CHINAPLAS 2016: Patient experience improves with medical applications made with BASF’s materials

• BASF at CHINAPLAS 2016: Design x Innovation – “Open Forum” & “Innovation Gallery” at Booth B41 in Hall N1, Shanghai New International Expo Centre, April 25-28, 2016

Shanghai, China – March 15, 2016 – For the first time at CHINAPLAS, BASF will showcase a wide range of medical applications made with BASF’s materials that contribute to patients’ safety and comfort.

• Disposable medical gloves made with Hexamoll^® DINCH plasticizer: The trusted non-phthalate plasticizer designed for sensitive applications with close human contact is ideal for medical professionals’ use during patient examinations. Hexamoll DINCH is perfectly suited for use in PVC medical devices due to its excellent toxicological profile and low migration rate. It has the right properties to make medical gloves comfortable and elastic while ensuring a very low migration rate.
• Medical tubes made with Hexamoll DINCH and Elastollan^® for various purposes: Hexamoll DINCH fulfills various legal requirements for its use in medical applications and is approved by manufacturers and authorities for the use in medical tubes for dialysis treatment and intravenous therapy. In addition, BASF’s thermoplastic polyurethane Elastollan is also used in medical tubes for intravenous therapy as it is chemically resistant, highly transparent, easy to sterilize with ethylene oxide and gamma rays, and offers remarkable resistance to tears. Both Hexamoll DINCH and Elastollan provide flexibility without the use of phthalates.
• Inflatable medical mattress made from Elastollan: Compared to the traditional materials, Elastollan offers better hydrolysis resistance (against sweat and urine) and hence is more durable, and offers greater comfort for patients. Due to its flexibility, the material is ideal for an inflatable medical bed which moves continuously with air pumping to enhance circulation, preventing bed sores and skin shearing.

Details are available at the “Design x Innovation” official event websites at http://ChinaplasOnline.com/DesignXInnovation and http://www.chinaplas.basf.com

 

About BASF Greater China
BASF has been a committed partner to Greater China since 1885. With investments in Shanghai, Nanjing and Chongqing, BASF is a major foreign investor in China’s chemical industry, and maintains the BASF Asia Pacific Innovation Campus (Shanghai) as a global and regional research and development hub.  BASF posted sales of over €5.7 billion in 2015 to customers in Greater China, and employed approximately 8,400 people as of the end of that year. For further information, please visit www.basf.com/cn.

About BASF
At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. The approximately 112,000 employees in the BASF Group work on contributing to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio is organized into five segments: Chemicals, Performance Products, Functional Materials & Solutions, Agricultural Solutions and Oil & Gas. BASF generated sales of more than €70 billion in 2015. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (AN). Further information at www.basf.com.