Tracheotomies have been used by doctors for over a hundred years for patients that have trouble breathing normally, have blocked airways or to remove fluid from the lungs. There are four major pieces of this vital plastic medical device: the tracheostomy (trach) tube itself the outer cannula the inner cannula the obturator The fact that…
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Here’s a fact you can sink your teeth into: the dental industry has historically been one of the leading customers of plastic. Why? The answer is easy: because they go through such huge amounts of supplies, most of which quickly becomes contaminated with blood, saliva and other bodily fluids, dental offices are forced to rely…
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Overmolding or insert molding? That’s the question for many medical device manufacturers who utilize plastic injection molding. While similar, these two processes have a crucial difference: Overmolding creates two plastic components that are then molded together to form the final product. Insert molding takes a pre-fabricated component, often made of metal, then joins it to…
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AdvanTech Plastics is currently experimenting with a variety of biodegradable plastics, which it sees as the “green” new future for the plastic injection molding industry. First some background: Plastics, unlike other materials like paper or glass, are difficult and/or expensive to recycle. While many plastic items contain the word “recyclable” or include the familiar “triangular…
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Seems like there’s a healthy market for plastic surgical devices, especially those manufactured by plastic injection molding. Whether they be plastic surgical instruments, plastic consumables (specimen cups, surgical trays, etc.) or plastic body implants, the global plastic surgical devices market is expected to increase over 10% from 2021 to 2028, reaching more than $22 billion…
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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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They’re practically ubiquitous in “these uncertain times”. They’re in restaurants, shops, train stations and airports. They’re in offices, classrooms and, of course, bathrooms — public and private. They’re even in purses and coat pockets. Hand sanitizers, that is. Perhaps, along with nasal swabs, they’re iconic of the entire pandemic. While many have electronic actuators, the…
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