Medical treatment

People are not gold and stone, and it is inevitable that we will occasionally get a small illness. When we go to the hospital, we will use a lot of medical equipment. Among these equipment, silicone is also very useful! Silicone rubber materials have good biocompatibility, including the characteristics of physiological inertness and non-toxicity, and are not prone to adverse reactions in contact with human tissues. Therefore, silicone rubber has a wide range of applications in the medical field. At present, silicone rubber is mainly used in medical devices, oral materials, artificial organs, tissue substitutes, etc.

The most representative ones are medical catheters, such as stomach tubes, decompression tubes, capillary drainage tubes, abdominal drainage tubes, and urinary catheters. Silicone rubber can also be used as a soft oral lining, impression material, etc. At the same time, silicone rubber can also be used as a substitute for artificial organs and tissues, such as artificial breasts and artificial ears. Contact lenses as we know them are also made of silicone rubber.

In addition to silicone rubber, silicone oil is also widely used in the medical field. When a patient has a gastroscope, he will drink a liquid first, and that liquid contains silicone oil. Because the gastric cavity and intestine contain a lot of bubbles and mucous membranes, and silicone oil has a defoaming effect, it can make gastroscopy more accurate.

Now you know how extensive the use of silicone is, and, in addition to the application areas mentioned in the article, silicone materials are also used in exploration, oil pollution treatment, sports and other fields. It is precisely because silicone has such a wide range of uses that silicone is called "industrial monosodium glutamate"!