8. MicroCare Medical’s non-migrating lubricant
MicroCare Medical’s Duraglide dry lubricant coating takes advantage of a volatile carrier fluid that quickly deposits a thin, uniform, dry, lubricating PTFE film. [Image by managing editor Chris Newmarker]
And unlike competing lubricants with silicone, the lubricant is non-migrating.
“We’ve been talking a lot about it being non-migrating, and that seems to have hit a tone with the marketplace,” David Ferguson, senior market and technical manager at MicroCare Medical, told Medical Design & Outsourcing.
MicroCare (New Britain, Conn.) also had its Swellex silicone swelling agent. The proprietary solvent temporarily swells molded silicone rubber components and silicone rubber tubing to allow for easy assembly to (or over) rigid parts with complex geometry. The swelling agent then quickly evaporates wihtout leaving residue or impacting physical properties — with the treated component returning to its original size, according to MicroCare.
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