Medical plastics refer to plastic grades designed or tailored to produce different types of medical plastic products in the healthcare industry. These plastic polymers have become essential components in the modern health system.
To a large extent, medical plastics vary in properties and characteristics. Due to stringent regulatory requirements for medical parts, health engineers use medical plastic polymers for specific health applications, from surgical instruments to medical supplies.
In most cases, medical plastics used for medical prototypes and parts are designed to deliver suitable resistance to impact, wear, temperature, and corrosion. That way, the plastic components can maintain high performance after subjecting the parts to recurrent sterilization cycles or other body or medical fluid that contacts the parts during use.
