Within its extensive portfolio, Dymax offers an innovative range of adhesives using light-curing technology, the 2000-MW series, which offers solutions for numerous problem areas in the manufacture of medical devices.
The 2000-MW series has been formulated without the commonly used skin-irritating ingredients found in standard products and therefore meets the specialised requirements for medical wearables. Dymax’s development process eliminated the use of IBOA, a known skin sensitiser. Typical applications of the product range include medical wearables and devices worn close to the skin, such as blood glucose meters, large-volume injectors, patient monitoring devices, and pain management devices.
All products in the 2000-MW range meet the requirements of ISO standard 10993-10/-23 for sensitisation and skin irritation, as well as the ISO standard 10993-5 for cytotoxicity.
Additionally, MD® 1040-M has recently been added Dymax’s medical adhesive product line. It is particularly suitable as an adhesive or encapsulation material for medical devices and surgical instruments that require frequent sterilisation, as the adhesive demonstrates high resistance to the aggressive sterilisation methods used in medical technology. As a result, this light-curable adhesive is ideal for surgical instruments and medical devices that undergo numerous autoclave or hydrogen peroxide-plasma sterilisation cycles, but it can also be used as an encapsulation material to protect critical sensors and electronic components where moisture ingress must be prevented.
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