Medical Industry

Plastic injection moulding offers numerous benefits to the medical industry, including:

• High precision and quality: The Plastic Injection Moulding process produces products to tight tolerances ensuring medical components are made to exacting specification.
• Cost-effectiveness: For production of high-volume components, the process provides rapid processing with minimal material waste, high volume products usually have a lower piece part price than low volume products.
• Scalability: Once investment into the mould tool has been made production can be scaled up or down depending on customer demand.
• Sterilisable materials: Many medical-grade plastics can withstand sterilisation processes making them suitable for use in medical environments.
• Biocompatibility: Medical grade plastics are designed to be non-reactive with body tissues and fluids making them safe to use in medical environments.
• Fast production: Injection moulding produces high volume production at speed, which is critical when responding to medical emergencies and large-scale production requirements.
• Size Variation:  Plastic injection moulding is a suitable form of manufacture for very large to very small products.

Plastic injection moulding is fundamental to the production of a variety of products and devices in the medical sector, each tailored to specific applications and requirements. Here are some of the key categories of products manufactured using this process.

Surgical Instruments

Injection moulding is used to create a range of surgical instruments and components such as handles, housings, and intricate parts for complex tools. Surgical instruments are manufactured with precision to meet durability requirements.

Diagnostic and Monitoring Devices

Diagnostic devices such as MRI and CT scanners, blood glucose monitors, and thermometers all rely on plastic injection moulding for its ability to create exacting parts.

Medicine Delivery Systems

Components for syringes, insulin pens, and inhalers are often produced using this method as they require biocompatibility and the ability to be sterilised.

Implants and Orthopaedic Devices

Devices such as braces, spacers, plates, and joint replacement components can be manufactured through plastic injection moulding, which need to be durable enough to support or correct musculoskeletal issues and require biocompatibility.

Medical Packaging

Components like vials and caps are produced to protect medical products from contamination and require the precision and repeatability that injection moulding provides.

Ostomy and Fluid Draining

Elements of stoma systems and other fluid draining devices are manufactured through plastic injection moulding

Choose Pentagon for Medical Plastic Injection Moulding

Plastic injection moulding is a versatile and essential process in the medical sector, producing a wide range of products that meet medical industry standards. Pentagon Plastics is experienced in moulding for the medical sector for products and components that do not require cleanroom moulding.  Operating under clean working process and in line with ISO 9001:2015 certification requirements.

If you’re looking for an experienced plastic injection moulding company to support your medical moulding requirements, don’t hesitate to contact us.