As a medical material, after decades of clinical application, silicone rubber has been recognized by the medical community and has become more and more widely used. Many large companies have taken medical silicone rubber as the main target of development, and medical silicone rubber has made great progress.

In short, medical silicone rubber has been widely and important in the fields of life science, medical equipment, medicine, etc., but there is still huge potential to be tapped. With the development of life science and the research of biomaterials, it will contribute make a greater contribution.
Wide range of applications

At the current level of medical technology development, medical silicone products should not be underestimated. Nowadays, medical silicone products such as medical silicone airbags, medical silicone tubes, silicone silicone cable ties, and silicone pads have been put into the market, and medical grade silicone has been put into use. For medical use, silicones must be tested for biocompatibility and comply with FDA regulations.

Medical silicone application:
1. Solid medical silicone rubber can replace bone or cartilage as tissue filling or scaffold material, so it can be made into artificial joints and artificial tendons to repair the defects of limb joints and tendons. Plastic materials are mostly used as materials for repairing deformities and defects of the face, ears, nose, etc.

Catheter: Medical catheter is the fastest growing and most widely used product in medical silicone rubber products. According to the use, it can be divided into in vivo and in vitro. In vitro, there are mainly various types of pump tubes, such as artificial heart-lung machine pump tubes, connecting tubes with various instruments, infusion tubes, etc. The current development trend of medical catheters used in the human body is miniaturization, thin-walled, multi-lumen and multi-functional in one tube. Especially for indwelling catheters, whether for long-term or short-term use, the advantages of silicone rubber materials and catheters are unmatched by other materials.

Cranial surgery products: The silicone rubber products used for craniocerebral surgery mainly include: artificial skull, silicon-titanium composite repair material, hydrocephalus six device, ventricle drainage tube, artificial meninges, currently domestically developed silicone rubber and nylon fabrics The manufactured artificial meninges can be used for repairing traumatic dura mater defects, repairing dura mater or dura mater defects caused by excision of tumor in the dura mater kit or infiltrating area.

2. ENT products

ENT products: silicone rubber products for ENT include: artificial nose bridge, artificial chin, mandible, artificial ear, artificial larynx, otitis media ventilation tube, lacrimal duct probing device, lacrimal duct plug, nostril support, snoring device, Nasal hemostatic balloon, artificial respirator wave tube, tracheostomy cannula, etc. At present, silicone rubber has been widely used in cosmetic and prosthetic surgery, and can repair various parts of the face, internal organs, chest, joints, etc.

3. Cardiac surgery products
Cardiac surgery products: Silicone rubber products used in cardiac surgery mainly include extracorporeal circulation machine pump tube, chest drainage tube, artificial lung silicone membrane, artificial heart spherical mitral valve, etc.

4. Digestive system products
Digestive system products: silicone rubber gastric tube, duodenal tube, double-lumen intestinal cannula, nutrition tube, gastric decompression tube, gastrostomy tube, gastric lavage tube, enema, etc. In the past, these products were mainly made of polyvinyl chloride. As the production cost of silicone rubber is reduced, and silicone rubber products are more ideal in terms of softness and elasticity, a large number of PVC products have been replaced in China at present.

5. Abdominal surgery and reproductive system products
Abdominal surgery and reproductive system products: silicone rubber products used in abdominal surgery mainly include: peritoneal dialysis tube, abdominal drainage tube, T-tube, Y-tube, TY-tube, capillary drainage tube, porous drainage tube, negative pressure drainage device , anti-adhesion membrane, etc.; there are many kinds of applications in the reproductive system, mainly including various catheters, ostomy tubes, penile prostheses, artificial testicles, fetal suction devices, uterine thermal ball therapy instruments, silicone rubber IUDs, Implanted contraceptive devices, etc.

Medical Grade Silicone Benefits

Silicone rubber used as medical material has high temperature resistance, oxidation resistance, hydrophobicity, softness, permeability, aging resistance, high transparency, physiological inertness, non-adhesion to human tissue and blood, good biological adaptability, Non-toxic, tasteless, non-carcinogenic and a series of excellent properties.

As a medical polymer material with excellent performance, silicone rubber has attracted the attention of professionals both in the rubber industry and in the medical field. The reason is that, firstly, silicone medical materials have high technical content, high added value, and considerable economic benefits; secondly, by using the medical properties of silicone rubber, it can not only solve many medical problems, but also enable patients to obtain satisfactory curative effects; thirdly, silicone rubber It has a wide range of uses, is convenient for the production and fine processing of silicone products manufacturers, and has good social and economic benefits.


Medical silicone features:
1. It has good biocompatibility, no irritation, no toxicity and no allergic reaction to human tissues

2. It has good physical and chemical properties, and can maintain its original elasticity and softness during contact with body fluids and tissues, and will not be degraded

3. It can withstand high temperature and can be sterilized. Easy to process and form, easy to process and engrave shapes, easy to use