Polyester film offers unique benefits when used as the substrate for medical test strips:
- Inert and plasticiser free: no migration of species to the surface over time
- High stiffness: thinner films retain rigidity when inserted into reading devices
- Dimensionally stable to changes in humidity
- Dimensionally stable to changes in temperature, which can be further improved by subsequent annealing: retain tight registration during strip printing
- Tight caliper control: reliable insertion into reading devices
- On some grades, the film surface can be modified to improve ink adhesion or to make the surface hydrophilic
DuPont Teijin Films offers a wide range of Melinex®, Mylar® and films which are suitable for medical test strips.
These include:
- Brilliant white with high opacity, translucent white, matte and glossy clear films
- Low shrinkage and ultra-low shrinkage films
- Films which are uncoated, primed for adhesion of dielectric ink, or gelatin-coated for hydrophilicity
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