Solvay, a leading global supplier of specialty polymers, has introduced a new medical grade of Ixef PARA for single-use surgical instruments and biopharma processing components with rotating parts.

Ixef GS-5022 brings increased lubrication to the combination of mechanical properties and ultra-smooth finish associated with Ixef GS-1022, already widely used in healthcare applications.

According to Guruprasad Sivakumar, Head of Healthcare Marketing at Solvay, Ixef GS-5022 has been developed to meet customer needs for single-use instruments with moving parts that require smooth, minimum force movement and reduced noise.

Solvay introduces new low friction and wear medical grade for single-use healthcare applications.

“The increased level of lubrication makes Ixef GS-5022 the ideal solution wherever you expect to have high friction in surgical instruments such as stent crimpers or components of single-use instruments functioning at high rotational speeds,” Guruprasad Sivakumar explained.

Ixef GS-5022 is a solution to replace metal due to its combination of tensile and flexural strength with an aesthetic, ultra-smooth finish. It is also compatible with hospital disinfectants and resistant to high energy gamma radiation without significant changes to its original appearance or physical properties.

Therefore, parts made from Ixef GS-5022 can be gamma sterilized in bulk leading to reduced costs, enabling the production of affordable disposable surgical instruments or components for biopharma processing.

In addition, the resin demonstrates no evidence of cytotoxicity, sensitization, intracutaneous reactivity, pyrogenicity, or acute systemic toxicity, based on biocompatibility testing as defined by ISO 10993-1.

Solvay, a leading global supplier of specialty polymers, has introduced a new medical grade of Ixef PARA for single-use surgical instruments and biopharma processing components with rotating parts.

Ixef GS-5022 brings increased lubrication to the combination of mechanical properties and ultra-smooth finish associated with Ixef GS-1022, already widely used in healthcare applications.

According to Guruprasad Sivakumar, Head of Healthcare Marketing at Solvay, Ixef GS-5022 has been developed to meet customer needs for single-use instruments with moving parts that require smooth, minimum force movement and reduced noise.

Solvay introduces new low friction and wear medical grade for single-use healthcare applications.

“The increased level of lubrication makes Ixef GS-5022 the ideal solution wherever you expect to have high friction in surgical instruments such as stent crimpers or components of single-use instruments functioning at high rotational speeds,” Guruprasad Sivakumar explained.

Ixef GS-5022 is a solution to replace metal due to its combination of tensile and flexural strength with an aesthetic, ultra-smooth finish. It is also compatible with hospital disinfectants and resistant to high energy gamma radiation without significant changes to its original appearance or physical properties.

Therefore, parts made from Ixef GS-5022 can be gamma sterilized in bulk leading to reduced costs, enabling the production of affordable disposable surgical instruments or components for biopharma processing.

In addition, the resin demonstrates no evidence of cytotoxicity, sensitization, intracutaneous reactivity, pyrogenicity, or acute systemic toxicity, based on biocompatibility testing as defined by ISO 10993-1.