Porvair Sciences is driving medical and healthcare device innovation with its range of Vyon porous plastic materials.
Suitable for healthcare and medical applications, Vyon is a highly versatile porous plastic whose surfaces can be modified give them hydrophilic or hydrophobic properties, or enhanced to achieve specific chemical and biochemical separations. It also offers excellent inherent properties for venting – important in a range of medical applications for allowing closed environments to breathe whilst maintaining bacterial resistance.
The hydrophilic version of Vyon can have benefits when used with aqueous solutions. By adding a material that swells on contact with aqueous solutions to the Vyon composite material, an effective shut-off valve is produced, preventing unwanted fluid transmission. This makes it suitable for companies producing items such as drug filters, vents for catheters, medical collection vessels and operating theatre bone mixing cement with a competitive advantage. Vyon is available in a range of shapes and sizes.
