The new Apex® Tubing Series is available with Shore A hardness from 50 to 90 and offers standard grades in a high-clarity medical blue tint, and can be custom formulated to meet a variety of color, opacity, and self-frosting needs as specified by the device manufacturer. All of the compounds can be ETO-, gamma-, and E-beam-sterilized and exhibit good color hold.
Extrusion grades of the new compounds are suitable for use in respiratory, blood transport and delivery, catheter, enteral feeding, and many other types of tubing applications, as well as for cable jacketing on powered medical devices.
The new compounds offer alternatives to DEHP and other orthophthalate plasticizers and are available in TOTM, ATBC, TOTM / DOTP and ATBC / DOTP grades. The new-generation compounds also comply with EU REACH-SVHC; EU-MDR; EU ROHS 1, 2 and 3; ISO 10993-5; and California Proposition 65. All grades are ADM-, BPA-, and latex-free. All ingredients are FDA 21 CFR listed except for TOTM, which has a proven history of safe use in medical device applications. In addition, USP Class VI test data is available.
