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Catheter Tubing Extrusion & Secondary Operations

Saint-Gobain’s recent acquisition of MS Techniques expands the company’s portfolio of tubing, semi-finished components, and sub-assemblies for the manufacture of catheters and catheter systems.

Capabilities

Our process expertise includes:

  • Compounding
  • Customized precision extrusion
  • Tip Forming/Thermoforming
  • Micro Injection Molding
  • Overmolding
  • Welding
Materials

We transform a wide variety of thermoplastic polymers:

PEBA, PP, PA, PEI, PC, PEEK (see dedicated page here), EVA, TPU, PVC, SEBS, HDPE, LDPE…

Tubing


With over 25 years of experience in extrusion, we offer a broad range of tubing with various ODs, IDs, wall thicknesses and lengths:

Coextruded tubing

Benefits of Coextruded Tubing

  • Striped tubing such as radiopaque stripe which is visible under X-Ray
  • Colored marker line
  • Combine the mechanical properties of two materials

Typical Applications

  • Tubing for epidural catheters (radiopaque lines)
  • Urology catheter

Multi-lumen tubing

Benefits of Multi-lumen Tubing

  • Inflate a balloon
  • Allow heat-transfer fluid circulation
  • Measure distal pressure
  • Insulate electrical conductors
  • Allow introduction of a guide wire

Typical Applications

  • Multifunction catheter
  • Venous catheter
  • Balloon catheter
  • Cannula

Reinforced tubing

Benefits of Reinforced Tubing

  • Improve crush resistance with coil-reinforcement
  • Improve torque transmission with braid-reinforcement
  • Improve performance under pressure with high-pressure tubing

Typical Applications

  • Crush resistant tubing
  • Catheters
  • High-pressure extension lines

Other Specialty Tubing

  • Peel-away tubing
  • Sheathing
Components and Secondary Operations

In addition to the tubing offering, Saint-Gobain offers catheter sub-assemblies and can manufacture the necessary caps, connectors and other items listed below to provide a custom designed catheter that meets your needs:

  • Tips, caps
  • Connectors
  • Shaped ends
  • Soft tips
  • Covering 

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Saint-Gobain’s medical products offer covers:
- Medical Components [21 CFR 820.3(c)], intended for processing or use in the manufacture or assembly of medical devices before the finished medical device is packaged/labeled; Medical Components are intended to be included as part of the finished, packaged, and labeled device [21CFR820.3(c)].
- Finished Devices [21CFR820.3(l)] made on behalf of medical device manufacturers [21 CFR 807.20(a)(2)] under contract-manufacturing agreement. In accordance with the United States’ jurisdiction, Saint-Gobain complies with the FDA’s requirements for contract manufacturers of finished devices.

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