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How Advanced Performance Materials Address the Challenges of the Medical Equipment Industry

We want to join you in your quest for better healthcare outcomes.

Whatever your obstacles, advanced performance materials can help you push the limits on what’s possible. From guidewires and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) cartridges to gas drying and degassing, our new Tech Talk will cover the key advantages of lubricants and other solutions across many applications.

In 10 minutes, you’ll learn about the power and versatility of advanced performance materials in medical equipment, with an emphasis on:

  • Improving lubricity and material compatibility
  • Increasing test repeatability and minimizing cartridge breakage
  • Controlling humidity and increasing diagnostic accuracy

You’ll also get a preview of the Chemours customer-driven process and the ways we bring your ideas to life. Put our years of materials expertise and polymer chemistry to work for you.

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    00:00:00 [Music] foreign [Music] and Welcome to our Tech talk advancing the effectiveness of devices and diagnostic equipment in the medical industry my name is Matt Young and I am the Global Marketing Manager focused on medical pharmaceutical and Healthcare markets for the advanced performance

    00:00:24 Materials Division of Commerce for those of you who don't know us we like to call ourselves a 200 year old startup built on a strong foundation in the safe production of performance chemicals and a customer-centric approach to problem solving we have Global Market leadership positions across our portfolio of end products floral polymers and our

    00:00:44 Advanced performance Materials Division fluorochemicals in our thermal and specialized Solutions Division and titanium dioxide in our titanium Technologies division we also take pride in our strong safety performance across our sites and in our dedicated product stewardship and Technology organizations that work with customers every day to solve some of the

    00:01:05 world's most challenging problems expanding on our technology organization they work to keep the customer at the center of their process we believe in working to develop an optimal solution for the market using the right materials to make that possible we keep three things in focus when working with customers to solve their

    00:01:25 most difficult challenges First Technology making sure we are examining material properties and chemistries to bring the performance our customers need second partnership making sure we understand the customers unique challenges in order to bring ideas to life and third

    00:01:45 Solutions ensuring proper testing and development to ensure the best performance now let's talk more about what we see in the industry today and how comores has responded to some of these challenges while a lot of major Trends are shaping the medical industry there are three in particular we see affecting our customers

    00:02:05 one is the demand for rapid results enabling caregivers to more quickly diagnose a patient and begin treatment accelerating their path to recovery another trend is the continued growth and investment we've seen in the biotech sector developing new therapies for both emerging and established conditions alike finally the drive to prevent detect and

    00:02:29 treat chronic conditions has continued to drive activity across our customer base complementing these major Trends we also see common challenges for some it's optimizing design of miniaturized devices for others it's finding ways to minimize the use of single-use materials without increasing risks for patients

    00:02:51 and a common theme especially the last few years has been the difficulty in sourcing raw materials the right quality at the right time now let's transition to some of the ways kimors has answered customers challenges first guidewires as you know guidewires are an essential part of many catheter-based surgeries although they can seem simple at first

    00:03:15 glance a lot of work goes into making sure they work reliably we're focused on three areas in working with our customers improving lubricity maintaining reliable Supply and material compatibility so let's talk about how we deliver value choosing to apply a lubricious material is the easy part

    00:03:37 but how do you decide which one here at commercials our understanding of fluorine chemistry allows us to manipulate and modify small molecules into advanced polymers we tailor formulations for specific customer needs using our knowledge of polymers binders and pigments and we do this after we've developed a thorough understanding of the customer's

    00:03:59 application ensuring we can deliver the right chemistry and the right application process to the customer this differentiates our Teflon Coatings in the market now let's look at a different application in vitro Diagnostics as the industry continues to develop

    00:04:17 self-contained tests our customers continue to strive to increase test reputability prevent sample contamination and minimize cartridge breakage One Way Commerce can help with these challenges is by reducing friction in testing equipment leading to better accuracy and repeatability our chemistries have helped

    00:04:37 manufacturers lubricate pumps valves and other components while remaining inert to cartridge materials reagents and test samples in many cases we provide High touch support for our customers ensuring a successful application process and providing user training and of course all of this takes place once our technical service team has

    00:04:59 developed a full understanding of the customer's application making sure the right lubricant is formulated to provide the best solution finally let's talk about some of the ways to manage gas and moisture and diagnostic testing key drivers in these applications are controlling humidity maintaining accuracy and process Simplicity and the

    00:05:21 emergence of respiratory Diagnostics and treatments to start separating gas from liquid samples our chemists have the ability to create some unique technology in this case one that is highly porous yet impassable to liquid allowing manufacturers to design systems that Degas liquid samples and enable a more accurate test

    00:05:44 our manufacturing team also excels at controlling the manufacturing process for these amorphous floral polymers ensuring we can be increasingly demanding needs from our customers with Teflon AF resins in another example one of our chemistries can leverage a different molecular structure that transports water into or out of gas samples

    00:06:05 in our navion product line we structure molecules with hydrophobic backbones and hydrophilic side groups to help our customers manage moisture in their processes ultimately our ability to develop an understanding of the needs for a specific application is what sets us apart in closing I want to emphasize our

    00:06:26 approach to the medical industry yes we have off-the-shelf products that are available to meet a variety of needs but where we really Excel is in partnering with our customers to develop tailored solutions for their needs our years of material experience and our knowledge of polymer chemistry help customers meet their most difficult challenges

    00:06:46 if you'd like to learn more please reach out to us via email at medical.mc at comoros.com or on the web at commerce.com Medical thank you foreign [Music]