PMMA for the Healthcare Industry
Revalidation of Your Medical Grades
Trinseo offers a broad portfolio of medical grade PLEXIGLAS® Acrylic Resins with ISO 10993 compliance. Explore this page to determine if our PMMA medical grade resins are right for you or contact us directly with any questions.
As a leading supplier of PMMA for medical applications, Trinseo provides solutions that are designed to meet the specific needs of our customers. We deliver innovative PLEXIGLAS® solutions that offer excellent performance and enable our customers in healthcare to achieve their sustainability goals.
For Trinseo, creativity in innovation is key to achieving success. Our development teams collaborate closely with medical partners across the value chain to create meaningful material solutions. Our hallmark is sustained PMMA quality and an experienced staff, delivering an unmatched combination of worldwide reach, operational excellence, cutting-edge technology, world-scale assets, and global R&D presence.
Trinseo’s acrylic products are manufactured in safe, clean facilities that are respectful of their communities and the environment. Our PMMA resins are available in the Americas under the PLEXIGLAS® and SOLARKOTE™ trade names.
Key Performance Criteria
Sterilization
- Gamma
- E-beam
- Ethylene oxide (EtO)
- UV
- Lipids
- Plasticizers
- Blood
- Oncology drugs
- Antiseptics
- Acids
- Bases
- Bleach
- Alcohols
Excellent Optics
- Water-white clarity
- Low haze
- UV transparency
Processing, Fabrication & Sustainability
Easy Processing and Fabrication
- Injection Molding
- Solvent, Adhesive & Thermal Bonding
- Extrusion
- Blow Molding
Sustainability
- Bisphenol-A (BPA) free
- Plasticizer free
- Halogen free
- Free of heavy metals
- PFAS free
Light Transmission & Haze in Medical Applications
PLEXIGLAS® VS-UVT acrylic resin exhibits excellent UV transmission and low haze and is commonly used in disposable diagnostic devices. PLEXIGLAS® SG-grade acrylic resins are impact-modified and designed to provide excellent light transmission and water-white clarity for demanding healthcare device applications.
Radiation Resistance
PLEXIGLAS® SG-grade acrylic resins exhibit excellent resistance to discoloration after exposure to high-energy sterilization processes such as gamma and e-beam sterilization.
Device components molded from PLEXIGLAS® SG-grade resins start clearer and stay clearer after 40 kGray of gamma radiation, with minimal yellowing and discoloration. This translates to shorter waiting periods for device shipments and lower stock inventory requirements. These impact-modified resins also maintain their impact strength, tensile modulus, and tensile strength, even after high-energy sterilization.
PLEXIGLAS® VS-UVT Acrylic Resin
UV-Transmitting Resin for Medical Diagnostics
PLEXIGLAS® VS-UVT acrylic resin exhibits excellent UV transmission and has a high melt flow rate, enabling its use in thin-wall medical devices, as well as complex, high-volume diagnostic devices. This resin provides low levels of autofluorescence, which is easily characterized and normalized from sample emissions.
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