February 2025
Published: 03 Feb 2025
Author: Precedence Research
EcoLube™ MD is the PFAS-free internally lubricated compound that is offering a medical device and healthcare application by Americhem, Inc., a company known globally for custom color masterbatch, functional additives, engineered compounds, and performance technologies. EcoLube MD is an answer to the growing market demand for sustainable and regulatory-compliant materials while upholding performance and biocompatibility standards. EcoLube™ MD is responding to the desperate industry need for reliable alternatives to conventional lubricants while exuding extraordinary wear and friction reduction properties.
As the concern over the environmental and health aspects of PFAS grew, the scrutiny over the global healthcare industry intensified. EcoLube™ MD provides producers with a green alternative that helps to satisfy the demands of changing regulations, as well as to reduce the ecological footprint present in the manufacturing of medical devices. It serves to improve the functionality of medical devices, including minimally invasive surgical instruments, syringe pumps, prosthetics, surgical robotics, catheters, and tubing.
Extensive internal testing has been conducted to ensure the safety and performance of EcoLube MD, a biocompatibility-free material, for use in medical devices by Americhem. Accordingly, this material also passes ISO 10993-5 biocompatibility testing, concerned with the study of cytotoxicity, making it a solution for medical device manufacturers. This test further indicates that EcoLube MD is on par with conventional internal lubricants and wear-resistant additives and is therefore documented with long-lasting lubrication and durability.
Linda Boyett, Vice President of Global Technology and Innovation at Americhem, stated that EcoLube MD is a field-proof solution for sustainability and performance within the healthcare market. Healthcare OEMs are therefore increasingly looking for alternatives with high performance, as regulations across the globe restrict or prohibit the use of PFAS and PTFE-based lubricants. In the new PFAS-free EcoLube MD line, Americhem underscores its commitment to innovate to meet the distinctive needs of these customers and assist them in staying ahead in their markets.
EcoLube represents an innovative lubrication technology produced by Americhem, allowing functional additives to be incorporated directly into the matrix of a material. This provides reliable and durable internal lubrication, thus minimizing or eliminating the requirement for external lubricants and enhancing the life of the product. The range encompasses formulations tailored to meet specific lubrication challenges like solid-state, non-migrating lubricants; multifunctional boundary lubricants; shear reinforcement and abrasion resistance; and low-friction, non-migratory additives.
Americhem has formulated EcoLube compounds in a variety of resins that can serve an equally diverse array of medical applications, including engineering resins, conventional thermoplastics, and high-performance polymers. Customizing products to fit end-market performance, conversion processes, color, and explicitly aesthetic requirements is a hallmark of Americhem. This dual emphasis on meeting customer prescriptions and partnering to develop new technologies puts Americhem in a position to meet unique customer requirements and support its sustainability goals.
Maintaining high performance while eliminating PFAS from their polymeric materials is how Americhem aids healthcare OEMs in developing safer next-generation medical devices for both patients and the environment. With EcoLubeMD, Americhem illustrates its leadership in engineered compounds and functional additives, supplying best-in-class state-of-the-art solutions to the medical device industry in compliance with evolving regulatory and environmental landscapes.
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