Case Studies

TekniPlex Healthcare quadrupled its customer’s IV tube capacity with the tightest of COVID-era turnarounds.

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Tekni-Plex Medical solves quality issue for OR generator

Tekni-Plex Healthcare solves quality issue
for OR generator

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Novel multilayer tube design enables infusion of drug products suspended in DMSO

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Superior tubing components in life-saving medical device improve patient outcomes

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Medical Compounds White Papers

Tubing for Hemodialysis Pumps

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Styrenic TPE Compounds: Growth Drivers & Challenges in Medical Applications

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What capabilities should the ideal medical polymer compounder have?

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Webinars

Compound Basics: Advances in Materials Science for the Medical Device Industry

Available On Demand
Duration: 33 Minutes

Request this webinar to:

  • Hear about the latest trends impacting medical device innovation
  • Learn how materials science is evolving with the advancements in the latest healthcare technologies

Speakers

Mary Alban

Mary Alban

Global Product Manager, Tekni-Plex Healthcare

Advanced Paratubing Applications

Available On Demand
Duration: 26 Minutes

Request this webinar to:

  • Discover how new advancements in medical tubing improve designs and help keep patients safer
  • Hear about paratubing constructions that reduce the risk of a tube being connected to the wrong port
  • Review common design pitfalls that can degrade manufacturing consistency…and how to avoid them
  • Review validation techniques to ensure consistent dimensional and peel strength tolerancing
  • Learn techniques to help shorten the overall design cycle for a new medical device

Speakers

Alex Kakad

Alex Kakad

Global Product Manager, Tekni-Plex Healthcare

Tubing for Critical Fluid Handling Applications

Available On Demand
Duration: 23 Minutes

Request this webinar to:

  • Review how new tubing materials advancements have driven dramatic improvements for critical fluid transfer applications
  • Learn about unique tubing solutions for peristaltic pump applications that offer multiple improvements over silicone
  • Be educated on complete fluid transfer options for drugs suspended in DMSO
  • Understand failure mechanisms and design improvements for multilayer tubing used for infusion systems
  • Learn about validation techniques to ensure consistent dimensional and peel strength tolerancing for fluid management solutions

Speakers

Alex Kakad

Alex Kakad

Global Product Manager, Tekni-Plex Healthcare

Managing Supply Chain Risk

Available On Demand
Duration: 16 minutes

Attend this webinar and learn:

  • Learn how the pandemic and climate events are creating havoc in supply chains
  • We will examine the various forces at play and outline scenarios that can reduce risk to the supply chain
  • Actual case studies will be reviewed to illustrate how forward-thinking companies have managed these challenges to help reduce future risk

Speakers

Paul McShane, Ph.D

Paul McShane, Ph.D

Global Technology Director

Paul McShane, Ph.D., is the global technology director for Tekni-Plex Healthcare. Tekni-Plex Healthcare supplies medical-grade PVC compounds that are used to produce medical device and related products. Paul’s more than 12 years of experience in the disposable medical device industry, makes him ideally suited to be a thought leader in this area.

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McShane rejoined Colorite in 2011 as a technology and development manager for Europe and Asia. He was promoted to the global technology director position in October 2015.

Previously, McShane held numerous senior development engineer roles in his six-years with Hewlett Packard, Ireland.

McShane is based at Colorite’s European manufacturing facility in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His responsibilities there have put him in the phthalate plasticizers regulatory epicenter on a daily basis for more than a decade.

He holds a Ph.D. in polymer science and a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Queen’s University Belfast.

New Tubing Material Advancements Drive Dramatic Improvements for Critical Fluid Transfer Applications

Available On Demand
Duration: 20 Minutes

This webinar delivers valuable information on emerging topics that help medical device professionals navigate their tubing decision-making process. Tekni-Plex Healthcare works with medical device professionals on a daily basis to address issues and in this webinar we feature the latest best practices and technologies.

Request this webinar to:

  • Discover unique tubing solutions for peristaltic pump applications that offer multiple improvements over silicone material options

  • Become educated on complete fluid transfer options for drugs suspended in DMSO

  • Understand failure mechanisms and design improvements for infusion system multilayer tubing

  • Learn about validation techniques to ensure consistent dimensional and peel strength tolerance for fluid management solutions

Speakers

Alex Kakad

Alex Kakad

Global Product Manager, Tekni-Plex Healthcare

Phthalates: The True Story

Medical regulations impacting use of flexible PVC compounds, phthalate plasticizers

Available On Demand
Duration: 55-minutes

In this webinar, medical device professionals will learn what they need to know about flexible PVC compound regulations, so that they can make informed decisions for their specific products.

Attend this webinar and learn:

  • Flexible PVC compounds and the plasticizers used to make them.
  • Phthalate plasticizer toxicological profile and rationale for increased regulation
  • Medical device regulations impacting the use of phthalate plasticizers in PVC
  • MDR design/manufacture requirements for devices containing phthalate plasticizers
  • Summary of MDR transition timelines

Speakers

Paul McShane, Ph.D

Paul McShane, Ph.D

Global Technology Director

Paul McShane, Ph.D., is the global technology director for Tekni-Plex Healthcare. Tekni-Plex Healthcare supplies medical-grade PVC compounds that are used to produce medical device and related products. Paul’s more than 12 years of experience in the disposable medical device industry, makes him ideally suited to be a thought leader in this area.

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McShane rejoined Colorite in 2011 as a technology and development manager for Europe and Asia. He was promoted to the global technology director position in October 2015.

Previously, McShane held numerous senior development engineer roles in his six-years with Hewlett Packard, Ireland.

McShane is based at Colorite’s European manufacturing facility in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His responsibilities there have put him in the phthalate plasticizers regulatory epicenter on a daily basis for more than a decade.

He holds a Ph.D. in polymer science and a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Queen’s University Belfast.

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