Foster now offers custom coloured medical polymers in quantities as low as 25lb within a two week lead time to support market demand for rapid prototype development
Foster now offers custom coloured medical polymers
These include formulations using pigments compliant with FDA requirements for use in applications that contact the human body for up to 30 days.
Medical devices often use custom coloured components for branding, aesthetics, or functional purposes.
Injection moulding or extruding limited quantities of these components is common in early stage prototype development.
Foster’s 25lb minimum order quantities is designed to meet the needs of manufactures in early stage development, and ultimately scalable for commercial manufacturing.
Regulatory approval of devices that come in contact with the human body, such as catheters, may require custom coloured polymers that use pigments certified by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Foster’s 25lb development quantities of custom coloured polymers includes a range of options using pigments that meet this FDA standard for human body contact.
Alicia Bergeron, regulatory and safety specialist for Foster, said: “Foster’s regulatory and colour matching departments collaborate in early stage pigment selection for custom coloured medical polymers in order to facilitate FDA approvals for our customers.
“This unique approach within the compounding industry is particularly beneficial for customers who need fast track regulatory approval and commercial launch.”