Advances in technology allowing for medical treatment in the home is already delivering huge savings for the NHS by allowing the strategy of ‘virtual hospital wards’.The Medway NHS Foundation trust is using an infusion pump produced by Vygon UK to allow patients to remain in their own home. The patients’ vital signs are remotely monitored […]
There are some very interesting medical applications for 3D printing and it shows the process is very much a viable manufacturing process and not just a method to create prototypes. This interesting article highlights five areas: Prosthetics – much lower cost and bespoke to the individual Equipment and devices – cutting cost. single use avoiding […]
There are a number of TPEs that have passed cytotoxicity tests (ISO 10993-5) and biocompatibility tests (USP Class VI). The materials are latex free, reducing the risk of allergic reactions. They are available in a range of shore hardness’s from shore A to 65 shore D. Transparent grades are available, as well as grades suitable […]
We use Polypropylene extensively in everyday products as it is low cost and has some excellent mechanical properties such as good impact resistance, is flexible, has a low MVTR (Moisture Vapour Transmission Rate) and you can create living hinges within a moulding. One disadvantage it has always had, is that optically transparent products could not […]