Bio-based compounds for medical plastics applications have been developed by TekniPlex Healthcare. Their performance and compositional properties are equivalent to conventional PVC resins, said the ...

Akron, Ohio — Medical product designer Len Czuba gave a history of vinyl in medical devices at the Vinyltec conference, and he strongly supported vinyl as the most reliable, cost-effective material ...

The British Plastics Federation's (BPF) PVC take-back program RecoMed, which collects medical equipment for recycling. has now been rolled out to seven hospitals in the United Kingdom. RecoMed, ...

In the recent MD+DI article, “Identifying Recycling and Circularity Opportunities for Healthcare Plastics,” the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council calls for recycling to solve the challenge of ...

To conduct an extensive literature and toxicological database review on substitute compounds and available alternative medical products to replace polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and/or di(2-ethylhexyl) ...

Hospitals are beginning drives to replace polyvinyl chloride in intravenous tubing and film bags. It's not clear, however, that the technology is immediately ready to step up to the plate with ...

Poly (vinyl chloride) (PVC) is the most versatile of all the commodity polymers. It can satisfy a wide range of product function, safety, performance, and cost criteria. This book considers the ...

When global procurement teams search for a dependable, scalable source of polymer film and compound materials, one question consistently surfaces: who is China’s leading full-line PVC film & compound ...