HelixMark®
Platinum Silicone Tubing
Platinum-cured silicone tubing, stoppers and gaskets
The world’s leading medical device, pharmaceutical and biotech companies rely on HelixMark® to deliver an extensive selection of high-quality silicone tubing and fluid handling products. Manufactured in the U.S. and Germany by Freudenberg Medical, HelixMark® products are available in a wide array of product types and sizes. Suitable for pharmaceutical non-critical flow applications.
We offer a broad range of silicones from all the major manufacturers. Best of all, we deliver all our products on time, on spec, and on budget.
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The choice of silicone you want
HelixMark® products are available with a choice of pharmaceutical- and medical-grade silicones made by industry leaders including:
- Wacker
- DuPont™
- Liveo™
- NuSil
- Momentive
- Elkem Silicones is also available for custom applications.
The custom services you deserve
Custom ID/OD sizing, custom labeling and certification, and a variety of packaging formats are available including bulk, spooled, and cut-to-length.
Additional custom services include skiving, pad printing, bonding/gluing, punching, drilling, parylene coating, proprietary striping, and radiopaque.
Freudenberg Medical offers custom extrusions in a wide variety of tubing types including multi-lumen, intricate cross sections, co-extrusion, wire coating, profiles, rods, tapes, and formed tubing.
The quality standards you demand
HelixMark® products have been developed as a result of over 30 years of medical device manufacturing experience. We apply an ISO 13485 medical device quality system to all production and inspection processes and include material certification and lot traceability with every product. Our products meet USP Class VI biocompatibility requirements.
HelixMark® Standard Silicone Tubing
All HelixMark® Standard Silicone Tubing offerings are platinum-cured, and contain no additives, plasticizers, or peroxide components.
The tubing is nonadherent and resists clotting, sticking, or encrustation. With the ability to operate at elevated temperatures, it will not oxidize or deteriorate. Rigorous testing, including expanded biocompatibility, provides quality assurance for the most demanding biomedical/pharmaceutical industry standards.
HelixMark® Standard Silicone Tubing is available in a full range of competitive sizes in four choices of silicone elastomer: Dow Corning, Wacker, NuSil, or Momentive.
HelixMark Standard Tubing can be sterilized with autoclave, ethylene oxide, or gamma radiation within the user’s validated cycles and exposure levels.
HelixMark® tubing product range:
Braid reinforced Tubing
Manufactured with our proprietary process incorporating strong polyester braiding between extrusions of platinum-cured silicone, our durable Braid Reinforced Tubing with the identifiable blue spiral is ideal for increased pressure and/or high-temperature applications.
Size Chart HelixMark® Braid Reinforced Tubing
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Double Braided Tubing
Double Braided Silicone Tubing is manufactured using a complex, multi-step process incorporating a strong layer of single braid polyester between two extruded layers of USP Class VI platinum-cured silicone followed by another layer of braided polyester and topped with a silicone over coat. Double Braided Tubing is difficult to manufacture and requires specialized equipment, complex systems and procedures, and advanced silicone extrusion expertise.
HelixMark® Double Braided Tubing is ideal for elevated pressure and high-temperature applications. Engineered with superior flexibility, Double Braided Silicone Tubing allows for excellent resilience. To meet a diverse range of application needs, it is constructed to prevent kinking and compression and can withstand high temperature and pressure.
Color Stripe Tubing
HelixMark® Color Stripe Silicone Tubing is available with three choices of color striping: red, green, or white. Whether you want to recognize your lines at a glance by application, tubing size, or functional area, HelixMark® Color Stripe Tubing gives you the flexibility to create your own system.
Add nonstripe and custom colors to create as complex a system as necessary.
Size Chart HelixMark® Color Stripe Tubing
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Close Tolerance Tubing
Biomedical/pharmaceutical-grade platinum-cured silicone tubing, manufactured with Dow Corning, provides superior flow properties. HelixMark® close tolerance silicone tubing ensures minimal dimension variation, making this tubing appropriate for the most exacting applications.
Size Chart HelixMark® Close Tolerance Tubing
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Peristaltic Pump Tubing
HelixMark® Peristaltic Pump Tubing, manufactured with Wacker Silicones material, meets the strength and durability required for pump applications. Peristaltic Pump Tubing undergoes a stabilization process unique to Freudenberg Medical that provides the additional benefits of superior strength, performance, and longer life. Our tubing offers proven longer wear and volumetric consistency over 8-, 12-, and 24-hour process runs and is the most reliable and consistent platinum-cured silicone tubing available today for pumping applications.
Size Chart HelixMark® Peristaltic Pump Tubing
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Black Opaque Tubing
For photosensitive drugs and light-sensitive fluids
Black-jacketed tubing is a custom extrusion offered by Freudenberg Medical. The tubing is manufactured to your exact specifications (ID/OD sizing and packaging format) and contains an opaque exterior layer to block all light without touching the fluid path. HelixMark® Black-jacketed Tubing is ideal for photosensitive drugs and light-sensitive fluids.
HelixMark® Stoppers & Gaskets:
Silicone Stoppers
HelixMark® pharmaceutical-grade Silicone Stoppers are ideal for a tight, reliable seal for glass tubes, vials, and flasks. These platinum-cured silicone stoppers have full traceability to raw materials, contain no peroxide catalysts, and are autoclavable.
Size Chart HelixMark® Silicone Stoppers
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Two-Hole Stoppers
Pharmaceutical grade silicone stoppers are platinum-cured and ideal for a tight, reliable seal. Two-Hole Stoppers have full traceability down to the raw material, contain no peroxide residues, and are autoclavable. Available in 16 standard sizes, hole diameter ranges from 3mm to 16mm.
Size Chart HelixMark® Two-Hole Stoppers
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Clamp Gaskets
HelixMark® pharmaceutical-grade Silicone Gaskets are made with our proprietary molding process and engineered to be consistently free of crevices and protrusions. The gaskets have exceptional biocompatibility and contain no contaminants or leachables. Clamp gaskets are sterilizable by autoclave, ethylene oxide, or gamma radiation within validated cycles and exposure levels.
Size Chart HelixMark® Clamp Gaskets
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