POLYMED Design Guide

Product catalog summary

Introduction
PolyMed™ composite tubing is designed for medical applications requiring lightweight, strong materials with radiolucent and dielectric properties. It offers a competitive alternative to stainless steel, suitable for various surgical applications, and is compliant with USP Class VI and ISO-10993 standards.

Summary of Benefits
PolyMed tubing provides a high strength-to-weight ratio, excellent dielectric properties, and is electromagnetically transparent. It is biocompatible, non-reflective, and offers numerous fabrication options without needing secondary sheathing.

Product Descriptions
Unidirectional Fiber Orientation: Offers superior stiffness and multilumen design options, maintaining mechanical and electrical properties after sterilization.
Circumferential Fiber Orientation: Provides increased hoop strength with multidirectional fibers, suitable for high-strength applications.
Braided Orientation: Features interwoven fibers for thin wall applications, offering high hoop and burst strength.

Technical Specifications
Key specifications include tensile strength, flexural strength, dielectric strength, and water absorption rates. Fabrication specifications cover wall thickness, ID/OD tolerances, and concentricity.

Applications
PolyMed tubing is used in endoscopic/laparoscopic devices, suction/irrigation devices, and electrosurgical devices. It is favored for its performance, cost-effectiveness, and functionality.

Stock Options
Standard and semi-standard stock options are available, with mix-and-match capabilities for specific dimensional requirements.

Conclusion
PolyMed composite tubing offers significant advantages over traditional materials, making it a preferred choice for medical device applications.

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ENGINEERED COMPOSITE TUBINGULTRA-HIGH STRENGTHTO WEIGHT PROPERTIESEXCELLENT MEDICALADVANTAGES Polygon designs and manufactures customPolyMed fiber-reinforced composites to exactly fit your requirements.

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ENGINEERED COMPOSITE TUBINGULTRA-HIGH STRENGTHTO WEIGHT PROPERTIESEXCELLENT MEDICALADVANTAGES PolyMed Circumferentially Fiber Orientation tubing utilizes multidirectional fibersoriented both helically and axially, with thermoset resin as the matrix. Our mostpopular product for medical device applications, PolyMed CW tubing provides in-creased hoop reinforcement resulting in a high strength-to-weight ratio. > High strength-to-weight ratioՕ Improved hoop strength Outstanding dielectric properties Օ Electromagnetically transparent Proven bio-compatibility Օ USP Class VI and ISO 10993 compliant Non-reflective...

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ENGINEERED COMPOSITE TUBINGULTRA-HIGH STRENGTHTO WEIGHT PROPERTIESEXCELLENT MEDICALADVANTAGES The Circumferential Fiber Orientation and Unidirectional Fiber Orientation tubing process refers tothe geometry option of the fiber rather than the material selection. Braiding is a process that in- terweaves or interlocks the fibers into a circular shape, this can include other symmetrical geo- metrical shapes. This process also uses an electrical grade continuous fiber material encapsulated within a thermoset resin matrix. Braiding offers a unique solution for very thin wall applications. Some have...

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