Custom extruded tubes are found in many healthcare environments. Whether it’s in your local doctor’s office, an emergency room, at an urgent care, or even in a pharmacy, plastic tubes serve a vital role in the medical industry and in health care systems around the world.
Custom extruded tubes are so prevalent because of the numerous benefits they provide, including the cost-effectiveness of manufacturing. Custom Profile showcases the benefits while highlighting the importance of extrusion services to provide these benefits.
Applications of Custom Extruded Tubes in the Medical Industry
Custom extruded tubes are widely used throughout the medical industry. While their applications are truly limitless, especially if they are manufactured in an ISO certified clean room, there are some common applications that need to be mentioned.
Many of these applications use extruded tubes because of the tight-tolerance shafts and flexibility requirements that are a result of the extrusion manufacturing process.
- Custom tubes can be used as part of medical device housings where rigid, durable tubes are needed in order to protect sensors, electronics, or optical fibers.
- In a similar way, custom tubes can be used to protect the wiring and cables that are central components of imaging equipment, beds, and surgical instruments.
Critical Benefits That Are Essential to Healthcare Operations
Custom extruded tubes in the medical industry have to have essential properties in order for healthcare professionals to safely use them for a variety of practices. These advantages are a result of the extrusion operations used to create the tubes themselves, as well as the proper practices of the manufacturer.
- Manufacturers with an ISO certified clean room are able to create tubes that can be validated for biological safety and demonstrate they were made in a clean, sterile environment free of harmful contaminants. By ensuring that tubes are made in a certified clean room, healthcare professionals know their equipment can be trusted from the beginning of its operation.
- Custom tubes are engineered to withstand many environments in the medical industry, such as Gamma exposure, accidental patient exposure, and exposure to numerous infections, depending on tube application. This occurs when manufacturers introduce material additives to the tubes. Additionally, this is especially beneficial for tubes that are part of equipment as it can be exposed to any variable amount of medical scenarios, but when manufactured properly, tubes can function as designed.
Why Custom Matters
Healthcare professionals can never be too safe. That’s why custom should surpass a stock option when it comes to your tubing applications. A few considerations on why custom matters.
- Customers and manufacturers can team up to specify applications and, in turn, select the most appropriate materials that will align with the intended application.
- Design for manufacturability concerns can be addressed when electing for the custom route. Manufacturers will know the applications of medical tubes and how important it is to ensure there are no defects with any tube that leaves their facility.
- When custom is the chosen manufacturing path, strict and stringent quality control systems can be in place to validate products and closely examine them for any potential defects.
Contact Custom Profile Today for Your Custom Extruded Tubes
Custom Profile has been an industry-leading plastic extruder since our inception in 1992. With multiple locations around North America, we’re able to produce the extruded parts your team needs to succeed.
Custom extruded tubes are one facet of our capabilities. From an eighth of an inch to three inches in width, our team can work with you to create the solution you need. And for medical purposes, Custom Profile is an ISO Class 8 Clean Room certified manufacturer, ensuring that the most delicate projects can be created without concern of contamination.
Contact us today to learn more about how we can create your custom extruded tubes.