Medical electronics

Demographic development is presenting society with new challenges. Caring for the ever-growing and aging population is leading to increased use of medical assistance systems or self-care alternatives.

The active choice for a healthier lifestyle also requires digital medical applications for home use. Well-known examples include diabetes care management, health-monitoring trackers, and biosensors in wearables.

The manufacturers of such products have to use highly specialized materials to respond to increased production volumes and regulatory requirements. High-performance adhesives are needed for many applications.

DELO supports medical electronics manufacturers with customized products from a wide and varied range involving various basic chemicals and curing mechanisms. In line with its system concept, DELO also provides the appropriate lamp and dispensing technologies.

> Diabetes care

> Biosensors

> Disposable endoscopes

> Microfluidics

Diabetes care

DELO offers adhesive solutions for diverse medical wearables, such as continuous glucose monitoring patches (CGM) and insulin pumps.

Properties:

One-component, fast UV light-curing adhesives
Applicable for potting, sealing, housing bonding
Passes cytotoxicity test according to ISO 10993-5
IBOA-free variants available

Biosensors

DELO offers skin-friendly adhesives for bonding of housings and ECG electrodes. Both fast, low-temperature-curing and preactivated adhesives are available. DELO also provides optical materials for LED packaging and spectral chips.

Properties:

Biocompatibility
Fast curing
Optical-grade adhesives

Disposable endoscopes

Disposable endoscopes are required in high production volumes. Not only the lenses but also the entire optical system can be efficiently manufactured at the wafer-level. With its extensive materials and process expertise in nanoimprint technology and wafer-level optics, DELO is the partner of choice, especially when it comes to optical sensors, gratings, and waveguides.

Properties:

Optical UV-curing materials
Adjustable refractive indices of 1.4-1.9
Very good yellowing stability even after high temperatures (e.g. reflow processes)
Good processability
(imprintable, low stamp interaction, can be cured in thin layers)

Microfluidics

Microfluidic applications range from lab on a chip to point-of-care diagnostics for disease detection and therapy monitoring, to name just a few examples. Manufacturers of these solutions benefit, in particular, from DELO's extensive optoelectronics and miniaturization expertise.

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