Foster is an authorized distribution partner for Elkem Silbione™ Medical grade silicone products in North America. Silicone products are one of the most used elastomer products (HCR and LSR) in the medical arena for a wide variety of medical application…and silicone technology extends beyond silicone elastomers into silicone based fluids, adhesives, and gel products.
Silicones provide a wide range of features for medical applications including biocompatibility testing (USP Class VI and ISO 10993), clarity, chemically inert, excellent high temperature resistance, non-allergenic, and good hemocompatibility. In addition to the above features, silicone elastomers feature a wide durometer range and good sterilizability via EtO, gamma, and steam sterilization.
Application segments include general and advanced surgery, orthotics and prosthetics, diagnostics & monitoring, dental, pharmaceutical & drug delivery, wound management.
Available Silbione™ Silicone Medical Product Technologies:
Silbione™ Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR)
- One Shore A durometer to 70 Shore A Durometer
- Self “bleeding grades available
- Implantable grades available
- Injection molding, extrusion, cast
Silbione™ High Consistency Rubber (HCR)
- Twenty Shore A durometer to 80 Shore A durometer
- Implantable grades available
- Extrusion, compression molding
Silbione Adhesive
- Wide variety of adhesive grades to select from
- Long term and short-term implantable grades available
- Bondable to a wide variety of different substrates
Silicone™ “soft skin” (SSA) adhesive gels
- Available from 3,000 viscosity to 55,000 viscosity (mPa.s)
- Variety of peel adhesions
Silbione™ Room Temperature Vulcanizing (RTV) Silicone Elastomers
- 11 Shore 00 durometer to 45 Shore A durometer
- Casting
Silbione™ RT Gels and Foams
- RT Foams available in a 30 Shore A durometer and a 40 Shore A durometer
- RT Gels Available densities from 0.6 up to 0.98 and viscosities from 0.25 to 6.5 Pa.s
Silbione™ Lubricants and Specialty Fluids
- Available in viscosities (A/B, cps) from254 to 750
Silbione™ FLD 70047 polydimethylsiloxanes
- Used for lubrication and siliconization of glass. Metal, plastic, rubber, syringes
- Viscosities (mPa.s) available from 100 to 30,000
Silbione™ Biocompatibility:
The biocompatibility of Silbione™ Biomedical grade silicones are tested according to ISO 10993/USP Class VI procedures, which include:
- 12-week implant tests
- Hemolysis
- USP Intracutaneous Reactivity
- USP Acute Systemic Toxicity
- Cytotoxicity
- Mutagenicity & pyrogenicity
- Skin Sensitization
- Tissue Irritation
Information:
Literature for Elkem
- Elkem Silicones & Foster Corp. Healthcare Product and Technology Overview
- Silbione™ Soft Elastomers
- The Silbione™ Difference Brochure
- Elkem Silicones LSR Users Guide
- Silbione Selector Guide
- Silbione Adhesive Selector Guide
- Medical Fluids Selector Guide
- LSR Selector Guide
- HCR Selector Guide
- Flyer SILBIONE Biomedical