Medical Industry
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Materials Used:
- Acetal
- Acrylic
- Delrin® Medical Grade
- Ertalyte® PET-P
- Ketron® PEEK LSG Classix
- Ketron® PEEK LSG
- Kynar®
- Lexan®
- PEEK
- PEEK-Classix™
- PEEK-Optima®
- PET
- Polycarbonate
- Polypropylene
- Polysulfone
- PPSU
- Propolux® HS2
- PSU
- PTFE
- PVDF
- Radel® R 5500
- Tecadur® PET
- Tecaflon® PVDF
- Tecaform® AH MT
- Tecaform® San
- Tecamid®
- Tecanat®
- Tecanyl® MT
- Tecapeek®
- Tecapeek® MT
- Tecapro® MT
- Tecason® P MT
- Tecason® P XRO
- Tecason® S
- Tecason®
- Teflon®
- Ultem®
- UHMW
- Vespel®
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Types of parts:
- Backup Rings
- HPLC Fittings
- Implants
- Implant Trials
- Manifolds
- Robotic Surgical Equipment
- Seals
- Sterilization Trays/Caddies
- Surgical Instruments
- Targeting Fixtures
- Tool Guides
- X-ray Equipment
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Reasons for using plastics:
- Less Expensive
- Weight Reduction
- Versatility
- Chemical Resistance
- Re-usable
- Some Grades are Implantable

