Why can silicone products be used in the medical industry ？
Silicone is an environmentally friendly, non-toxic and safe product. In today's rapidly developing society, more and more silicone products are used in the medical industry; such as silicone breast pads, medical silicone pads, silicone medical tubes, silicone adult products, etc. It has reached the medical level, and some people will definitely have professional questions: Then why can silicone products be used in the medical industry? The fundamental reason is that silicone rubber is the essence: the main component of silicone rubber is silicon dioxide, which is chemically stable and non-combustible, plus its excellent ductility, stretchability, heat resistance and aging resistance, green, safe and non-toxic. Silicone products are widely used in medical device industry and other fields.
Secondly, the application of silicone products in the daily necessities and electronics industry has a relatively good acceptance, and there are many applications, such as silicone water cups, silicone mattresses, silicone baby products, silicone heat conduction pads, etc. However, many people do not understand the application of silicone products in medical devices. In fact, there are many types of silicone rubber, including ordinary grade silicone rubber, food grade silicone rubber, medical grade silicone rubber and so on.
It is worth noting that ordinary grade silicone rubber is generally used in some industrial products, while food grade silicone rubber is generally used in products that come into contact with our diet. Food-grade silicone rubber is non-toxic, tasteless, insoluble in water and any solvent, and is a highly active green product. Therefore, in our daily life, we must learn to distinguish which are ordinary silicone rubber and which are food-grade silicone rubber.
Medical grade silicone rubber is colorless, non-toxic, high temperature resistant, oxidation resistant, flexible and transparent, and has good biocompatibility, which can greatly reduce the incidence of rejection and distortion. There is a kind of medical-grade silicone product that everyone may know more or less, called silicone prosthesis, which is commonly used in plastic surgery, such as silicone breast augmentation, silicone prosthesis nose augmentation, silicone prosthesis chin, etc., and its biocompatibility is good , little stimulation to tissue, strong plasticity. In fact, the application of silicone products in the medical industry far beyond this, and it is also used in some human organs. As an inert substance that is not easy to degrade, it can also be used in many medical aids, such as pacemakers, heart valves, suture materials, lubricants, hypodermic needles, and the surface of syringes and blood bags.