Printing inks for Catheter
What is a catheter ?
A Catheter is a very thin tube made from materials such as PU, PVC Soft, PVC, Rigid. These materials are of medical grade. These are medical devices used to insert into the human body to treat the person's disease or perform various surgical procedures. These catheters have flexible usage and can be used in multiple medical applications.
Various types of catheters and tubes are as follows.
- Catheters and Micro-catheters
- Endotracheal Tubes
- Supra-pubic Thoracic Catheters
- Trocar Catheters
- Intrauterine Catheters
- Ventriculostomy Catheters
- Pediatric Tracheal Tubes
- Central Venous Catheters
- Tracheal Suction Catheters
- EVD Catheters
- Neonatal Umbilical Catheters
- Dialysis Catheters
- Intravascular Catheters
- Jejunostomy Tubes
- Hypo Tubes
- Colonoscopy Catheters
Need of printing on catheters
Printing plays a significant role in the usage of the product and branding of the product. The printing helps print various levels or measurements on catheters used as a marking while inserting it in the human body. Also, printing allows companies to do branding on these catheters, which work as a trust for users.
The issue faced in the printing of catheters
- Printing on catheters is not that easy a task as it looks. There are various issues and limitations when it comes to printing on catheters.
- They are flexible, which cause breaks in ink
- Small area of printing (still printing need to be clear, bright, and opaque
- 360° printing needs to be done on catheters
- Printing inks used on catheters need to follow various industry standards
- Printing inks used on catheters need to be skin-friendly and does not react with any chemical.
What RUCO INKS have to offer?
Ruco inks offer inks that are Free from phthalates and BPA. Free from heavy metals include cyclohexanone, butyl glycolate, aromatic solvents, barium, fluorine, and bromine. Suitable for printing onto the non-food contact side of packaging Good mechanical and chemical resistance Excellent adhesion properties. Machine speeds of up to 4,000 pieces/hour. Inks have Very high opacity through unique pigmentation, with the advantage of High lightfastness and weather resistance.
These inks follow various industry standards such as -
- EuPIA Exclusion Policy
- REACH regulation (SVHC) ROHS
- Best for printing on flexible surfaces
- Provide clear, opaque, and bright printing on the smallest of the surface
- RUCO inks skin-friendly and does not
- react with any chemical
Machine for printing on Catheters
- Spinks being a printing expert for medical devices, also offer printing machines for printing on the ampoule. We manufacture high precision pad printing machines. These machines can
- Print at high speed with utmost accuracy
- Print 360° on catheters
- Print on the smallest of the surfaces
- User- friendly and economical
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