ARK-BioPEEK Medical PEEK Tubing Properties
Medical PEEK tubing is a high-performance polymer tubing widely utilized in the medical field. It is made from polyetheretherketone (PEEK) material, known for its exceptional high-temperature resistance, chemical inertness, and biocompatibility. This type of tubing plays a crucial role in medical device manufacturing, enabling the transport of drugs, biological samples, and fluids while maintaining consistent dimensions and mechanical properties. Medical PEEK tubing also boasts excellent antimicrobial properties, ensuring hygiene and safety across various clinical applications. In essence, medical PEEK tubing offers a dependable conduit solution to the medical industry, thanks to its superior performance characteristics.
Key Features of Medical PEEK Tubing:
• Ultra hard material
• Very good chemical resistance
• Stable at temperatures up to 228°C
• Excellent abrasion resistance
• Flame retardant (UL94 V-0)
• Very tight dimensional tolerances
Biocompatible PEEK Tubing:
• In coils, on spools or straight lengths with clean, square cuts
• Translucent or Opaque
• Wall thickness varying along length (Bumped tubing)
• Coloured PEEK tubing
• Multi-Layer PEEK tubing
• Reinforced PEEK tubing (Stainless Steel Wires)
• Shaped tubing
Medical Grade PEEK Tubing Properties Information | ||||||
Property | Reference Standard | Test Method | Unit | Specification | Result | |
Physical Properties | Glass Transition | ASTM F2026 | ASTM D3418 | °C | 125-165 | 147 |
Temperature, Tg | ||||||
Melt Temperature, Tm | ASTM F2026 | ASTM D3418 | °C | 320-360 | 338 | |
Recrystallization | ASTM F2026 | ASTM D3418 | °C | 260-320 | 289 | |
Temperature, Tc | ||||||
Viscosity | ASTM F2026 | ISO 11443 | Pa·s | 400-480 | 437 | |
Infrared Spectrum | ASTM F2026 | ASTM F1579 | / | See Appendix X1 | See Appendix X2 | |
Density | ASTM F2026 | ASTM D1505 | kg/m3 | 1280-1320 | 1294 | |
Chemical Properties | Total Heavy Metals (Ag, As, Bi, Cd, Cu, Hg, Mo, Pb, Sb, and Sn), max | ASTM F2026 | US Pharmacopeia, | ppm | <100 | <10 |
Test 233 | ||||||
Mechanical Properties | Tensile Strength at Yield (zero slope), min | ASTM F2026 | ASTM D638, Type IV, 5.08 cm/min | MPa | 90 | 105 |
Tensile Strength at Break, min | ASTM F2026 | ASTM D638, Type IV, 5.08 cm/min | MPa | 70 | 80 | |
Elongation at Break, min | ASTM F2026 | ASTM D638, Type IV, 5.08 cm/min | % | 5 | 18 | |
Flexural Strength, min | ASTM F2026 | ASTM D790 | MPa | 110 | 163 | |
Flexural Modulus, min | ASTM F2026 | ASTM D790 | GPa | 3 | 4 | |
Impact Strength, | ASTM F2026 | ISO 180 | kJ/m2 | 4 | 9 | |
Notched Izod, min | ||||||
Biological Properties | Genotoxicity | ISO 10993-3 | ISO 10993-3 | / | Negative | Negative |
Animal Intracutaneous (Intradermal) Reactivity | ISO 10993-10 | ISO 10993-10 | / | ≤1 | 0 | |
Skin Sensitization | ISO 10993-10 | ISO 10993-10 | / | ≤1 | 0 | |
Acute Systemic Toxicity | ISO 10993-11 | ISO 10993-11 | / | No Acute Systemic Toxicity | No Acute Systemic Toxicity | |
Subchronic Systemic Toxicity | ISO 10993-11 | ISO 10993-11 | / | No Subchronic Systemic Toxicity | No Subchronic Systemic Toxicity | |
local Effects After Implantation | ISO 10993-6 | ISO10993-6 | / | No obvious difference between the test sample and the control sample | No obvious difference between the test sample and the control sample | |
In Vitro Cytotoxicity | ISO 10993-5 | ISO10993-5 | / | ≤1 | 1 | |
Evaluation of Haemolytic Properties | ISO 10993-4 | ISO10993-4 | % | <5 | 1 | |
Material Mediated Pyrogens | ISO 10993-11 | ISO 10993-11 | / | No Pyrogenic Responses | No Pyrogenic Responses | |
Extractables of The Material | ISO 10993-18 | ISO 10993-18 | μg/g | The contents of Phenyl Sulfone≤300 | The contents of Phenyl Sulfone<0.09 |