The peelable heat shrink tubing (PHST) market is an exciting area to be in. Not only does it address healthcare customers’ unmet needs, but it also paves the way for progressively smaller catheter-based procedures – an on-going requirement for medical device manufacturers. The reasons, aside from their desire to meet the healthcare sector’s needs, are because PHST ultimately reduces total cost of ownership (TCO) for the catheter manufacturer.

Since companies no longer have to use the process of skiving the heat shrink material from the catheter, PHST can help them produce the final product more rapidly with improved yields and lower inspection levels while being more ergonomically safe.