Flexible medical packaging films offer a combination of strength, transparency, and sterility maintenance. They are commonly used in pouches, lidstock for trays, and form-fill-seal applications.
Flexible medical packaging films play a crucial role in ensuring the sterility, protection, and safe delivery of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and other healthcare products. These films are designed to meet strict regulatory standards, providing barrier properties against contaminants, moisture, and gases while maintaining ease of use for healthcare professionals.
Manufactured from materials such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyester (PET), and multilayer laminates, flexible medical packaging films offer a combination of strength, transparency, and sterility maintenance. They are commonly used in pouches, lidstock for trays, and form-fill-seal applications.
Key benefits of flexible medical packaging films include their lightweight nature, adaptability to various sterilization methods (such as ethylene oxide, gamma radiation, and steam), and ability to extend product shelf life. Advances in material science continue to drive innovation in sustainability, recyclability, and enhanced barrier properties, ensuring that these films meet the evolving needs of the medical industry.
| PA/PE | PA/PP/LLDPE | PP/PE | PA/PP | EVA/Surlyn (R)/EVA | PE/COC/PE | |
| Hard/Rigid Product | Yes | Yes | Puncture | Brittle | Yes | OK |
| Soft Product | Cost | OK | Yes | OK (cost?) | Cost | Yes |
| Abrasion Resistance | OK | Yes | Average | OK | Yes | Yes |
| Puncture Resistance | Yes | Yes | Poor | Average | Yes | OK |
| Clarity | Yes | Yes | Average | Poor | Yes | Yes |
| Shallow Forming (<25mm) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Medium Forming (25-50mm) | Yes | Yes | Average | Poor | Yes | Yes |
| Deep Forming (>50mm) | Yes | OK | Thins | Reverts | Yes | Yes |
| Seal to Uncoated non-woven polyolefin | No | Sometimes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Peelable Seal to uncoated paper | Yes | Yes | Average | Yes steam | No | No |
| Radiation | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Ethylene Oxide | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Steam | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
