| LoctiteŽ Adhesives for Medical Device Manufacturing |
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| | Murphy Engineers offers to the medical device industry a complete range of LoctiteŽ adhesives including instant, light cure and structural adhesives along with flexible adhesives and sealants that are certified to comply with ISO 10993 or are USP Class VI approved. In addition to the adhesives listed, we offer specialty grades to satisfy your specific requirements. | | | | LoctiteŽ adhesives provide solution sthat meet your high tech, quality and manufacturing process requirements. Whether your medical device assembly requires an adhesive that is biocompatible and sterilisable - or one that meets a host of other performance requirements - Murphy Engineers has the right LoctiteŽ adhesive to satisfy your needs. |
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| Benefits of LoctiteŽ Medical Device Adhesives |
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 | Improved productivity |
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| ISO 10993 certified or USP Class VI approved |
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| Safe and non-toxic |
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| Fast cure, room temperature, UV or heat cure |
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| Consistent bond strength after the sterilisation processes (ETO, gamma radiation or steam) |
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| Proprietary priming agents that improve the bond capabilities of instant adhesives to low surface energy plastics (e.g. polyethylene, polypropylene, Santoprene, EPDM, etc.) |
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| Suitable for manual or automated production |
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| The LoctiteŽ Medical Device Adhesives Range |
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| Type of adhesive | Cure Mechanism | Viscosity | | Modified Light Curing | UV / Visible Light | 100 - 10,000 mPa.s | | Instant | Surface Moisture | 1 mPa.s - gel | | Specialty Flexible | UV / Moisture | 50,000 mPa.s | | Adhesion Promoters | N/A | 0.5 mPa.s | | Light Curing Instant | UV / Surface Moisture | 20 - 900 mPa.s | | Structural | Heat or Two Part | 6,000 - 37,000 mPa.s |
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| Non-toxic |
| | Ability to bond dissimilar and difficult to bond substrates |
| | Structural bonds |
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| | Convenient, fast assembly |
| | Excellent adhesion and gap filling capability |
| | Very good resistance to sterilisation processes |
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| Application Areas |
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| These LoctiteŽ specialty adhesives and primers have been developed for the assembly of medical devices such as: |
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| Needles | Syringes, lancets, hypodermics, injectors, introducer catheters and blood collection sets. | | Tubesets | IV sets, blood and drug delivery sets and suction tubes. | | Masks | Anaesthesia and face masks. | | Polycarbonate Devices | Blood oxygenators, stopcocks, filters, blood pressure transducers, arteriograph manifolds, cardiotomy reservoirs and heat exchangers. |
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 If you would like to receive a copy of our LoctiteŽ Medical Adhesive Technology Catalogue, click here |
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