Protection, insulation & manufacturing aids for your medical device

Medical-grade heat shrink tubing offers abrasion protection in medical instruments, insulation in laparoscopic electrosurgical devices, mechanical protection and insulation of highly flexible joints and as a processing aid for interventional applications. And with more than 60 years of polymer engineering experience, we offer Fluoropolymers, Polyolefins, Pebax and custom medical-grade tubing solutions.

Materials

  • FLUOROPOLYMERS

           o PVDF (Polyvinylidene fluoride)

           o FEP (Fluorinated ethylene propylene)

  • POLYOLEFINS

           o   HDPE (High-density polyethylene)

           o   LDPE (Low-density polyethylene)

  • PEBAX
  • Custom Compounding

Constant Optimization of Proven Technology

Design, select, optimize

Raw Material Product Design Material Properties Finishing Value Add

Custom compounding

Single & dual wall

Colour

Spooled

Pad printing

Broad material range

Adhesive inner wall

Radiopacity

Cut to length

 
 

Expansion ratios ≤ 4:1

Peelable

Cut & slit

 
 

Customizable compression strength

 

Double-bagged

 

Application Guide

Application Option 1 Option 2

Manufacturing process aids for interventional applications

MT-FEP (FEP)

MT-LWA (LDPE)

Interventional shaft encapsulation

MT-PBX (PEBAX)

 

Abrasion protection for electrosurgical devices

MT-2000 (HDPE)

MT-1000 (PVDF)

Rigid abrasion protection for laparoscopic and in-vivo instruments

MT-1000 (PVDF)

MT-2000 (HDPE)

Insulation for electrosurgical devices

MT-2000 (HDPE)

MT-3000 (PVDF)

Strain Relief

MT-5000 (LDPE)

MT-3000 (PVDF)

MT-LWA (LDPE)

MT-LWA (LDPE)

FEP
Learn more about our medical-grade Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP) heat shrink tubing.