Bluestar Silicones
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Healthcare, Paramedical & Dental
The health care product range is divided into two parts:
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RHODORSIL®: an industrial range of products,
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SILBIONE®: a specific range of products that comply with regulated health care market requirements.
Bluestar Silicones’ range offers a broad choice of:
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Base properties: hardness, viscosity, consistency, penetration, setting time, Coloring and flavoring,
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Technologies: gels, RTV-2, LSR.
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APPLICATIONS
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DentalImpression materials: Dental imprints taken at the dentist. The range is composed of putties (pastes for first impression) and bodies (pastes for second impression) of addition cure which are at the forefront of silicone dental impression materials. They are suitable for all different means of applications including wash technique double mixing and monophase Laboratory reproduction materials: Laboratory reproduction materials. Reproduction in dental laboratories to produce prostheses: Putty Lab products are high hardness silanol cure and addition cure pastes with properties that can be used for insulating and repairing or making molds of the contours of the palate. Duplication materials are flowable addition cure silicone with hardness between 10 and 30 ShA and a fast setting time (<30 min). |
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Audiology Ear canal impression taken at audiology laboratories for the production of personalized hearing devices. The range is composed of addition cure pastes with different hardnesses.
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Footcare Manufacture of orthopaedic insoles and heel spurs to reduce shock loads to the feet, knees and back by providing even pressure distribution. Insoles are in general composed of two grades of addition cure silicone with different densities: SOLE: in a translucent soft silicone in Shore A, INSERT: in a very soft silicone in Shore 00, most of the time colored.
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Breastcare Production of external breast prostheses or beauty care devices made out of a silicone gel filled polyurethane films. The range is composed of addition cure gels that have been designed in order to meet the specific requirements of this application such as penetration, viscoelasticity and low viscosity. In addition, we offer light weight gels that are 25 to 40% lighter than standard gels. External breast prostheses made from these low density gels are more comfortable and allow freedom in movement to practice sports
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Wound Care Silicone gel technologies provide biomedical device manufacturers with materials that have demonstrated their benefits when designing wound and skin care products: The effect of silicone sheeting on scar management has been recognized since the beginning of the 1980’s. More recently, the use of addition curing RT gels as biocompatible selective adhesives is at the forefront of innovations in the wound dressing market. Silicone gels form soft biocompatible gels that can stick to the unbreached skin but do not adhere to the wound. They can be used as selective adhesives inducing no pain or trouble to healing tissues.
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Liners & pressure sore cushions LINERS Manufacture of silicone liners used to improve the comfort of the prostheses on the limb. In order to allow the joints to move freely the silicone material needs to present appropriate mechanical properties and sufficient elongation. PRESSURE SORE Manufacture of pressure sore cushions made of silicone gel filled polyurethane bags. The same type of products can be used as head support, table mats, etc. RT Gel 4115 A/B, RT Gel 4220 A/B and RT Gel 4222 A/B have been exclusively developed for this use. New low density gel for pressure sore cushioning -RT Gel 4521 LD - reduces the weight of table mats, head supports, cushioning pads etc. up to 25%.
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Lubricants
Silicones soften and smooth lotions and creams so that they can be applied without leaving a greasy residue, and form a seal that protects wounds during the healing process. In topical drug delivery formulations, silicones improve spreading and provide non-greasy, silky applications, making the medicine easier and more pleasant to use. Silicone enhanced lubricants ease the insertion of needles and devices.
Silicones fluids are also used as condom lubricants. Bluestar’s Silbione® fluids range is available in both standard and GMP grades.
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Infant Care
Bluestar Silicones offers a specific range of high quality SILBIONE® LSR and SILBIONE® HCR products to provide high clarity and tear strength needed for safer baby bottle nipples and pacifiers.
The elastomers obtained by curing and posturing SILBIONE® rubber for four hours at 200°C only contains substances authorised by the regulations of France, Italy, Germany and USA. SILBIONE® rubber’s high level of transparency is achieved through the use of products with a very high level of purity enabling excellent observation of conveyed liquids.
The high transparency, combined with the absence of nitrosamines in SILBIONE® rubber makes them ideally suited to producing articles for infant applications (baby bottle teats, soothers, toys).
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Molded Parts
SILBIONE® rubber are currently used for moldeds parts like oxygen masks, stoppers and silicone seals
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Tubing
Medical professionals use tubing in intravenous drug delivery systems, laboratory research and heart pacemakers. Silicone tubing in some medical devices helps reduce the risk of infection, since silicone does not host bacteria and is easily sterilized.
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