What’s the Difference Between Food Grade and Medical Silicone Tubes
XHF is one of the most famous silicone tube manufacturers in China. Here is an overview of the definition related to medical silicone tubes, as well as the difference between food grade and medical silicone tubes.
What is a silicone tube?
Medical silicone tubes are soft, flexible tubes made of medical-grade silicone. It distributes fluids and medications through the nose and mouth. Medical silicone tubes are frequently used in intensive care units (ICUs) and other medical settings where delicate therapies must be carried out quickly and precisely.
Medical silicone tubes can be custom-made to fit specific needs and are available in a range of diameters and shapes. Since they are also resistant to the majority of chemicals and microbes, they are ideal for use in medical settings.
Food Grade VS Medical Silicone Tubes
- A variety of raw ingredients
Food grade silicone is an inorganic polymer colloidal material formed from silicic acid. Medical silicone is a biomaterial that is frequently used in cosmetic surgery.
- Unique characteristics
Food-grade silicone has resistance to extreme cold and heat and is transparent, non-toxic, odorless, soft, and elastic. To create prosthetic joints and tendons and to repair limb joints and tendons with defects, medical silicone has the potential to replace bone or cartilage as a tissue filler or scaffold material. Instead of using human adipose tissue to treat subcutaneous tissue defects in the face, such as hemifacial atrophy, one might use foam medical silicone rubber. Silicone oil is a transparent, low-viscosity liquid that is also known as liquid medical silicone rubber. Using a wide injection needle, silicone oil is injected into the craniofacial depression. It is easy to use and may be shaped.
- Various application fields
A wide range of mechanical and electrical products, as well as coffee makers, cleaning cabinets, kettles, rice cookers, gas appliances, and other industries, use food-grade silicone.
Medical silicone is used for a variety of purposes, including human implantation, caustic material transfer, elastomeric vapors, high-temperature air, and monomers for the production of plastics.