USP Class VI
Precision Polymer Engineering offers a range of USP Class VI compliant elastomer materials for use in medical sealing applications.
What is USP Class VI?
The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is a non-government organisation promoting public health by establishing standards to ensure the quality of medicines and other health care technologies.
Whilst this organisation is concerned with the pharmaceutical and bio-technology industries, manufacturers of hygienic equipment will be designing multipurpose designs which may be used in many different industry sectors.
Standards are published in the US Pharmacopeia and the National Formulary (USP NF). Compliance to USP Class VI is often requested by end users. Testing for compliance involves an assessment of the effects of the material, and extractables, on tissue.
PPE manufactures medical and pharmaceutical grade gaskets and seals, including O-rings, sanitary gaskets and other high performance seals from a range of 15 USP Class VI compliant elastomers.
Three chapters are applicable to elastomers, plastics and polymeric materials:
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 381
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Industries
Find out more about industries linked to USP Class VI compliant elastomers:
Pharmaceutical & Biomedical
Products
USP Class VI certification relates to a wide range of sealing solutions developed and manufactured by PPE, including: