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Optimizing Mobility & Recovery

Rehabilitation Equipment

Whether used in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, physical therapy offices, or at home, the equipment patients use for recuperation needs to be customizable, strong, flexible, and durable. The same can be said for the materials designers and engineers choose to create wheelchairs, braces, treadmills, prosthetics, and countless other rehab supplies and devices that contribute to a patient’s rehab and recovery.

With Avient materials and expertise, you get the help you need to design and manufacture equipment that operates within healthcare environment standards for hygiene, reliability, and safety. We can collaborate with you to enhance traditional materials or guide you in using advanced composites for metal replacement, custom additives to reduce microbe growth, specialty thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) for flexible strength, and more that assist you in achieving our business goals and helping patients thrive.

Highlights

  • Advanced composite springs for flexibility, high torque, and durability
  • Customizable composite unidirectional laminates for improved comfort, mobility, and multiaxial stability
  • Durable and comfortable TPEs for elasticity, colorability, and skin-contact biocompatibility
  • Engineered thermoplastics with excellent chemical and impact resistance for extended product life
  • Long fiber reinforced thermoplastics with metal-like performance at a fraction of the weight
  • Specialty colorants, functional additives, and combination masterbatches to resist odor-causing bacteria, create visual appeal, and improve performance
  • Large color selection for nonwoven fabrics used in bedding and curtains

Technologies
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Technologies
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Advanced Composites Overview Product/Service Overview Avient’s reinforced composite technologies use carbon, glass and aramid fibers with custom formulated thermoset or thermoplastic resins in continuous forming processes
Carbon Fiber Composites Infographic Infographic Get fast facts on these strong, lightweight alternatives to metal
Cesa™ Scratch and Mar - Product Bulletin Product/Service Overview Product description, value and applications
Cesa™ WithStand™ Antimicrobial Solutions Product/Service Overview Technology description, key characteristics, markets and applications
Colorants for Disposable and Durable Nonwovens - Color Card Color Card Learn more about Avient's portfolio of colorants for disposable and durable nonwovens
Complēt™/OnForce™ LFT Overview Product/Service Overview Optimize stiffness, strength, and toughness to obtain structural performance with lightweight long fiber reinforced thermoplastics. 
Humotech Robotic Prosthetic Case Study Learn how composite springs provide flexibility in prosthetic performance and design
Orthopedic Shoe Sole Case Study (Snapshot) GLS™ Versaflex™ Thermoplastic Elastomer provided the right balance of haptics and fulfilled healthcare regulations
Wheelchair Caster Wheels Case Study Customer success with Complēt™ Long Fiber to introduce lightweight composite caster wheels for improved wheelchair mobility
Wheelchair caster wheels Case Study (Snapshot) Complēt™ long carbon fiber (LCF) composites replaced aluminum to reduce weight and enable design freedom for a wheelchair OEM
WillowWood Prosthetics - Case Study Case Study WillowWood meets prosthetic patient needs with advanced composites