Custom Die-Cut Medical & Biocompatible Materials · For medical-device, diagnostic & wearable engineers

Custom Medical & Biocompatible Material Solutions: Skin Interface, Sealing, Wound, Orthotic & Packaging

Wide reference image of die-cut medical materials across the vertical: skin-interface cushions, medical-silicone gaskets, reticulated wound foam, orthotic cushioning, diagnostic enclosure seals, and foam tray inserts on a clean technical surface

The hard problems in a medical device are rarely the electronics alone. A wearable has to stay comfortable against skin for its full wear time, an enclosure has to hold its seal through cleaning and transport, a sterile kit has to reach the point of use protected.

H-O Products converts PORON Medical microcellular polyurethane, BISCO MS-1600 medical silicone, SSP-2390 platinum-cured silicone, BISCO MS-80 / MS-96 medical cellular silicone, silicone foam, FilterPore® S-100X biocompatible reticulated foam, crosslinked polyethylene, EVA foam, and FDA food-contact-grade films and elastomers into the die-cut parts that do that quiet work — skin-interface cushions, gaskets and seals, wound-care and NPWT foams, orthotic and prosthetic padding, diagnostic and electronics components, and sterile-barrier packaging — for medical-device, diagnostic, wearable, and lab-equipment teams.

Material grades are referenced by designation (ISO 10993, USP Class VI, ISO 11607); the material maker evaluates the grade and the device maker owns the finished-device file. Made to your drawing under an ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management system in Winsted, Connecticut.

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The Medical applications

Where do you need a converted part?

Each application below is its own page: the design problem, the materials that address it, the failure modes that show up in the field, and the converting detail that carries a part from prototype to production. Start where your device is working hardest — on-body comfort and adhesion, sterilization-ready sealing, imaging insulation and shielding, or protective packaging — and one converter takes the part from drawing review to production under an ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management system.

Overview · 1 application
Wide reference image of medical and biocompatible components: skin-interface cushions, medical-silicone gaskets, and biocompatible foams converted to drawing Overview · 00 Medical & Biocompatible Components Start here for the map: a contact-level decision framework that narrows biocompatible material options to the right family for skin-interface, surgical, wound-care, orthotic, and diagnostic parts — before tooling is cut. Open page →
On-Body & Patient · 3 applications
Wide reference image of a skin-contact cushion and a skin-contact adhesive border staged with an on-body wearable patch on a clean technical surface On-Body & Patient · 01 Medical Wearables & Skin Interface A wearable only works while it stays on and stays comfortable. Skin-contact comfort cushions, perimeter seals, structural bonding, and electronics protection matched to wear time and skin condition, in PORON Medical, medical silicone, and skin-adjacent adhesives by designation. Open page → Wide reference image of a reticulated open-cell polyurethane wound-interface foam and a drape film with a skin-adhesive border staged on a clean technical surface On-Body & Patient · 02 Wound Care & NPWT Exudate management, offloading, and wound-interface performance start with the foam. Wound-interface and NPWT foams, wicking layers, and offloading pads in biocompatible reticulated foam (FilterPore® S-100X), PORON Medical, and crosslinked polyethylene. Materials only, no clinical claims. Open page → Wide reference image of a microcellular polyurethane orthotic cushion and a crosslinked polyethylene backing layer staged on a clean technical surface On-Body & Patient · 03 Orthotics, Prosthetics & Rehab Cushioning a patient feels immediately, support that stands up to daily load. Soft-over-firm stacks of PORON Medical microcellular polyurethane, crosslinked polyethylene, and EVA for orthotic insoles, prosthetic padding, bracing, and rehab equipment. Open page →
Devices & Diagnostics · 5 applications
Wide reference image of medical-silicone seals, handle grips, and tray-liner parts staged with reusable surgical instruments on a clean technical surface Devices & Diagnostics · 04 Surgical Instruments & Tools Reusable instruments live or die by how they tolerate repeated cleaning. Seals, valves, handle grips, instrument padding, and tray liners built for sterilization cycles, in SSP-2390 solid silicone, BISCO MS-80 / MS-96 medical cellular silicone, and PORON Medical. Open page → Wide reference image of an elastomer perimeter gasket and a protective vent membrane disc staged in front of a clean diagnostic instrument enclosure Devices & Diagnostics · 05 Diagnostics Enclosure Sealing & Venting A diagnostic housing has to stay sealed against the room and vented to the atmosphere at the same time. Enclosure gaskets, perimeter seals, and protective ePTFE vents for diagnostic, IVD, and imaging housings, in medical cellular and solid silicone, FDA food-contact-grade EPDM, and ePTFE. Open page → Wide reference image of an adhesive bonding frame staged with a medical instrument display module and a cover lens on a clean technical surface Devices & Diagnostics · 06 Medical Instrument Bonding & Display Attachment When a display or lens has to stay put for the life of the instrument, the adhesive is a structural decision. Display bonding, component mounting, lens attachment, and assembly-fixturing tapes in double-coated and optical-clear adhesive constructions. Open page → Wide reference image of a conductive EMI shielding gasket and a dielectric insulator film staged with a medical imaging flex-circuit and PCB assembly Devices & Diagnostics · 07 Medical Imaging Insulation, Flex Circuit & EMI Imaging systems fail quietly — stray light, a noisy flex circuit, EMI in the signal path. Optical-path insulation, flex-circuit insulation, EMI and RFI shielding, and PCB cushioning in dielectric films, conductive gaskets, and cushioning foams. Open page → Wide reference image of a reticulated open-cell foam wicking pad and an elastomer fluid-path gasket staged in front of laboratory fluidics Devices & Diagnostics · 08 Medical Fluid Management & Filtration An assay depends on fluid going where the design says it should. Biocompatible filtration and wicking foams, absorbent pads, fluid-management components, and lab-equipment seals in FilterPore® S-100X reticulated foam, PORON, and FDA food-contact-grade silicone by designation. Open page →
Electronics · 1 application
Wide reference image of environmental seals, dielectric barriers, thermal interface pads, and EMI shielding parts staged with a medical electronics assembly Electronics · 09 Medical Electronics Sealing, Thermal & EMI The board can be flawless and the device still fail at the gasket. Environmental seals, dielectric barriers, thermal interface materials, and EMI and ESD shielding for medical electronics, in USP Class VI grades and materials with ISO 10993-referenced testing, by designation. Open page →
Facility & Packaging · 2 applications
Wide reference image of a high-temperature silicone door gasket, a resilient vibration-isolation pad, and a low-friction UHMW slider strip staged in front of clean medical facility equipment Facility & Packaging · 10 Medical Facility Equipment Sterilizers, autoclaves, and centrifuges earn their keep in uptime. Door and chamber gaskets, vibration and noise isolation, high-temperature insulation, and slider and wear surfaces in silicone, EPDM, and UHMW-PE, matched to the duty cycle of facility equipment. Open page → Die-cut foam kit tray on a stainless bench in a cleanroom, its routed cavities holding a handheld ultrasound display, a probe, a battery pack and a coiled cable Facility & Packaging · 11 Medical Packaging & Kitting The last problem a device has to solve is the trip to the point of use. Kit and tray cushioning, instrument-protection inserts, ESD-aware packaging, and sterile-barrier materials by designation, in crosslinked and expanded polyethylene, EVA, and porous spunbond lidding. Open page →
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Selection guides, failure-mode notes, and project work from H-O engineering, matched to the applications on this page.

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Send a drawing, a system-manual page, or a spec section; partial information is welcome. We typically respond within one business day with a material-family recommendation, the vendor technical data sheet behind it, a prototype lead time, and an honest note on anything that needs a listing holder or a sealant maker rather than a converter.

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You don't need a finished spec to start the conversation. Send a drawing, BOM, or a description of the application and what the part must do, and an engineer responds within one business day with a material-family direction and the matching sub-application page. Material grades are referenced by designation; the material maker evaluates the grade and the device maker owns the finished-device file. Biocompatibility, sterilization, and documentation requirements are reviewed at quote.

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