Silicone & Medical

Dow and Carbice have a groundbreaking partnership to offer advanced thermal interface materials for various industries, including mobility, industrial, consumer electronics, and semiconductors. Unveiled at The Battery Show North America in 2024, this partnershipopens in a new tab combines decades of Dow’s silicone expertise with aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) technology from Carbice. The collaboration supports innovation for diverse applications through thermal management solutions that are reliable, affordable, and customizable.

The FDA has issued a recall for certain VasoView HemoPro Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting (EVH) Systems, adding these devices to the medical device shortage list on November 15, 2024. This recall, classified as Class I, the most serious type, involves removing the affected devices from use or sale. The devices in question are detailed in a Letter to Health Care Providers, which contains the most current information.

The recall affects VasoView HemoPro 1 (VH-3000-W) and 1.5 (VH-3500) models, identified by their unique device identifiers. Getinge, the manufacturer, sent an Urgent Medical Device Removal letter to all affected customers on September 20, 2024. The letter advises customers to examine their inventory, remove the affected devices, and contact Getinge for return authorization and shipping instructions for unused or unexpired products.

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have developed a new method to 3D print sturdy silicone structures that are bigger, taller, thinner and more porous than ever before.

The team’s two-part “fast cure” silicone-based ink for direct ink writing mixes just before printing and sets quickly at room temperature, allowing for longer print times, simplifying the fabrication process, and ensuring structures will not collapse or sag, even in complex shapes and configurations.

H.B. Fuller Company announced that it has signed agreements to acquire two leading medical adhesive technology companies: GEM S.r.l. and Medifill Ltd.
Medifill Ltd. is an Irish formulator and producer of medical-grade cyanoacrylate adhesives with a state-of-the-art clean room and manufacturing capabilities. Medifill produces advanced technology that is specifically tailored for the wound closure market. The next-generation formulations enable fast, safe, and effective wound closure.
GEM S.r.l. is an Italian manufacturer and market leading provider of medical adhesives and innovative application devices approved and certified for over 80 internal indications. The acquisition establishes a European headquarters for H.B. Fuller’s Medical Adhesive Technologies (MAT) business and expands the company’s medical adhesive offerings, further shifting its portfolio toward highly profitable, higher growth markets.

The Neotech Bridge is a silicone nipple cover with a built-in channel that attaches to a syringe filled with breastmilk or formula. The syringe allows mothers to control the amount and flow to keep the baby at the breast, feeding continuously which help to further promote natural milk production.
The market opportunity is vast as a large percentage of mothers experience breastfeeding challenges. While initially targeting hospitals, Neotech is now also focused on the retail space as well. And since taking over the product, Neotech continues to grow sales each year.
Both Neotech and Silcotech emphasized the powerful impact of this product.

U.S. Medical Glove Company (USMGC) announced the launch of a new division, U.S. Medical Accessories (USMA), to support its growing business of building proprietary medical exam glove-making machines.

The new division, USMA, will exclusively supply USMGC customers with support and service for its machines. This includes supplying the parts, components, robotic tooling technology, laser cutting systems, custom electrical panels, and additional accessories required for manufacturing nitrile and polyisoprene exam gloves.

Datwyler announces the expansion of its NeoFlex™ range of coated plungers with new sizes for containers aimed at large-volume auto-injectors and wearable devices. At CPHI Worldwide in Milan, Italy (Booth 20B48), the company unveiled its NeoFlex Prefilled Syringe 10ml and its NeoFlex Cartridge Wearable 10ml plungers. Designed to meet the highest quality and safety standards, the new plungers stand up to the unique challenges of delivering large volume injectables through these devices.

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. has developed a ST-OR Type heat-shrinkable silicone rubber tubing for busbar covering for the first time in the industry.

A busbar is a conductive metallic strip, typically made of copper or aluminum, and is used for power connection or distribution. Busbars have found wide-ranging applications and grown in demand for use not only in switchboards and control panels but also in electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid vehicles (HEVs) more recently.

Guill Tool & Engineering introduces the new Micro Medical, an extrusion crosshead that uses micro-fine adjustment screws for precise concentricity adjustment. The precision of concentricity reaches 0.008” or finer per revolution. This single point concentricity adjustment is a unique Guill innovation for the extrusion of thin-walled and precision ID/OD medical tubing. One adjustment bolt controls 360° of adjustment.