Spectrum -Microbore & Multilumen Extrusion Tubing
We can extrude tubing with high-performance materials, thin walls, tight tolerances, and complex geometries, whether you’re looking for quick-turn prototypes or full-scale production.
Materials
- Standard materials including Pebax®, nylon, polyurethane and other thermoplastic elastomers
- Engineered materials including PEEK, additives and fillers for improved strength, lubricity, and radiopacity
Dimensions
Single-Lumen Tubing
- OD range: 0.010” (0.254 mm) min; 0.50” (12.7 mm) max
- Wall thickness: 0.0005" (0.0127 mm) min; 0.170” (4.318 mm) max
- Tolerances may vary depending on durometer, material, and size of extrusion
Multilumen Tubing
- Typical size ranges from 1 Fr–28 Fr
- Apollo® Sub-Ultra-Thin-Wall Tubing features walls as thin as 0.0005" (0.0127 mm)
- Up to 20 lumens depending on durometer, material, and size of extrusion
Lubricious surfaces are a critical feature of every minimally invasive device. Low friction lumens allow devices to readily access tortuous anatomy and tight spaces with a minimum of force.
Spectrum Plastics Group has decades of experience in manufacturing minimally devices and offers a range of lubricious catheter materials that are fast, reliable, and low friction.
- HDPE tri-layer extrusion
- HDPE tri layer with reinforcement
- Film- cast PTFE liner w/ braid and Pebax® outer
- Pebax® with EverGlide®
- Pebax® with ProPell™
With decades of experience, our extrusion capabilities include coextruded and tri-layer extruded tubing, aligning materials with different performance properties into a single solution.
Capabilities
- Multilayer materials
- Wire encapsulation
- Coiled tubing
- Continuous reinforced tubing
- Paratubing
- Solvent and UV bonding
- Striped tubing
- Tapered tubing/bumped tubing
Our Apollo Sub-Ultra-Thin-Wall Tubing offers tight tolerances with walls as thin as 0.0005" (0.0127 mm).
Capabilities
- Complex geometries
- Up to 20 lumens
- 3- to 5-day lead time (single lumen)
- 7- to 10-day lead time (multilumen)
Used as a manufacturing aid for braid- or coil-reinforced catheter tubing, our core mandrels feature extremely tight tolerances to maintain consistent diameter and roundness for catheter manufacturing, as well as a smooth surface for easy removal.
Material Options
- Premium plain acetal mandrel
- Premium acetal blend with silicone surface mandrel
- Acetal or silicone acetal (small OD) with stainless steel wire reinforcing
- Economy version
- Bonding
- Solvents
- UV adhesives
- Radiofrequency welding
- Ultrasonic welding
- Pad printing
- Heat forming/tube bending
- Hole punching
- Assembly (automated & manual)
- Packaging (sterile and nonsterile)