What new applications of medical plastics have solvay and dupont promoted?

The development of medical technology is constantly promoted by the iterative update of materials. The rapid development of plastics in the medical field benefits from its good physical and mechanical properties and chemical stability.Nowadays, the test of medical materials in the market is becoming more and more rigorous, and people's requirements for the chemical resistance of medical materials are also improved accordingly. Innovation is bound to be the development direction of medical plastics in the future.

New materials keep pushing the boundary ofmedical technology. Plastics, for its superior mechanical properties andchemical resistance, are making huge stride in medical applications.

With the development of economy, the aging of society and the enhancement of people's awareness of health care, the medical industry is growing rapidly.According to the data, the average annual compound growth rate of China's medical technology and medical device industry was up to 20.7% in 2011-2016, far higher than the global average compound growth rate of about 3%.China's medical technology and medical device market was about 370 billion yuan in 2016, up 62 billion yuan from 308 billion yuan in 2015, with an annual growth rate of about 20.1 percent.The market size is expected to reach about 600 billion yuan in 2019.Among them, imaging equipment, in vitro diagnosis and high-value consumables occupy the top three market segments of medical technology and medical devices, accounting for 19%, 16% and 13% of the total market size respectively.

New technology is still one of the important factors influencing the development of China's medical device industry.For example, 3D printing medical equipment is another emerging field. The 3D printing industry of orthopedics equipment has been initially put into use in recent years, and the change of technology will be a definite trend of the development of the equipment market.

The development of new technology is inseparable from the support of new materials.With the development of medical technology, the improvement of health awareness and the maturity of corresponding processing technology, medical consumable products are more widely used.As an important part of medical device trade, there will be a trade market with continuous growth in the future.

The breakthrough of materials technology is also constantly refreshing people's cognition of plastic materials, and the application of high-performance plastics in the medical field is growing increasingly.Revenue from the global medical plastics market is expected to reach $336 billion by 2025, according to a new report released by U.S. market Research firm Grand View Research.In addition to traditional disposable medical plastic products, more and more surgical instruments, implantable products and medical equipment are also using or partly using plastics as raw materials.

The high strength injection polymer adds color to the implant

Solvay introduced a new 30% carbon fiber enhanced ray penetrable polyether ether ether ketone Zeniva?CF30 ZA - 600.The material has a modulus close to cortical bone, which means that, unlike the metal used in implants, it can minimize the impact of implants on bone density by maintaining normal stress in surrounding bone tissue.

Compared to unmodified PEEK, Zeniva?Za-600 CF30 PEEK is twice as strong, making it an excellent choice of materials for structural, load-bearing and implantable medical devices for spinal, hip and knee replacement.Its excellent quality enables designers to reduce the size of implantable devices and reduce the possession of materials implantable.Like the unmodified PEEK, Zeniva?Za-600 CF30 polymer also has excellent creep resistance and can withstand long-term fatigue stress.

Solvay's new specialty polymer also has the inherent ray penetrability of the unmodified PEEK, which has obvious advantages over the metal solutions for implant and fusion visualization that cannot be achieved through X-ray, CT scanning, MRI and other medical imaging methods.

"Zeniva?The za-600 PEEK CF30 provides the orthopedic industry with innovative structural materials that can significantly reduce the cost of making implants for exercise medicine, trauma and joint reconstruction.

New materials make medical packaging simpler

Dupont launched the latest Tyvek 40L medical packaging material, a new specification of Tyvek for medical packaging applications, aiming to provide more economical and effective packaging choices for medical devices with lighter weight and lower risk.Tyvek 40L continues many excellent material properties of Tyvek series products, such as low chip removal, clean peeling, air permeability and excellent microbial barrier performance even in the most severe environment.Provide good physical protection during handling, transportation and storage, even in high humidity or cold environment;And adapt to a variety of major sterilization methods.

"" Tyvek 40L enables users to pack lighter and less risky medical devices with more suitable materials, especially in emerging Asian markets," "said Margaret Pyers, global business director of Tyvek medical packaging.

The new Tyvek 40L has a wide range of applications, typical of which include: medical sutures, surgical clothing and sheets, medical catheters, scalpels, medical surgical gloves, syringes.Tyvek 40L is lighter, more permeable and performs well in ethylene oxide (EO) and gamma radiation sterilization.The unique appearance also gives the package more design sense and identification through the unique technology to present the special texture.Compared with reinforced medical paper, Tyvek 40L also showed better physical strength and air permeability.With its low base weight, Tyvek 40L largely reduces the use of packaging raw materials and promotes the sustainable development of the industry.

The first low temperature thermoplastic material for 3D printing was born

The application of 3D printing technology in the field of medical devices is in full swing. With the maturity of technology, 3D printing plays an increasingly important role in the medical market.Doctors can print prosthetics, splints and other medical devices for patients by using this additive manufacturing method, and can customize for special patients to ensure a safe and comfortable experience for patients.The devices are carefully measured before they are manufactured, but they can be mis-fitted after they are manufactured, and sometimes the shape of the patient changes after 3D printing, and doctors need to develop new devices that can be valuable.

Torc2 has pioneered the development of a durable flexible 3D printed plastic.It is a kind of thermoplastic composite materials, is a solid under 37 ℃, at about 55 ℃, has the very good ductility, can restore.This means that 3d-printed medical devices made from the material can be adjusted and changed directly on patients, potentially changing the way conditions such as limb injuries are treated.

The material could be used to create splints and supports to treat cerebral palsy and hip dysplasia, according to the developers. It could also be used to create removable lining for lower limb prosthetics, potentially replacing gypsum in medical applications.The key characteristic of this material is that it can soften at low temperatures.The temperature at about 55 ℃, the medical professionals can be directly in the patients with reshape it.This not only reduces waste and costs, but also saves installation time and improves patient experience.

New 3D printing wires are knocking on the door of new fields

With the introduction of new 3D printing materials, 3D printing technology has been applied in new industries, such as healthcare.3D4Makers, a maker of 3D printing materials, teamed up with chemical company Perstorp to launch a new Facilan C8 3D printing wire.

The Facilan C8 is a powerful new material designed as a functional material for manufacturing and optimized for high-throughput, high-reliability applications.The Facilan C8 is known to have higher impact strength and tensile strength than the ABS, and is easier to print than the PLA.It feels soft and is superior to other FDM printing materials in terms of interlayer adhesion and surface quality.

The development of the new printing wires aims to provide today's users with more reliable quality of FDM 3D printing, for example to meet the most stringent demand for 3D printing from consumers in the medical field.