title: Materials for preformed rigid-tray packages.
abstract: This article assesses the materials used for medical device packaging that employs rigid preformed trays. It lists the basic requirements for these materials and summarizes the properties of each that make them useful for specific medical-packaging applications. A cost model illustrates how to properly select materials of similar properties on a cost-per-part basis.
authors.affiliation: Techmark Group, Cherry Hill New Jersey 08034-1921, USA. RonP@Netreach.Net
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pilchik
mesh_terms: D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008420:Manufactured Materials / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D008422:Materials Testing; D019064:Product Packaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D006113:United Kingdom