MED 5778A

Single-Coated Nonwoven

MED 5778A is a single-coated, tan polyethylene nonwoven with an acrylic adhesive. This product is soft and conformable to most body contours.


Typical Application

Designed for ostomy applications, specialized wound dressings and fixation devices.


Features and Benefits
  • Conformable
  • Breathable
  • Heat sealable
  • Die-cuttable
  • Gamma and EtO sterilizable

  Product Construction Typical Values*   Description
  Carrier Thickness 19.7 mils
500 µm
  Tan polyethylene nonwoven
  Adhesive Thickness 1.4 mils
35 µm
  Acrylic adhesive designed for medical applications
  Release Liner Thickness 2.6 mils
65 µm
  White super-calendered glassine

 

  Physical Properties (Not intended as a specification.) Test Method** Typical Values*
  Peel Adhesion on Polyethylene (PE) 
TDS-01
0.6 lbf/in
2.5 N/25 mm
  Peel Adhesion on Stainless Steel (SS)
TDS-05
0.2 lbf/in
1.0 N/25 mm
  Liner Release TDS-06 1.2 oz/in
35 g/25 mm
  Finat Tack
TDS-07
1.4 lbf/in
6 N/25 mm
  Static Shear TDS-12
20 minutes
  MVTR TDS-16
100 g/100 in2 per 24 hr
1500 g/m2 per 24 hr

MVTR, moisture vapor transmission rate.
*Refer to product specifications for material acceptance limits.
**Test method information available upon request.

STORAGE AND SHELF LIFE

Two years when stored at 23°C (73°F), 50% relative humidity, out of direct sunlight, in original packaging.

 

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