While most people associate plastics with consumer items such as plastic food packaging or personal care products, they play a vital role in the medical field. Like “life or death” vital. But plastics (also known as polymers) used in the medical device industry must meet higher standards than plastics used in other applications. The properties…
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Trust. One little word with tremendous meaning. At AdvanTech Plastics, we feel trust is the most important part of plastic injection molding. Our customers trust us to solve their plastic injection molding challenges. True story: A neurology plastic medical device company needed to manufacture a multi-component nasal syringe that could deliver medicine to the uppermost…
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They say the best advertising is a happy, satisfied customer. At AdvanTech Plastics, we know that’s true: In 2007, one of our customers recommended us to a pharmaceutical company looking for an injection molder to make its 40 mm closure for a nutritional supplement drink. That simple referral would have a profound impact on our…
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For centuries, medical equipment was manufactured from one particular substance. Metal. The reason? Metal was often cheap, plentiful and could be molded into the various shapes required by healthcare providers of the day. Plus, you could wash and sterilized them. (When that became a thing in the 20th century.) But then a process called “plastic…
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Until the 1960’s, medical device manufacturers were often limited to two materials for their products: glass and metal. But, as with so many other manufacturers in that decade, medical device makers began turning to plastic polymers for four chief reasons: cost (compared to metal) strength (comparable to metal, and sometimes greater) shatter-proof properties (especially compared…
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Quick — what material comes to mind when you think of medical parts? If you’re like most people, the answer is bright and shiny stainless steel. From scalpels to needles, trays to operating tables, stainless steel just seems so, so medical, right? The operative term here is “seems”. Because when it comes to medical devices and…
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Although it’s an out-dated term, “plastic surgery” is still commonly used by the public to describe common procedures in “cosmetic surgery” (the correct, modern term): rhinoplasty, liposuction and the like. But while plastic surgery may no longer be an operative term (pun intended), it may have acquired a completely new meaning because of the prevalence…
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It’s a familiar, if unfortunate, scene that is burned on the retinas of millions around the world: hazmat-suited medical personnel inserting nasal swabs into the noses of drivers or pedestrians, collecting specimens to be tested for COVID-19. These nasopharyngeal swabs/syringes, which have been used in hospitals for more than 50 years consist of two pieces:…
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Sometimes two-steps are better than one. Take medical device plastic injection molding, for example: sometimes you need both strength and ergonomics, as you do with surgical instruments which might a need a super-hard plastic “business end,” and a more “soft touch” plastic handle for the surgeon’s sensitive hands. The answer for manufacturing such medical instruments…
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Perhaps the most important part of any plastic drug container is the cap — if it isn’t secure, the integrity of the pharmaceutical inside could be compromised. And that could be a matter of life or death. Or, at the very least, a compromised closure could lead to government regulatory sanctions and legal liability. Often…
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