Driving Material Innovations for a Better Tomorrow
Empowering you to challenge the status quo of additive manufacturing in healthcare. We deliver open materials platform of high-performance photopolymers ranging from engineering materials for healthcare equipment components to biocompatible materials for medical applications.
Get started now on healthcare additive manufacturing with Loctite and move on from R&D to production at a faster pace.
Application categories
Medical Devices
Enablers
Reliable and safe support system for your additive manufacturing needs in the healthcare industry. We empower our customers to deliver quality and production efficiency.
- Commitment to Innovation
- Biocompatibility testing
- Certifications and Standards
- Aligning medical industry standards with ISO13485 design and production capabilities.
- Support for regulatory processes
- Resources.
High Performance Photopolymers for Healthcare
Every application has its own needs, and we are here to support your journey towards additive manufacturing as per your demand. We work with industry leaders and equipment manufacturers to ensure our materials are qualified with a validated workflow. LOCTITE photopolymers can be tailored to suit your specific healthcare application to ensure safe and reliable functioning and for the intended use.
Medical Devices
Enablers for Healthcare Applications
IND402 Black
Resilient Elastomer with High Energy Return
High resilience & safe to touch
Accelerating innovation with resin customization
Henkel can develop customized resins for specific applications for healthcare including medical devices and other enabler applications.
- Fit to your design & application
- Dedicated teams and ecosystems to drive industrialization of additive
- Ability to define requirements together with Henkel and printer manufacturers to fine tune parameters, adjust and test materials to meet your needs
- Diverse materials properties for consideration: mechanical behaviour, color or biocompatibility.
World’s first additively manufactured connected SKOP stethoscope
Based on biomimicry design and produced on the NXE400 ultrafast 3D printer using custom-made Henkel resin. WeMed SKOP is the world’s first connected stethoscope to be additively manufactured in its entirety at scale, with production volumes to exceed 100,000 units per annum. The SKOP is a medical device for remote auscultation. It provides excellent listening quality, essential for emergencies and isolated patients. SKOP takes inspiration from nature, using a biomimetic design based on the human ear to maximize performance.
FAQs
What are the critical medical considerations when 3D printing medical applications?
Intended use is the primary driver of all medical/healthcare application considerations. These include biocompatibility requirements, type of skin contact, how long is this part in skin contact-Temporary, permanent, sterilization, would the design need clearance for use and/or clinically review.Has your 3D printing quality management system been verified and/or validated?
Henkel’s Concord laboratory and Dixon production facilities in California, USA, which are dedicated to developing and manufacturing resins for 3D printing, have achieved ISO 13485:2016 certification.What range of medical devices or healthcare applications does your material work for?
Henkel materials support for Class I and Class II medical devices and healthcare equipment/components that require biocompatibility or safe to touch.- Prototypes, Development, and non‐patient interaction tools
- Anatomic models for education
- Wearables and Hearing Aids
- External prosthetics and assistive devices
- Dental applications by our partners Keystone Industries
- Surgical planning (anatomic models, surgical guides)
