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FLEXIBLE PVC TUBE www.Vecoplanllc.com 5708 Uwharrie road • archdale, nc 27263 (336) 790-5752 Built To Run: 24 Hrs. a Day, 7 Days a Week, 365 Days a Year UNDER THE MOST EXTREME CONDITIONS! PET PLASTIC PURGINGS LINOLEUM PLASTIC BLOCKS VINYL SHEETS RIGID PVC PIPE W I T H concentration of a drug for a partic- ular amount of time, it will always absorb the same amount of drug and once implanted will always elute at the same rate. You can get a very consistent effect." Most of the time, Trelleborg develops an application- specific drug-device combination to meet the customer's elution specifica- tions. These formulas, as Rogers puts it, are both "precise and precious." The third way silicone and APIs are mixed is by producing small, propri- etary drug-delivery reservoirs, used in conjunction with a vaginal ring. This approach is being widely embraced in women's health on a global scale. WHY JUST SILICONE? States Rogers, "We are experts in material selection and recipe formulation for the particular solution. If, for example, the tube has to be firm when inserted into the body but be able to be twisted when it's inserted, we can develop a recipe to that spec. We can help with material selection and process develop- ment to accommodate those performance characteristics." Rogers continues: "There are other benefits silicone brings to the table in medical. Once it's cured, the shape will not change. It can be sterilized in any method. Thin silicone sheets can be gas permeable. Of course, not every application requires this. If you just want a good hard tube to run from an oxygen tank to a mask, you probably don't need silicone. We don't push anyone to silicone unless it's the right solution. "We also think of ourselves as a safe haven for start-up companies who come to us with an idea and a picture and who want to ensure they will pass regulatory or not experience a shutdown due to FDA findings down the road." Medical tubing runs at Trelleborg range from a few hundred feet to the thousands. On-Site Trelleborg Sealing Solutions