Medical Grade PEEK – Comprehensive Overview
Medical grade PEEK complies with ISO 10993 requirements for devices exposed to internal bodily fluids and tissue for up to 24 hours. Genesis converts the thermoplastic into extruded stock shapes for machining precision medical devices and components.
What Properties of Medical Grade PEEK are Beneficial for Devices?
The inherent properties of the PEEK polymer common to all grades. Strength and stiffness based on its flexural modulus of 3.7 GPa exceeds most other unreinforced medical grade thermoplastics by a wide margin. It is also a tough, highly resilient material.
PEEK resists a vast array of chemical and cleaners, including those used in healthcare environments. Devices made from medical grade PEEK maintain their functionality and durability after repeated sterilization cycles in steam and in ethylene oxide and gamma radiation, with no significant deterioration in physical properties or biocompatibility.
Is Medical Grade PEEK Compliant with ISO 10993?
Medical grade PEEK from Genesis is made from PEEK resin that complies with ISO 10993 as a material for devices in contact with bodily tissue and fluids for up to 24 hours.
What are Typical Medical Grade PEEK Applications?
The properties of PEEK open a wide range of medical device and bioprocessing applications including components for endoscopic and laparoscopic devices, fluid delivery system manifolds, connectors and valves, and instruments requiring frequent sterilization.
Genesis Medical Plastics Capabilities in Medical Grade PEEK
Genesis is ISO 13485:2016 and ISO 9001:2015 certified and FDA registered as a device manufacturing facility. Capabilities include prototyping, machining, injection molding and extrusion of semi-finished shapes including rod, plate, sheet and film.
Specifications –
SEMI-FINISHED SHAPES
Rod diameters – mm
6.4 – 38.1mm (0.250 – 1.50” in 0.125” increments)
`138.1 – 101.6 mm (1.50 – 4.0” in 0.250” increments)
101.6 – 228.6 mm (4.0 – 9.0” in 0.500” increments)
Max diameter: 254 mm (10.0”)
Standard lengths: 1,2,3 & 4 ft.; 1.0m
Plate thicknesses
9.5 mm (0.375”); 19.1mm (0.750”)
Widths: 101.6 mm (4.0”); 304.8 mm (12”)
Lengths: 1,2,3 & 4 ft.
Custom rod and plate sizes made to order.