A growth market:
electronic patches
Electronic patches are
already being used in many areas such as patient
monitoring, and with the increasing digitization of
healthcare, market demand for such products is growing
rapidly.
In the field of flexible
materials, applications such as electroencephalograms
(EEG), maternity belts, blood pressure measuring tapes and
individual electrocardiograms (ECG) are at the heart of
the markets that Covestro is targeting. Covestro will
therefore show prototypes made of its flexible integrated
materials:
• Soft, breathable and
stretchable Platilon® films for outstanding patient
comfort
• Printable substrates for printed electronics
• Skin- and application-friendly adhesive systems based on
Baymedix® materials
• Weldable foams based on Baymedix® for safe use of
electronics
Plastics for on-body
equipment
In addition to flexible
materials, Covestro also offers the ideal materials for
wearables with hard covers that are required for mobile
drug delivery devices or sensitive diagnostic devices, for
example. Makrolon® polycarbonate medical grades meet the
requirements for excellent dimensional stability and
outstanding mechanical properties and enable the
development of safe, patient-friendly devices. Thanks to
its high degree of transparency and good surface texture,
Makrolon® also provides a wide range of design options
such as the integration of LED light guides. Polycarbonate
blends such as Bayblend® (PC+ABS blends) and Makroblend® (PC+PBT
blends) meet additional customer requirements.
Covestro expert Dr. Ulrike
Lützow will give a lecture on "Wearable Housings: Material
solutions between medicine and electronics" on November
19, 2019.
Innovative concept for
wound prevention
Covestro will be presenting
innovations in the field of wound management at Booth H30
in Hall 8b. The company has developed a design study for
wound prevention that deals with the three most important
factors for bedsore (decubitus): Pressure, friction and
shear. A highly breathable prototype is being manufactured
exclusively from polyurethane materials from Covestro.
The main features of this
prototype wound prevention dressing made of Baymedix® and
Platilon® materials are:
• Optimized friction, shear
and pressure management
• Excellent moisture management to support a healthy
microclimate
• Application- and skin-friendly polyurethane adhesive
• Efficient and sustainable manufacturing technology
Components based on these
products help increase both cost and manufacturing
efficiency by allowing roll-to-roll processing and inline
production of all layers. During processing, thermoplastic
welding of the edges is possible. Moreover, the process is
energy-saving and environmentally compatible because
production steps are reduced.
In the course of the Compamed
Suppliers Forum Covestro expert Dr. Marc-Stephan Weiser
will present the design study for focused wound prevention
on November 20, 2019, at 3.30 pm in Hall 8b.
About Covestro:
With 2018 sales of EUR 14.6
billion, Covestro is among the world’s largest polymer
companies. Business activities are focused on the
manufacture of high-tech polymer materials and the
development of innovative solutions for products used in
many areas of daily life. The main segments served are the
automotive, construction, wood processing and furniture,
and electrical and electronics industries. Other sectors
include sports and leisure, cosmetics, health and the
chemical industry itself. Covestro
has 30 production sites worldwide and employs
approximately 16,800 people (calculated as full-time
equivalents) at the end of 2018.
Novel S-TPE Solution for
IV Tubing
INEOS
Styurolution has newly developed S-TPE (Styrene
Thermoplastic Elastomer), called “Styroflex 4G80”, for IV
tubing application. The key advantages of this material
are, less drug absorption due to its plasticizer-free
composition, excellent bonding performance with other IV
components, good kink-resistance and clarity. Styroflex
4G80 can be processed on standard tubing extrusion
equipment at superior processing rates when compared to
other materials. Styroflex 4G80 has been developed through
collaborations with global OEM’s and would be an
attractive alternative material for next generation IV
system. Styroflex 4G80 is available with INEOS
Styrolution’s medical grade package which includes up to
12 months notification of change (NOC), locked
formulations as defined in a Drug Master File (DMF), and a
variety of regulatory compliance documents and
biocompatibility information (e.g. USP Class VI, ISO
10993).
Contact details: Partha Mohapatra
(Healthcare Lead India)
INEOS Styrolution India Limited
Phone: +91 1166454511,
Mobile: + 91 9811819934
Email:
partha.mohapatra@ineos.com
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