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MEDICAL

Loctite® adhesives have been specified by medical device manufacturers all over the world. Adhesives can provide design advantages, improve overall product performance, speed assembly time, and increase production efficiency and quality. Loctite adhesives combine all of these advantages, and more. When the total cost of a finished medical device is considered, adhesives are the most economical assembly choice.

Loctite's medical device adhesives are designed to offer the following benefits:

  • Improved productivity.
  • ISO10993 or USP Class VI approvals. Safe and non-toxic.
  • Room temperature cure, no heat curing required (UV may be used).
  • Consistent bond strength after the sterilization processes by ETO,
    gamma radiation or steam.
  • Proprietary priming agents that improve the bond capabilities of instant
    adhesives to low surface energy plastics. (E.g. polyethylene, polypropylene, Santoprene, EPDM etc.)
  • Suitable for manual or automated production.

Product overview

Loctite Medical Device Adhesives Range:
Type of Adhesive
Cure mechanism
Viscosity
Modified Light Curing UV/Visible light 100 -10,000 mPa.s
Instant Surface moisture 1mPa.s - gel
Speciality Flexible UV/Moisture 50,000 mPa.s
Adhesion Promoters N/A 0.5 mPa.s


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