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Biomedical Polymers and Compounds™

Arkema Pebax® MED

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Foster Corporation is the official North American sales and distribution partner for Arkema in the medical device market providing medical grade Pebax® MED polyether block amides. 

Pebax® MED polyether block amides are plasticizer-free thermoplastic elastomers belonging to the engineering polymer family. They are easy to process by injection molding and profile or film extrusion. Medical grade Pebax can be easily melt blended with many other polymers. Its unique chemistry (polyether block amide – PEBA) allows it to achieve a wide range of physical and mechanical properties by varying the monomer block types and ratios. The Pebax MED product family covers a wide range of performance, from tough and rigid engineering thermoplastics to soft, rubbery and resilient elastomers.

The remarkable processing performance of medical grade Pebax makes it an ideal biomedical material for medical device components:

  • Class VI certification
  • Sterilizable (ETO, steam, gamma up to 10Mrads)
  • Bondable by adhesives or RF welding
  • Easily compounded with other polymers and additives for custom performance
  • Excellent dynamic properties due to low hysteresis
  • Excellent impact resistance and rentention of flexibility at low temperatures
  • Consistent durometer and flexibility at room and body temperature
  • Good resistance to most chemicals

 

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