Silicone tubing from DuPont
Products and processes designed to improve processing efficiency
Products and processes designed to reduce risk
For more than 70 years, DuPont has drawn upon the versatility and biocompatibility of silicones to help our customers develop and manufacture innovative pharmaceutical products. Yet today’s pharma and biopharma companies face a number of challenges that demand new ways of thinking—ones that help reduce the risk of contamination and improve processing efficiency, while assisting customer development of innovative new products.That’s why DuPont is positioned to go beyond the ordinary with products and processes that can help.Our ultimate goal is to help you minimize risk by providing solutions to meet the stringent performance and regulatory requirements of your industry. To that end, you can rely on
us for:
- High-purity, BioMedical Grade, platinum-catalyzed silicone
- Strict contamination control in manufacturing facilities
dedicated to healthcare applications
- Exceptional change control resulting from a vertically
integrated supply chain
- Expert technical and regulatory support to accelerate your
process validation
- Global supply of products and services
- Custom solutions for unique needs
Products that meet your specific needs
DuPont™ Liveo™ Pharma Tubing is designed and produced to meet our customers’ specific needs:
- Liveo™ Pharma-50 Tubing: for standard tubing transfer and
filling operations
- Liveo™ Pharma-65 and Liveo™ Pharma-80: cost-effective
alternatives to reinforced tubing in many operations
- Liveo™ Pharma Advanced Pump Tubing: for up to six times
the pump life of standard platinum-cure silicone tubing in peristaltic pump applications All Liveo™ Pharma Tubing products are fully customizable:
- Dimensions
- Multi-lumen
- Configuration
- Gamma irradiation
- Tolerances
- Special testing
- Marking
- Packaging
Liveo™ Molded Assemblies offer customers the flexibility they desire:
- Molded assemblies produced according to
customer-specific designs
- Available in a choice of tubing formulations
according to your process requirements
- Produced using DuPont’s BioMedical
Grade silicone elastomers
- Produced in strictly controlled and monitored
clean manufacturing environment Liveo™ Molded Assemblies are fully customizable: wyes,tees, cross-connections, reducers, TC ends, custom sizes,marking, packaging, lengths, shape, multi-lumen, tolerances,formulations, gamma irradiation, special testing and more.
Extensive data and technical support
When you work with DuPont, you can expect dedicated
service, including:
- Worldwide network for technical support
- Validation and qualification support
- Extensive data on extractables, physical properties and
performance testing
- Regulatory expertise and support
- Specialized testing services
- Environmental, health and safety services
Functional benefits
- High purity and cleanliness with regard to particulates,
endotoxins and bioburden
- Low-extractables profile to prevent contamination
of your product; no added phthalates, plasticizers
or latex
- Hydrophobic surface to cut fluid loss
- Smooth inner bore
- Stability over a wide range of conditions; suitable
for diverse applications
- Easily sterilizable using autoclave or gamma irradiation
Dedicated production facility
DuPont is the global leader in silicone technology. Dedicated
to the production of silicone materials for medical device and
pharmaceutical applications, our FDA-registered Healthcare
Industries Materials Site has more than 65 years of extrusion
experience. Our tubing and molded assemblies are qualified to
a range of globally recognized monographs, including:
- USP⟨87⟩ and ⟨88⟩ Class VI (Biological Reactivity) tests
(tubing and assemblies produced from Liveo™ BioMedical
Grade Elastomer)
- European Pharmacopoeia 3.1.9 (Silicone Elastomer
for Closures and Tubing)
- USP<661> (Physicochemical Tests – Plastics)
- FDA Food Grade (21 CFR 177.2600)
- Selected Sanitary 3-A standards
- Japanese Pharmacopoeia (Section 11: Plastic Containers for
Pharmaceutical Products)
- USP 85 Endotoxins, USP 788 Particulate matter for Injections,
USP 151 Pyrogen test
- ISO 11737-1 Bioburden
During manufacture, we follow strict contamination control policies in accordance with appropriate principles of cGMPs to ensure consistent product purity and quality. Frequent monitoring of air, critical surfaces and equipment verifies compliance to these policies. Contamination control, batch traceability and change control all converge to improve risk management.