Lubricious Silicone Solutions

Find the right formulation to meet your lubrication needs

Achieve Optimum Performance With Our Broad Product Portfolio.

When you are considering how to reduce break-loose, insertion or drag forces in your medical device, it’s helpful to review a range of lubricious silicone solutions. That’s why the NuSil^® brand provides:

• A broad portfolio of off-the-shelf lubricious silicone solutions  from dispersions to fluids and greases to curable low-COF coatings
• Customization to meet desired properties for lubricity, substrate compatibility,  performance characteristics and cure chemistries

Consult with us to learn how NuSil^® brand biocompatible silicone lubricants can significantly reduce friction in your application.

Making the Optimal Choice Is Easy With This Guide

1. Consider the substrate
   › Metal     › Glass    › Plastic     › Silicone
   Will the lubricant contact silicone parts?
2. Consider the type of force reduction needed in your design
   • Lower insertion force for needles, cannulas, trocars, cutting edges
   • Reduce drag (on other components or skin) for catheters, guidewires, cutting edges
   • Minimize break-loose force for valves, stopcocks
3. Consider solvent vs. solvent-free needs
4. Other considerations
   • If a hydrophobic coating function is needed — e.g., for syringe barrels — consider MED-361
   • If a dry, non-migrating lubricant is needed, consider MED10-6670 and MED10-6671
   • Otherwise, lubricants are considered “wet” if they do not use a completely cured/crosslinked formulation
   • Some wet lubricants are fluids with no curing; others are loosely crosslinked/cured to provide a lubricant with limited flow/migration

For efficient, one-step lubrication, consider NuSil^® brand self-lubricating elastomers where your concern is:

• Improving productivity
• Eliminating silicone blocking and slit healing
• Getting convenient off-the-shelf or custom solutions