ConvaTec Goes DEHP Free
ConvaTec Goes DEHP Free Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic is used in medical devices for critical applications such as enternal feeding, wound drainage and airway ventilation. However, it is hard and brittle at room temperature. To make it flexible, it must be softened by a chemical additive called a “plasticizer.”
ConvaTec Goes DEHP Free
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Ashman P, SMTL Closed System Study Test Report, 2009, Data on file, ConvaTec Inc. 2. Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly-Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) Opinion on the safety of medical devices containing DEHP plasticised PVC or other plasticisers on neonates and other groups possibly at risk - 6 February 2008.
ConvaTec Introduces DEHP-Free UnoMeter Safeti Plus Urine Meter
ConvaTec, a leading global medical products and technologies company, today announced that its UnoMeter Safeti Plus portfolio of hourly diuresis systems is now free of DEHP.
- What does ConvaTec do?
- Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company focused on therapies for the management of chronic conditions, leading in advanced wound care, stoma care, continence and critical care, and infusion devices. Living with a condition, no matter how long or short it may be, is a journey. One that will be different for everyone.
- How many employees does ConvaTec have?
- ConvaTec has 9,400 employees and does business in more than 100 countries. ConvaTec is a global medical products and technologies company focused on therapies for the management of chronic conditions, with leading market positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence and critical care, and infusion devices.
- What happened to ConvaTec?
- In 2008, under private ownership, ConvaTec merged with Denmark-based Unomedical, expanding our product offerings into continence and critical care, and infusion devices. In 2012, 180 Medical was acquired by ConvaTec, through which we distribute disposable, intermittent (single-use) urological catheters directly to patients in the United States.
- How can ConvaTec improve patient outcomes?
- For more than 25 years, Convatec has been helping clinicians to improve patient outcomes, enabling patients to move on with their lives through the use of Hydrofiber ® Technology – globally proven and trusted. Discover how the unique, innovative Hydrofiber ® Technology can help you make a real impact on the lives of people living with a wound.
- When did ConvaTec start?
- Soon after, ConvaTec was founded, and, in 1978, began operating as a division of E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., later part of Bristol Myers Squibb. ConvaTec’s first product, Stomahesive® skin barrier, based on Dr. Chen’s original research, revolutionised ostomy care and established the company’s reputation as an innovator of skin adhesives.
