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With over 55 years in the medical adhesive business, no one knows skin better than 3M. We understand the unique challenges of this delicate surface and of the larger design process. As your partner forth beginning, we can help you choose the right materials for your needs and navigate your way to market, with confidence.

The Effects of Tape Construction

As a device manufacturer, your key consideration when selecting a tape is ensuring proper adhesion to the patient’s body. Whether it’s affixed for several hours, a day, a week or even longer, your device needs to stay attached to do its job. While adhesion is critical, there are other variables that need to be considered - such as ergonomic requirements, skin condition, the patient population and wear time.

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Solving for Skin:
3M touches virtually every part of your life. Yet you’re probably only aware of a fraction of those touch-points. With medical dressings that help wounds heal faster, reflective materials that make our roadways safer, and even stethoscopes that listen to astronauts’ heartbeats in space, our people and technology make the impossible, possible. Every day we apply our science to make your life better.

Sales & Technical Expertise:
3M touches virtually every part of your life. Yet you’re probably only aware of a fraction of those touch-points. With medical dressings that help wounds heal faster, reflective materials that make our roadways safer, and even stethoscopes that listen to astronauts’ heartbeats in space, our people and technology make the impossible, possible. Every day we apply our science to make your life better.

We’ll stick with you:
With over 55 years in the medical adhesive business, 3M is uniquely qualified to help you choose the right skin adhesives and navigate your way to market with confidence. 3M Medical Materials and Technologies helps healthcare manufacturers design and build more reliable, innovative and feature-rich medical devices.

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Adhesives play a critical role in the success of a medical device, whether it’s holding the device together or adhering it to the wearer’s skin. But with so many adhesive products available, it can be a challenge for design engineers to know which one is right for their project. To help bridge this critical gap, 3M developed a “Find My Adhesive” product selector tool to help make medical adhesive selection a simpler process.
Start exploring the tool today.

3M Learning Center

We understand skin.

If you’re designing a medical device that needs to stick to skin, there is a lot to consider. Watch now to learn about adhesive considerations when designing wearable medical devices.

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Three Prototyping and Pilot Production Strategies to Cut Weeks from Product Launches

More Resources

FDA Medical Devices
FDA's CFR-Code of Federal Regulations Title 21 Sec. 880.5240 Medical adhesive tape and adhesive bandage
The QA/ RA Cheat Sheet