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ARGOTEC ANNOUNCES ArgoMedPLUS®
Argotec introduces a revolutionary new medical film-on-paper composite with peel values that allow kiss-cutting windows in frame dressings and incise drapes.

INTRODUCING
ArgoMedPLUS® 18411

A REVOLUTIONARY NEW POLYURETHANE
FILM-ON-PAPER PRODUCT WITH
CONTROLLED RELEASE FOR
KISS-CUT WINDOWS IN
FRAME DRESSINGS AND DRAPES


There are many wound dressing designs, including film, island, frame or combinations thereof.  Contract medical adhesive coaters, converters and medical supply distributors have enjoyed a wide variety of material choices for all these designs except frame-type dressings . . . until now!  

An alternative film source, Argotec Inc., now allows medical manufacturers to participate competitively in wound dressing and surgical drape markets with a 1.0-mil x 60-inch polyurethane film-on-paper product having the proper peel release to allow kiss-cutting the window from the frame: ArgoMedPLUS 18411 thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) film-on-paper with controlled release.

For over 10 years Argotec has supplied ArgoMed® 18411 aromatic polyether polyurethane film on a polyethylene carrier for successful use in IV-site and other dressing and drape applications.  After extensive research, testing and capital investment, Argotec can now offer the medical supply marketplace this same film on a paper carrier having a silicone coating on one side (the paper carrier becomes the frame) with the proper balance of essential release properties:

  • tight enough so the film and paper remain intact during the psa coating and slitting process,
  • loose enough so the kiss/cut window can be detached from the tpu film by either  vacuum or adhesive tape removal techniques,
  • tight enough so the frame remains affixed to the tpu film after the kiss-cut/window removal,
  • loose enough so when the medical practitioner applies the dressing the frame will separate from the tpu without forcing the adhesive away from the patient.


THE RESULT: ArgoMedPLUS 18411 meets the target peel values.  Medical supply retailer/distributors, tape converters and adhesive coaters now have a truly viable, cost-effective, film-on-paper option to choose for the manufacture of surgical drapes and frame-type dressings. 

            Typical frame bandage construction

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Click here to download the ArgoMedPLUS 18411 historical white paper

Click here to download the ArgoMedPLUS 18411 news release

Click here to download the ArgoMedPLUS 18411 Tech Data sheet

Click here to download the ArgoMedPLUS 18411 Application Bulletin



ArgoMedPLUS 18411 is a breathable 1.0-mil polyurethane film-on-paper that can be used in kiss-cut frame dressings and surgical drapes.