Medical Specialty Extrusions
Specialty extrusions for interventional device solutions
Our team of medical extrusion engineers can tackle complex and complicated extrusion challenges with a variety of polymer materials at their disposal. Minimally invasive, small-diameter medical tube devices rely upon the unique properties available from a wide variety of polymers. These properties are particularly critical for thin wall tubing used in endovascular applications, which require materials with unique combinations of flexibility and strength, such as polyolefins, polyamides, polyesters, ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), and thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs).
Products
Single & Multi-Lumen Specialty Extrusions
TekniPlex Healthcare is capable of producing single-lumen tubes with diameters as small as 0.008 inches and as large as 0.480 inches.
Coextruded Specialty Extrusions
Coextrusion processes to produce specific physical properties to minimize secondary manufacturing operations of small-diameter tubing and to help improve the functionality of medical devices.
Tapered Tubing (Bump Tubing)
Precision-controlled pullers and die-head technologies allow for varied extrusion cross-sections along the length of a medical tube. This tapering effect can provide greater access to multiple lumens at the larger, proximal end of the medical device, commonly referred to as bump tubing.
Microextrusions
Tubing that consistently holds tight tolerances
Catheter Mandrel Technology
Medical catheter mandrels, also known as catheter cores, are precision-extruded, solid acetal rods supplied on continuous spools for ease of use during catheter processing operations.
Longitudinal Wires and Jacketing
Wires or fibers can be incorporated along all or part of the walls of small-diameter medical tubes, providing benefits such as tensile strength, flexural control, or electrical transmission.
