Medical Fluid Bags

Just what the doctor ordered: Performance, processability and collaborative innovation

Medical fluid bags play a critical role in healthcare. So, it’s extremely important to ensure the bags and their contents remain safe and secure throughout production, shipment, storage and use. Of course, that’s easier said than done. The countless number of variables involved – fluid types, uses, sterilization techniques, regulatory requirements and more – absolutely demand custom-tailored solutions.

That’s why we offer a truly diverse portfolio of materials for multi-layer film structures used in bags for medication, nutrients, saline, lactated ringers, dextrose and other non-blood product fluids.

Our medical fluid bag solutions offer flexibility and toughness, sealability, clarity, low additive levels and processability across a broad range of temperatures.

ENGAGE™ Polyolefin Elastomers (POEs)

These ultra-low density polymers combine high levels of durability, resilience, flexibility and sealability.

BYNEL™ Adhesive Resins

This versatile family of tie layer resins enables strong bonds with many different substrates, including nylon and ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH), in various production processes.

Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE)

We offer DOW™ LDPE Resin, DOW™ 20 Series Ultra-Pure Polyethylene Resin and DOW™ HEALTH+™ Polymer options to meet the broadest possible range of needs.

Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE)

DOWLEX™ Polyethylene Resins offer consistent sealing; excellent tear, puncture and abrasion resistance; easy blendability; and efficient processing.

High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)

HEALTH+™ grades of CONTINUUM™ Bimodal Polyethylene Resins and DOW™ HDPE Resins offer exceptional stiffness and durability plus barrier and antioxidant options.

INFUSE™ Olefin Block Copolymers (OBCs)

These tunable, polyethylene (PE)-based resins enable cast films that combine increased heat resistance and durability, exceptional elasticity with improved permanent set and excellent processability with shorter cycle times compared to random copolymers.

ELVAX™ Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) Copolymers

Tough, clear ELVAX™ resins combine excellent flexibility, softness, puncture resistance and sealing with adhesion to a wide range of substrates – and make a great alternative to polyvinyl chloride (PVC).

VERSIFY™ Elastomers

These propylene-ethylene copolymers offer excellent optics, sealing and hot tack performance, and can also improve impact resistance in blends with polypropylene (PP).

INTUNE™ Olefin Block Copolymers (OBCs)

By replacing styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene (SEBS) in the core of multi-layer films, this developmental, polypropylene (PP)-based material creates opportunities to reduce costs while maintaining low temperature softness and dart impact performance.

SURLYN™ Ionomers

These ionomers of ethylene acrylic acid (EAA) copolymers offer very high clarity and gloss, puncture and scratch resistance and low sealing temperatures with excellent hot tack.

NOTICE: If products are described as “experimental” or “developmental”: (1) product specifications may not be fully determined; (2) analysis of hazards and caution in handling and use are required; (3) there is greater potential for Dow to change specifications and/or discontinue production; and (4) although Dow may from time to time provide samples of such products, Dow is not obligated to supply or otherwise commercialize such products for any use or application whatsoever.

Proven solutions…plus

All of our medical grade polymers offer excellent performance and value, but DOW™ HEALTH+™ Polymers deliver something extra.

These proven PE resins are specifically designed to meet the stringent requirements of medical fluid bags and other healthcare-related applications. Their high levels of quality and consistency are backed by our HEALTH+™ service offering, which includes but is not limited to:

Secure, global product supply
1-year notification of change (NOC) + 1-year right to buy
Drug master file (DMF) listings
USP Class VI and/or EU Pharmacopeia
USP <661.1>

In addition to helping reduce your workload, these added benefits can help speed up the development process.

Collaborate to innovate

Decades of proven experience in developing multi-layer film structures for a wide range of markets and applications makes us an excellent partner for improving existing bag structures or creating exciting new ones. And Pack Studios ̶ our exclusive, global network of technical experts, equipment and testing capabilities ̶ allows us to help customers bring innovative solutions to market faster.

Let’s talk about improving your medical fluid bag applications.

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