DELO ADHESIVES USED IN MEDICAL ELECTRONICS

Demographic development is posing new challenges to society. Caring for a growing and aging population is leading to increased use of medical support systems or alternative self-care solutions. Active choices for a healthier lifestyle also require digital health applications for use at home. Famous examples include diabetes care management, health trackers, and biosensors in wearables. 

Manufacturers of such products must use highly specialized materials to meet increasing production volumes and regulatory requirements. High-performance adhesives are required for many applications. 

DELO supports medical electronics manufacturers with customized products from a wide and diverse range involving a variety of base chemistries and curing mechanisms. In line with its system concept, DELO also provides UV lamps and appropriate adhesive application technology. 

Diabetes care

DELO provides adhesive solutions for diverse medical wearables, such as continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) patches and insulin pumps.

Characteristics of adhesive:

• One-component, fast-curing UV-cured adhesive.
• Applicable for potting, sealing, and frame bonding.
• Passed cytotoxicity test according to ISO 10993-5 standard.
• IBOA-free product lines are available.

Biosensor

DELO provides a skin-friendly adhesive to bond the sheath and ECG electrodes. Fast-drying, low-temperature curing, and pre-activated adhesives are available. DELO also supplies optical materials for LED packaging and spectroscopy chips.

Characteristics of adhesive:

• Biocompatible.
• Fast curing.
• Optical adhesive.

Disposable endoscopes demand high production volumes. Not only lenses but entire optical systems can be efficiently manufactured at the wafer level. With its extensive materials and expertise in nanoimprinting and wafer-level optical processes, DELO is the partner of choice, especially when it comes to optical sensors, gratings, and waveguides.

Characteristics of adhesive:

•  UV curing optical adhesive.
• Adjustable refractive index 1.4-1.9.
• Very good yellow color stability even after high temperatures (e.g. high-temperature reflow process).
• Diverse glue application capabilities (printable, low stamp interaction, can create thin glue layers).

Microfluidic applications range from lab-on-a-chip to point-of-care diagnostics for disease detection and treatment monitoring, to name just a few examples. In particular, manufacturers of these solutions benefit from DELO's extensive expertise in optoelectronics and miniaturization.

Characteristics of adhesive:

• Adjustable refractive index.
• Cures in obscured areas.
• Heat conductivity.
• Biocompatible.
• Suitable for activation on glue flow.
• Capable of nano printing.
• Suitable on inkjet printers.
• Create a dam-fill structure.