MEDICAL POLYMERS & PROCESSING - EMERGING TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES D L Pandya, CEO & Editor Medical Plastics Data Service mediSOURCEasia.com Webinar On Role Of Plastics In The Medical, Healthcare & Pharma Sectors : Emerging Opportunities Organised By AIPMA May 27, 2020 1
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MEDICAL POLYMERS & PROCESSING
- EMERGING TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES
D L Pandya, CEO & Editor
Medical Plastics Data Service
mediSOURCEasia.com
Webinar On Role Of Plastics In The Medical, Healthcare &
Pharma Sectors : Emerging Opportunities
Organised By AIPMA
May 27, 2020
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COVID 19 : Medical Plastic Products
In The Front Line
Plastics constitute an important part of Medical Devices and
the global market is estimated to be close to US $ 18 billion .
• It plays a very crucial role ensuring right technologies
available for healthcare providers and patients.
• Like any other sector, the Plastic industry or the medical
device industry is also looking for emerging trends.
• The origin for some of the trends are from campaign based
ideology - the examples for which in the medical
applications are requirements for bisphenol-A free materials,
Polyvinylchloride free devices etc.
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• History has shown that such public-driven trends generally
follow the cycle of becoming public and disappearing
regularly without major changes.
• Some of the ideas which have been tested after thorough
investigation and have shown potential for implementation
and are driven by higher integration level of technologies
between technocrats, medical professionals and patients.
• Few of such Polymeric Materials and their Processing based
trends are highlighted in this presentation.
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COVID 19 : Medical Plastic Products
In The Front Line
Antimicrobial Plastics
• Antimicrobial plastics help in curtailing infections and
preventing illnesses by resisting the growth of disease-
causing pathogens.
• Typical end use applications are :
Vascular Access Devices: Catheters, Injection
Systems, Needleless Connectors, etc.
Fluid Management Devices : IV Systems & Bags,
Valves, Tubing, etc.
Device/Instrument Housings
Airway Management Devices : Endotracheal &
Tracheotomy Tubes, etc.
Laparoscopic Instruments, Wound Dressings
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Antimicrobial Plastics
Class I, II and III Medical Devices that come in contact with
patients or their caregivers and many other applications
Some of the possible antimicrobial compounds (silver-and