Few polymers used in healthcare have stoked as much controversy as polyvinyl chloride (PVC). For many years, this plastic and its additives have been scrutinized by authorities, criticized by NGOs, ...

Akron, Ohio — Medical product designer Len Czuba gave a history of vinyl in medical devices at the Vinyltec conference, and he strongly supported vinyl as the most reliable, cost-effective material ...

PVC is the most widely used polymer to manufacture single-use medical devices and will retain that position for the foreseeable future, according to a new study from Global Market Insights. The ...

TekniPlex Healthcare, a leading provider of advanced healthcare solutions, has announced the launch of its new bio-based medical-grade polyvinyl chloride (PVC) compounds. The compounds are the first ...

Premature ventricular contraction (PVC) is a type of abnormal heartbeat, or arrhythmia. It happens when the heartbeat begins in the lower, rather than the upper, heart chambers. This creates an ...

The British Plastics Federation's (BPF) PVC take-back program RecoMed, which collects medical equipment for recycling. has now been rolled out to seven hospitals in the United Kingdom. RecoMed, ...

To conduct an extensive literature and toxicological database review on substitute compounds and available alternative medical products to replace polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and/or di(2-ethylhexyl) ...

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), commonly used to make medical products, may release a plasticizer — di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) — which could affect patients’ health, environmental protection groups ...

Poly (vinyl chloride) (PVC) is the most versatile of all the commodity polymers. It can satisfy a wide range of product function, safety, performance, and cost criteria. This book considers the ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westlake Global Compounds and Westlake Dimex, business units of Westlake Corporation (NYSE: WLK), today announced the launch of “Choose Pink,” a pilot polyvinyl chloride (PVC ...

Plastic is one of the world’s most ubiquitous materials, essential to daily life as we know it. Production is growing at a rate of 3.4 percent—three times faster than our global population growth.