Stories & Features

  • Characteristics and Benefits of PFA Tubing

    Mar 4, 2025 by IDEX Health & Science

    PFA tubing is a good replacement for PTFE. It combines the best characteristics of PTFE and FEP tubing. While PFA tubes can be more costly than FEP, they offer a higher maximum recommended use temperature for more demanding temperature applications. Learn more.
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    pfa tubing characteristics
  • PFAS Free Silicone Degassing for Life Science Applications

    Mar 3, 2025 by IDEX Health & Science

    The DGC-020 inline silicone degassing chambers actively remove dissolved gases before they form bubbles, ensuring maximum uptime and performance.
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    Silicone Degasser from IDEX Health & Science
  • Complete Fluidic and Optical Subsystems for Life Sciences

    Feb 25, 2025 by IDEX Health & Science

    We see the big picture and can help you optimize the different parts of the path to come together into one, efficient fluidic and optical life science subsystem.
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    maximize instrument performance with fluidic subsystems
  • What is a Manifold Valve Assembly?

    Jan 31, 2025 by IDEX Health & Science

    What is a Manifold Valve Assembly? A manifold valve assembly is used for fluid management in your life science instrument platform. Rather than the valve being connected by tubing and fittings, the valve is mounted directly onto a PEEK, acrylic, or Ultem manifold.
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    valve manifold configurations
  • Guide to Medical Device Tubing

    Jan 29, 2025 by IDEX Health & Science

    Our non-medical grade tubing is manufactured for internal components or non—invasive medical applications—where direct patient care is not needed or when the tubing is used in conjunction with other materials.
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    IDEX Health & Science medical tubing
  • Tubing Assemblies for Life Sciences and Medical Devices

    Jan 21, 2025 by IDEX Health & Science

    We are the premier provider of intelligently engineered tubing assemblies for various applications including life sciences and medical devices requiring precise control and measurement.
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    Life Sciences Tubing Assemblies being made
  • Silica SealTight Sleeves and Kits Line

    Jan 21, 2025 by IDEX Health & Science

    We offer a SealTight system of sleeves, nuts and ferrules solves the problem of connecting capillary tubing to standard 10-32 coned ports intended for 1/16" OD tubing.
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    SealTight Sleeves and Kits
  • New Rapid Prototype Valve and Manifold Program

    Jan 14, 2025 by IDEX Health & Science

    Don’t let prototype delivery and testing delays affect your fluidics platform release. IDEX Health & Science can accelerate your instrument development and deliver on time with our new Rapid Prototype Valve and Manifold program.
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    new prototype programs
  • Our Plastic Manifold Manufacturing Center in Bristol, Connecticut

    Jan 9, 2025 by IDEX Health & Science

    With over six decades of experience, we lead the industry in manifold manufacturing and have a vast wealth of knowledge in Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Cost (DFC).
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    Plastic Manifold Manufacturing for Life Sciences
  • Fluid Simulation for Life Science Instrumentation

    Jan 9, 2025 by IDEX Health & Science

    IDEX Health & Science offers instrument developers an option to analyze how their fluidics will operate before committing to expensive prototypes.
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    Fluidic subsystem with a manifold