Extrusion Technologies
GenX Precision Extrusion
GenX Medical has secured many medical-grade polymers that enable us to ship custom tubing to you within 3-4 weeks. We also design and manufacture our own tooling that will be dedicated to your product and application. This ensures that the physical properties are customizable, repeatable, and predictable between various lots.
At GenX Medical, we are always looking to expand our capabilities. Our current equipment enables us to achieve:
- Max OD (many polymers): 0.625″
- OD/ID tolerance (depends on polymers and sizes): down to +/- 0.0005″
- Wall tolerance (depends on polymers and sizes): down to +/-0.0003″
Normal services include:
- Micro-bore Extrusion
- Multi-lumen Extrusion
- Pressure Extrusion
- Bump / Taper Extrusion
- Beading
- Wire Coating
- High Temp Extrusion
- Bioresorbable Extrusion
- Dual and Tri-Layer Extrusion
- Coiling
Materials
GenX Medical can extrude most thermoplastic polymers, with various fillers, additives, or colors.
- Pebax®
- Nylon
- Polyethylene
- Polyurethane
- PEEK
- PC
- PET
- PLLA
- PLGA
Common radiopaque fillers:
- Barium Sulfate – BaSO4
- Bismuth Oxychloride – BiOCl
- Tungsten -W
Single Lumen Tubing
Single lumen tubes are extrusions that contain one channel, or lumen, through the center of the tube. Our high-quality custom tubing is perfect for balloons, catheters, feeding tubes, and other minimally invasive devices.
Multi Lumen Tubing
Multi-lumen tubes are extrusions that contain multiple channels, or passages, through the length of the tubing. Whether you need a few lumens in a small diameter or multiple channels with tight tolerances, our experts can help. GenX Medical’s extensive extrusion knowledge assures no multi-lumen design is too complex.
Bump / Taper Tubing
Bump tubing, or taper tubing, are extrusions that vary in diameter through the length of the tubing. Our advanced extrusion knowledge and in-house capabilities enable our taper tubing processes to be repeatable and of the highest quality.
Rod and Filament
Rods, filament, and beading are solid extrusions that are typically round and small in diameter.
Bioresorbable Extrusions
Bioresorbable tubing are extrusions that are biodegradable, or naturally broken down over time. GenX Medical has the most extensive knowledge in the industry on extruding bioresorbable polymers.
Helping R&D Move Faster and Cheaper
GenX Medical can offer discounts on multiple runs of single-lumen tubing for R&D and prototyping quantities. Normal lead time is about 3-4 weeks ARO. The discount structure is as follows:
- Discounts for additional sizes using the same base resin but varying durometers*
- Better discounts for additional sizes, using the same tooling and same resin*
- Best discounts for additional sizes, using new tooling and the same resin*
* Lead time and minimum order pricing are dependent upon the complexity of design and specific polymers (typically includes all common medical polymers)
