PEBAX Braided Tube

OEM Factory Extruded Medical Grade Braided Catheter Disposable PEBAX Braided Tubing

Introduction

Material：PEBAX（Polyether Block Amide）

PEBAX Braided Tubing

PEBAX Braided Tubing

Performance Advantages and Medical Applications of Medical-Grade PEBAX® Braided Tubing

Performance Advantages

1. Excellent Pushability and Kink Resistance

• The integrated braid reinforcement (typically made of stainless steel or polymer fibers) provides very high compressive strength and resistance to kinking. This enables precise tracking and control of the catheter through tortuous vasculature or anatomy without the tube collapsing or kinking, ensuring procedural success.

2. Superior Flexibility and Tactile Feel

• The PEBAX material itself offers outstanding flexibility, allowing the catheter to conform well to complex anatomical structures, thereby reducing trauma and vessel wall irritation. It also provides the operator with excellent tactile feedback.

3. High Burst Pressure

• The braided structure significantly increases the pressure rating of the tubing, allowing it to withstand the extreme internal pressures generated during procedures like balloon inflation without rupturing, ensuring procedural safety.

4. Lightweight and Biocompatibility

• PEBAX material has a low density, making the tubing lightweight. Medical-grade PEBAX is biocompatible, complying with relevant medical standards for invasive procedures.

5. Tailorable Performance

• By selecting different grades of PEBAX (which offer a range of hardness and elasticity), manufacturers can tailor the flexibility, stiffness, and rebound of the catheter for specific clinical applications, optimizing performance.

6. Radiopacity

• Radiopaque markers, such as barium sulfate, can be added to make the catheter clearly visible under X-ray fluoroscopy, allowing physicians to accurately position the catheter tip or balloon during interventions.

Medical Applications

• Neurovascular Catheters: Such as microcatheters, used to deliver coils, stents, etc., to delicate vessels in the brain, requiring exceptional pushability and flexibility.

• Cardiovascular Intervention Catheters: Such as balloon dilatation catheters and guide catheters, used in procedures like Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), requiring high burst pressure and kink resistance.

• Peripheral Vascular Intervention Catheters: Used to treat peripheral artery diseases, such as in the lower limbs.

• High-Pressure Injector Tubing: Used in settings like CT angiography, where it must withstand the pulsatile pressures generated by high-pressure injection pumps.