Adhesives

Selecting Adhesives for Medical Devices

Selection of a suitable adhesive for a medical device is challenging because of the wide variety of adhesive types, performance characteristics, and an ever-expanding range of use scenarios.

Developing a Wearable? Be Sure to Understand the 'Science of Skin'

Recent studies of 3M's medical adhesives evaluated skin wear time and more. Image of medical device adhesive sensors courtesy 3M Wearable medical devices hold promise for monitoring and treating a range of ailments, including heart conditions, diabetes, Parkinson's disease, pain relief,...

5 Surprising Facts About Light-Curable Adhesives

Think you know everything there is to know about light-curable adhesives? Think again. Daphne Allen Dymax offers a fast-bonding solution for plastic-to-plastic and plastic-to-metal substrates. Many companies are moving away from solvent-based technologies as part of eco-...

Temporary Tattoo Detects Blood Alcohol Levels

Researchers have developed a new flexible wearable sensor designed to stick to the skin and electrochemically monitor blood alcohol content in real time through sweat. Kristopher Sturgis Researchers at the University of California, San Diego ( UCSD ), have developed a flexible...

How a Decorative Plant Could Boost Medical Adhesives

Researchers from Ohio State University aim to exploit the unique molecular properties of the common ivy plant to boost adhesive technologies in wound healing. Kristopher Sturgis The study began, in part, as a quest to find bioadhesives that could aid in wound healing after injury or...

Adhesive Suppliers Stick Closely to Changes in Medical Devices

As the array of materials used in medical devices has grown, the available adhesive options have likewise expanded. Frank Vinluan This flexible tubing was bonded with a Henkel cyanoacrylate adhesive developed to offer flexibility, rapid fixture, and high bond strength. Y ears...

The Amazing Water Adhesive Developed at MIT

The synthetic, sticky, biocompatible hydrogel is mostly water, and can help suspend a 55-lb weight. Qmed Staff Engineered hydrogel being pulled away from a glass surface. (Image courtesy of Felice Frankel and MIT) MIT researchers recently announced strides when it comes to...

How to Make Flexible Electronics Stick

Skin interface and adhesives present a major design opportunity for flexible electronics pioneer MC10 and others . Chris Newmarker MC10 has technology for flexible, stretchable electronics. (Photo courtesy of MC10 ) When it comes to designing flexible electronics to stick on...

4 Medical Adhesives Technologies That Stick Out

Here are four medical adhesives technologies highlighted in the May/June issue of MPMN : (Image courtesy of Dymax ) 1. Light-curable adhesives Dymax 's light-curing Encompass technology combines the company's patented See-Cure color-change and Ultra-Red fluorescing technologies in a...

How This Gecko-Inspired Technology Can Transform Adhesives

Researchers at Stanford University have created gecko-inspired adhesive grips that can help humans climb more efficiently, and may provide a better grip for robotic arms in factories, and possibly even in space. Researchers at Stanford University have created gecko-inspired adhesive grips that can...