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PRODUCT OF THE MONTH
■ Proportional Isolation Valve
2021 Product of the Year
Finalist
Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH, has released a flow controller that uses an extremely fastreacting
mems technology sensor upstream from a proportional valve, with the option of a DR-2 regulator for
accurate and precise pressure control in a small package. Unlike other mass flow controllers that require a 30minute
warm-up time, large differential pressures, and limited flow ranges, the Cordis requires less than one
minute warm-up, and its pressure drop is ≤14 in. H2O. It features flow ranges as low as 0-30 sccm. Standard control options include 0.2-
10 VDC, 4.32-20 mA, and 3.3 VDC serial.
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Product Focus: Tubing
■ Silicone Elastomers
Silicone healthcare solutions from
Dow Corning, Wilmington, DE, have
been renamed to reflect the company's
drive to develop innovative solutions for
patients. The Liveo™ brand reinforces DuPont's commitment in
healthcare and replaces Dow Corning and Silastic trade names for the
product line that includes pharma tubing and overmolded assemblies
for single-use systems in biopharma processing; transdermal and topical
drug-delivery systems; medical adhesives for advanced wound
care, ostomy care, and wearables; silicone elastomers for a wide range
of specialty medical devices, and more.
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■ Reinforced Polyimide Tubing
Braid and coil-reinforced polyimide tubing
from Zeus, Orangeburg, SC, helps medical device
engineers optimize their catheter designs and finetune
key performance characteristics, paving the
way for improved procedural outcomes and
increased patient safety. Reinforced polyimide tubing
is available in full load and half load braid patterns,
as well as in coil configurations. It is available
with total wall thicknesses (inner layer plus reinforcement plus outer
layer) as low as 0.002 in./0.051 mm and inside diameters (ID) down
to 0.010 in./0.254 mm. Polyimide tubing provides excellent strength
and abrasion resistance and maintains its properties at very small
dimensions. For applications where additional lubricity is needed, a
PI/PTFE composite provides a lower coefficient of friction.
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■ Medical Connectors
A new series of connectors with plastic
threaded rings is available from Binder,
Camarillo, CA. The series 763 M12-A connectors
have lightweight plastic threading rings that
offer a cost-effective alternative to steel threading rings, while remaining
just as robust and meeting IP67 and IP68 seal requirements. Vibrationresistant
crimp contacts ensure secure signal and data transfer. Male and
female cable connectors are available with 3, 4, 5, 8, or 12 gold-plated contacts
in a molded UV-resistant nylon (PA) housing. Series 763 ready-toconnect
cable sets are available with 2- or 5-m cable lengths.
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■ Heat-Shrink Tubing
Junkosha, Gloucestershire, UK, has launched
cut-to-length and slit peelable heat shrink
tubing (PHST) for a wide range of catheterbased
procedures where flexibility is the key
requirement. Catheter delivery systems for
neurovascular treatments rely on increasingly complex shapes,
constructs, and polymers to deliver their intended treatment. This
intricacy in catheter bonding and welding applications can only be
consistently achieved through advanced technology innovations
such as cut-to-length and slit PHST, which enables catheter manufacturers
to use different lengths to not only reflow a catheter's
baseline materials, but also to attach complex shapes and constructions.
Key application areas include balloon mounting, catheter
lamination, forming, tacking, masking, bonding parallel tubes,
and polymer jacket compression.
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■ Plastic and Rubber Tubing
NewAge Industries, Southampton, PA, has
achieved B Corp™ certification from B Lab™, a
nonprofit organization serving a global network
of companies using business as a force to benefit
others. NewAge manufactures plastic and rubber
tubing in reinforced and unreinforced styles. The AdvantaPure
division of NewAge Industries is ISO 9001:2015 certified and specializes
in high-purity tubing, hose, single-use process tubing manifolds,
AdvantaFlex® TPE tubing, BioClosure® container closure systems,
and other molded components.
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■ Micro Peltier Modules
CUI Devices, Lake Oswego, OR, has added
micro-Peltier modules to its Peltier module product
line. Carrying compact package sizes with
dimensions from 3.4 to 9.5 mm and profiles as
low as 1.95 mm, these micro-Peltier modules offer reliable solid-state construction,
precise temperature control, and quiet operation for spaceconstrained
designs where forced air cooling is not an option. The singlestage
thermoelectric coolers feature temperature deltas of 77 °C (Th =
50 °C), Qmax ratings from 0.2 to 4.7 W (Th = 50 °C), current ratings from
0.7 to 3.4 A, and voltage ratings from 0.5 to 3.9 V.
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