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How to Perform ASTM D903 Peel or Stripping Strength of Adhesive Bonds
ASTM D903 is one of the most commonly performed adhesive strength tests. An adhesive is bonded to a material and peeled back at 180 degree angle to measure average peel strength. This post is intended to help you understand the basic test procedure and the equipment needed to perform this test with certainty. When you are ready to test your adhesives to this standard, please refer to and follow the steps in the official ASTM D903 specification.
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ASTM F2458 – Wound Closure Strength of Tissue Adhesives
Materials that adhere living tissues together are being used more frequently in surgical procedures as adjuncts to sutures or as replacements. ASTM F2458 – 05 is a standard test method for determining the comparative wound closure strength of tissue adhesives. With the appropriate substrate, F2458 can also be used in quality control testing of tissue adhesives. This test method can be used to compare adhesives for chance of fatigue, type of failure, and environmental changes.
Quintiles spikes $2.4 billion financing move
Quintiles’ plans for $2.43 billion in bank financing have been put off indefinitely due to what the clinical research organization now describes as “recent unfavorable global credit market conditions.”
In postponing the financing, the Durham, N.C.-based CRO also said it would terminate its tender offer to pay cash to buy up to $525 million of 9.5 percent outstanding senior notes that are due in 2014.
T-Peel Tissue Adhesive Testing System ASTM F2256
ASTM F2256 describes in detail how to prepare and test tissue adhesives. This standard describes the methods used to compare and characterize different types of adhesives and for manufacturing quality control of the tissue adhesive based medical devices.
Medical professionals are now using tissue adhesives in place of, or in addition to, the standard sutures or staples to close wounds, surgical openings, and other bandage or wound applications. Defining the adhesive strength of these products determines where, how, and when the adhesive can be used in a medical procedure.
T-Peel Tissue Adhesive Testing System ASTM F2256
ASTM F2256 describes in detail how to prepare and test tissue adhesives. This standard describes the methods used to compare and characterize different types of adhesives and for manufacturing quality control of the tissue adhesive based medical devices.
Medical professionals are now using tissue adhesives in place of, or in addition to, the standard sutures or staples to close wounds, surgical openings, and other bandage or wound applications. Defining the adhesive strength of these products determines where, how, and when the adhesive can be used in a medical procedure.
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By Steve Sawin, OPERON Resource Management
FDA gives Steris customers six more months to switch from System 1
The Food & Drug Administration gave Steris Corp. (NYSE:STE) customers an additional six months to transition from the company’s recalled System 1 sterilization device.
The agency gave the Mentor, Ohio-based company’s customers until Feb. 2, 2012 to make the change to an alternate processing system, according to a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.