Topic: Medical engineering - sterile cleaning, germ free surface, printing on syringes, hypodermic needles, pretreatment in two-component injection molding

Industrial applications: Plasmatreat’s Openair® plasma in medical technology for sterilization and cleaning surfaces

Sterile pre-treatment

The versatility of surface treatment with Plasmatreat’s Openair® plasma has been put to the test especially in recent years in the field of medical technology. Pre-treatment with plasma is used, for example, in the production of life-saving equipment. Furthermore, Plasmatreat’s plasma technology is very important in medical technology in the production of sterile packaging or surfaces.

Cleaning of components of a heart-lung machine	Virtually sterile cleaning of cardiac pacemakers	Virtually sterile welding of glass ampoules

Sterile equipment and coatings

A germ-free environment in medicine is the key standard we expect when we visit the doctor or spend time in hospital. For several years now Plasmatreat’s Openair® plasma has enabled the safe production of membranes for heart-lung machines.

As well, sterilized packaging materials for medicines and instruments are manufactured with the aid of the plasma technology developed by Plasmatreat. When applied at the correct intensity germs are killed by treatment with plasma without the starting material being modified by the process.

Plasmatreat is a pioneering provider of atmospheric-pressure coating solutions in the field of coating implants. This is the case for both wear-resistant coatings and biocompatible coatings allowing simple regrowth of tissue. The use of Plasmatreat’s plasma to produce plasma-polymeric coatings in the medical field is a highly promising technology for the future.

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