Medical

Implant Biomaterials

Medical OEM Implant Biomaterials

Gore Medical OEM offers extensive implant biology knowledge and expertise relating to fluoropolymers and bioabsorbable polymers. Working in strategic alliances with select medical device manufacturers, Gore Medical OEM can provide a wide range of innovative solutions to product technology challenges.


ePTFE (films, membranes, sheets, fibers, tubes)

  • Gore is the originator and leader offering unmatched manufacturing expertise
  • Nearly 30 years of clinical experience with ePTFE
  • Over 10 million clinical implants
  • Long-term implant knowledge with hundreds of finished device medical implants
  • Innovative application and constant improvement
  • Wide range of processing capabilities to meet a variety of applications
  • ePTFE engineered to inhibit cell ingrowth or to facilitate cell attachment

Bioabsorbable Copolymers

  • Extensive experience in the synthesis and design of synthetic porous web-based constructs
  • Experience in development of multiple constructs (tubes, sheets and blocks) with varying strength, porosity and resorption profiles
  • Expertise in PGA-rich polymer systems

Nitinol Processing

  • Electropolishing competencies for improved biocompatibility and enhanced endurance

Implant-grade Fluoroelastomers

  • Elastomeric properties
  • Benign tissue response
  • High abrasion resistance
  • Biostable and chemically inert

Drug Delivery

  • Resorbable micro-encapsulation
  • Local drug delivery devices
  • Cell encapsulation devices for therapeutic engineered cell lines