[LAST CALL] Material Substitution for Supply and Regulatory Disruptions
Register now! | Wed, Sept 23 | One day, NO COST | Streaming Live Online |
PT Tech Days: Material Substitution is happening tomorrow, September 23, and spots are still open. If you've been meaning to register, this is your last chance!
As regulations force a shift away from certain substances, including PFAS, and ongoing trade conflicts or natural disasters disrupt supply chains, savvy processors work with their customers for contingency plans to ensure there’s no material-related production disruption.
In this Tech Days, learn strategies for finding and evaluating potential replacement materials and additives, as well as how to create multi-source supplier schemes and intelligently and cost effectively inventory raw material and production for customers.
Your ticket includes access to a full recording after the event airs live.
Ned Burnett, PhD
Business Strategy & Market Intelligence Manager, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics
Replacing PTFE in Medical Devices: What the Industry Is Learning About Fluoropolymer Alternatives
Pressure to evaluate alternatives to PTFE and other fluoropolymers is increasing across the medical device industry, driven by PFAS-related regulatory activity, sustainability objectives, supply considerations, and customer requirements. Yet PTFE remains difficult to replace because its value rarely comes from a single property. Chemical resistance, low friction, thermal stability, low surface energy, biological history, and decades of manufacturing experience can all be embedded in what appears on a drawing as a simple material specification.
This presentation examines the current state of PTFE replacement in medical devices, from catheter liners and fluid-transfer tubing to filtration, process aids, and implantable applications. Emerging approaches including UHMWPE liners, nonfluorinated catheter-liner technologies, lubricious formulations and coatings, high-performance polymers, and multilayer constructions will be compared through the functions they can reproduce and the new limitations they introduce. Particular attention will be given to what “chemical compatibility” actually means in an application, why temperature, time, stress, sterilization, and fluid composition can change the answer, and why a successful alternative often requires matching the needs of the finished device rather than the full PTFE property envelope.
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