Porvair highlights Vyon materials for filter applications

Porvair Sciences is highlighting its Vyon porous plastics, describing them as ‘the perfect material for filtration applications’ in the healthcare and medical device market.

The company says the tortuous path of Vyon porous plastics make the materials particularly effective at bacterial filtration and preventing microbial ingress. Manufactured to a variety of pore sizes and thickness, Vyon porous plastic materials can be used to filter out a variety of different contaminating particles.

Employing a standard procedure, based upon ASTM F2101, Porvair Sciences can manufacture for OEM partners - Vyon porous plastic filters for incorporation into a medical device that offer greater than 99% Bacterial Filtration Efficiency (BFE).

Porvair Sciences is a leading OEM supplier of pipette tip filters that are highly effective at inhibiting bacterial growth as well as being fully compliant with FDA, USP Class VI and European Pharmacopoeia statutory regulations.