UV curing for medical devices and products

UV curing of medical equipment

UV curing enables medical device, component and product manufacturers to reduce production costs while increasing product quality and production rates.

UV-curable coatings, inks, and adhesives are used on a wide variety of medical products including syringes, catheters, hearing aids, dialysis machines, medication patches, hydrogels, filters, and test strips. UV-curable materials provide biocompatibility, improved durability, lubricity, and chemical and scratch resistance.

Medical device and product manufacturers needing to bond, seal, mark, and coat a variety of substrates find UV curing processes are consistent and reliable, helping them meet stringent industry quality requirements.

Your advantages using UV curing:

  • Improved product quality
  • Improved production rates
  • Reduced operating costs
  • Environmentally friendly
  • Reliable and consistent process
  • Enhanced manufacturing flexibility

Your applications:

UV-Curable Adhesives in Medical Applications

UV-curable adhesives are ideal for both bonding and pressure sensitive adhesive applications. Some examples of bonding applications in the medical segment include syringes, dialysis machines, endoscopes, guide wire tips, tubing drainage sets, angioplasty accessories, filters, blood oxygenators and hearing aids.

UV-curable pressure sensitive adhesives and silicone release coatings are also available for a wide variety of medical tapes.

Read this  syringe assembly case study .

Read this  hearing aid assembly case study .

UV Marking/Decorating in Medical Applications

UV inks are ideal for screen print, offset, pad, and inkjet printing onto a variety of substrates for both marking and decorating. Whether it's printing a logo onto a plastic part, measurement markings, or on-demand printing of serial numbers, UV curing can increase productivity and print durability. Some other examples of medical marking and decorating include IV bags and arterial locators on catheter tubes.

UV Coatings in Medical Applications

UV coatings include biocompatible and sterilizable seals, clear hard coats to improve durability, and functional coatings that improve lubricity or healing, among others. Examples of product applications include blood test strips, catheters, guide wires, tubing, transdermal drug delivery systems and hydrogels.

Read this technical paper outlining the benefits of using  UV curing for catheter coatings .

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