At Medtec China, TekniPlex Healthcare to Deliver Presentation on Medical Tubing Materials Selection and Extrusion Processes

Company also will highlight PTA/PTCA Balloon Catheter Tubing for coronary and non-coronary angioplasty applications, as well as its extensive portfolio of PVC and TPE compounds.

Wayne, PA (August 20, 2024) – TekniPlex Healthcare, which utilizes advanced materials science expertise to help deliver better patient outcomes, will provide a presentation on comprehensive, concept-to-commercialization medical device development at Medtec China, September 25-27 in Shanghai. On September 25 at 4:30 p.m., in Hall 2, Conf Room C, Enrique Zhang, Senior Product & Project Manager for TekniPlex Healthcare, will present From Materials to Market: Driving Innovation in Medical Tubing Technology, which emphasizes the importance of materials selection and extrusion processes in medical tubing applications, and how optimizing these elements can streamline manufacturing and enhance product performance.

Mr. Zhang’s presentation will highlight the latest design, development and manufacturing technologies, and explore success stories showcasing how market needs can drive materials science advancements. Attendees will learn how early-stage road-mapping strategies can lead to clearer downstream prototyping and production – including deep dives into the extrusion qualities of various med device plastics, and insight on the need for overarching, start-to-finish perspectives to meet heightening demands for tighter tolerance, smaller diameter tubing solutions.

TekniPlex Healthcare is a longstanding leader in a multitude of tubing solutions, and now offers additional product service solutions to support customers from early ideation through product development and full commercialization. In addition to concept-to-completion production for catheters and other medical tubing solutions, the company’s prowess includes product design, prototyping, secondary processes and clean room assembly of Class II and Class II devices such as stents and stent delivery systems.

At Medtec China in Hall 2 Stand 2T001, TekniPlex Healthcare also will showcase its PTA/PTCA balloon catheter tubing for coronary and non-coronary/peripheral angioplasty applications, which are produced and extruded in ISO-certified cleanrooms and can incorporate up to three layers of specified raw materials. Ranging in balloon size from 1 to 30mm, the company’s customized balloon catheter tubing is manufactured at tight tolerances (± .0005”) with concentricity of over 90%. The tubing’s controlled elongation rate provides blown balloons with uniform wall thickness, improving overall yield and substantially reducing bursting risk.

TekniPlex Healthcare’s tri-layer inner tubing constructs are particularly sophisticated. The solutions consist of polyamide (nylon) or polyether block amide copolymer (PEBA) outer layers with high-density polyethylene (HDPE) inner layers. The small diameter, thin-wall, tight-tolerance, high-precision configurations are required for use in interventional vascular apparatuses to allow diagnostic and therapeutic devices – for example, balloon catheters for coronary, peripheral and neurovascular intervention – to more easily advance over guidewires.

TekniPlex Healthcare also will showcase its vast portfolio of PVC and TPE compounds, including samples of its broad array of medical tubing solutions made from these in-house crafted compounds. The company’s extensive capabilities and expansive capacity have yielded more than 3,000 established materials science formulations for major medical devices, whose applications run the gamut from infusion and hemodialysis to respiratory anesthesia and intubation. Notably, TekniPlex Healthcare has nearly 60 years of medical compounding experience, with its formulations specified by several prominent global medical device companies to ensure their products’ safety and reliability.

TekniPlex Healthcare is also dedicated to developing custom solutions to unique problems in the medical technology space. The company will also showcase its paratubing, which the company can produce in up to eight custom-colored, textured, or striped tube formations to distinguish between flow paths. Other examples include patented multilayer tubing configurations that offer extremely low absorption properties to help extend the usable life of insulin and other unstable drug products, such as chemotherapy drugs. Another patented configuration, designed for fluid transfer of DMSO and other solvent suspensions, allows for safe product delivery in dual hormone delivery systems.

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About TekniPlex Healthcare

TekniPlex Healthcare utilizes advanced materials science expertise and technologies to develop and deliver critical solutions for medical and diagnostic devices, drug delivery systems and sterile barriers healthcare packaging applications. With a global reach, the division’s deep understanding of the greater pharmaceuticals and medical landscape helps it produce exemplary barrier properties for drugs and precision medical devices for interventional and therapeutic procedures.

In the medical device niche, TekniPlex Healthcare embodies a comprehensive CDMO partner capable of servicing every stage of the product life cycle, from design and development through component manufacturing and final assembly. Throughout its broad purview, the division’s ever-evolving portfolio helps meet demands for high-leverage medicines and mission-critical healthcare products that benefit care providers and patients. For more information visit .