Rubber Products in medical industry
The medical industry is highly equipped with rubber products. The rubber products which are used in hospitals are wide and varied. Rubber is used to make various objects like surgical gloves, tubes, stoppers, condoms, breathing bags, cushioning or supporting materials, prosthetics, implants and catheters. Types of rubber used in making medical products Natural Rubber Butadiene Rubber Butyl Rubber Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPM, EPDM) Viton Nitrile Rubber Silicone Rubber Styrene Butadiene Rubber Types of Medical rubber products Some popular medical rubber products are as follows: · Rubber Caps/Tabs for Medical use: Rubber caps are specially designed for medical purposes. These are caps on T-piece as the main adjunct which provides pass and injection port for infusion and transfusion sets. They are made of natural rubber and polychloroprene rubber. · ...