Teknor Apex will introduce medical-grade thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) that can be used in cold storage bags at MD & M West. These elastomers offer superior low temperature toughness over PVC and weigh less than comparable films without sacrificing performance Production of thinner products.
Medalist® composites, which are used to make cryogenic films, are reported to be 70% PVC with a typical gravity of 0.90 and they also show better toughness in refrigeration applications with as little as -60 ° C brittleness and PVC is only -40 ° C.
Medical refrigerated bags
This improved toughness makes it possible to reduce the weight of a standard thickness film or to replace a multilayer structure with a single layer of film.The new Medalist composite exhibits comparable tensile and tear strength properties to PVC and has moisture barrier properties better.
'Our new TPE for freezer bags combines the inherent low temperature toughness of elastomers with the biocompatibility, processability and cost-to-performance balance of all Medalist medical composites,' said Ross van Rossen, Senior Marketing Manager, Product Stewardship Royen said, "They enable medical product manufacturers to achieve weight loss and other economic benefits while still delivering the same product performance as standard PVC."
Teknor Apex manufactures Medalist composites through its ISO-13485 certified facilities in the United States and Singapore These new materials are manufactured from ingredients listed by the FDA and are ISO 10993-5 biocompatible Certified according to REACH SVHCs and they do not contain DEHP and other phthalates, BPA and BPA Standard grades without ADM (animal origin material).
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