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MicroGroup - High-Performance Heat Shrink Tubing for Medical Devices
TE Connectivity builds on a foundation of over 70 years, delivering expertise in the formulation, compounding, extrusion, irradiation, and expansion processes of high-performance heat shrink tubing. The company offers an extensive range of heat-shrinkable materials suitable for various applications, especially in the medical device industry. This versatility ensures optimal solutions for design needs, whether they require standalone tubing or integrated systems. Heat shrink products like the MT1000, MT2000, MT3000, and MT5000 provide sterilization versatility, with options for flexibility, rigidity, lubricity, chemical, and abrasion resistance. Particularly applicable are protective outer sheaths for surgical tools and lubricious layers in high RPM applications. Additionally, product lines such as MT-LWA, MT-FEP, MT-PBX, and MT-PBX/PBX offer specialty materials for process aid applications, including fluoropolymer and polyolefin-based options.
TE Connectivity (TE) has more than 70 years of proven expertise in the material formulation, compounding, extrusion, irradiation, and expansion of high-performance heat shrink tubing. With the broadest array of heat-shrinkable materials available, we have many products to suit different requirements and almost any design situation for the medical device market.
Whether you need tubing only or a complete integrated solution for your medical device, we have the engineering expertise, manufacturing capability and products to simplify your supply chain. Your medical device needs can be fulfilled all in house, from one company, and we can customize our products to fit your requirements.
- Thin walls down to 0.001 inches
- Peelable heat shrink process aids
- Single and dual-wall constructions, including adhesive lining
- Controlled longitudinal change
- Shrink ratios up to 5:1
- Custom cutting and slitting
- Fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP)
- Polyether block amide (PEBA)
- Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)
- Low-density polyethylene (LDPE)
- High-density polyethylene (HDPE)
- Ethyl methyl acrylate (EMA)
- Unique formulations to address a board range of medical applications
- Custom compound development
- Robust and chemical resistant materials
- High level of stability and temperature resistance
- Compliant to RoHS, USP class VI biocompatibility, and ISO 10993 standards
- Manufactured in an FDA registered and ISO 13485 certified facility
- Select products registered with FDA through the master file system (MAF)