Medical & Biotech
Cleaners & Swabs for Medical Device Assembly & Maintenance
Coventry, a brand of Chemtronics, is known globally for solving the most critical precision cleaning challenges. Coventry has a wide variety of cleanroom swabs and wipes to meet your most demanding applications. The wrapped swab, uniquely designed with no seams or edges, prevents scratching of delicate surfaces. Also included in the product line are sealed fabric, sealed foam, and static control. You’re sure to find a swab from Coventry that meets your particular need.
Coventry solvent cleaners, swelling agents, and carrier fluids are formulated and manufactured to an exacting specification to provide unparalleled performance. We have off-the-shelf products and can even engineer customized solutions to meet your specific needs.
- Low toxicity for a worker and patient safety
- HAPS-free, zero VOC, zero ozone depleting and low global warming for little or no environmental impact
- Versatile for operational simplicity and efficiency
- Fast dry and highly effective
- Compatible with all substrates – plastics, metals, and elastomers
- Consistent for reliability and quality
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Coventry 12820 Precision Cleaning Solvent
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Solvent for critical cleaning applications, oxygen systems cleaning and validation testing
Articles
8 Most Important Features When Choosing a Wipe for Critical Equipment Cleaning
Cleanroom-grade wipes are designed to reduce the generation of particulate contamination when used in a critical environment. When choosing a wipe for critical equipment cleaning, there are several important features to consider. Here are eight of the most important features:
1. Material
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Chemtronics In-House Cleaning, Coating, and Analytics Lab
Customers can optimize their processes utilizing Chemtronics’ expertise and facility which offers state-of-the-art cleaning, coating and analytical services. Using batch, ultrasonic and vapor-degreasing systems, Chemtronics can duplicate your production environment for process optimization and...
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Guide to Defibrillator Maintenance
Defibrillators are medical devices that help revive a patient. It releases a large electric shock to bring back the normal rhythm of the heart. It is commonly used on any patient suffering from sudden cardiac arrest.
There are two types of defibrillators, the automatic external defibrillator (AED),...
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Guide to Maintenance of Medical Monitoring Devices
Patient monitors provide real-time monitoring of patient vital signs and often include warning systems when values deviate from set parameters, indicating a patient has taken a turn for the worse. A patient monitor can track the heart rhythm with an electrocardiogram (ECG), respiration, blood oxygen...
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Guide to Maintenance of Ventilation and Anesthesia Equipment
There are different ventilation machines. We have anesthesia machines, mechanical ventilators, nebulizers, and oxygen concentrators. Anesthesia machines are mainly used during operations while ventilators are mainly used to help patients maintain normal breathing in or outside of an operating room. ...
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Guide to Medical Imaging Maintenance
Medical imaging is one of the most common diagnostic processes. This involves computed tomography (CT) scanning, x-ray, and ultrasound. The most popular imaging device is the X-ray machine. X-ray equipment needs to be maintained regularly by the engineer or specialist. This article covers some basic...
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Ultrasonic Cleaning of 3D-Printed Complex Lattices
If you're reading this, you probably are already familiar with lattices in 3D printing, they're the meat of many parts used in the manufacturing process. A lattice structure is nothing but a repeating pattern, either following a 2D or 3D structure. They save material while maintaining part or model ...
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Guide To Maintenance of Neurology Surgical Equipment
Surgical equipment, especially those involved in neurology, interacts with the most sensitive parts of our bodies. The brain and spinal column are closed environments, without the natural ability to cleanse themselves of impurities and intrusions unlike other parts of our body. Therefore...
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Dangers of Organic and Inorganic Contamination on Forged, Machined, Molded & Electronic Implants
Quietly, over many decades, our aging bodies have undergone a revolution. Although we’ve not evolved, our science and technology have slowly transformed to assist our aging bodies. It was not so long ago that a broken hip consigned the elderly sufferer to a bath-chair for the remainder o...
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Explainer Video of Cleaner Degreaser Application Methods
Need Help With Your Application?
Enrique Francisefrancis@itwcce.com678-928-6534
Hi, I’m Enrique Francis, the sales manager for bulk solvents at Chemtronics.
Today I’m going to take you through the different methods of degreasing, and how Chemtronics products can help your ...
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Introduction & Tear-down of a Da Vinci Surgical Robot
Since the new millennium, the Da Vinci family of machines have been involved in performing an increasing range of minimally invasive surgeries at an increasing number of sites with astonishing results.
But let's get one thing straight - the MACHINE doesn’t perform the surgery, a surgeon does....
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Maintenance Guidelines for Hematology Analyzers
A hematology analyzer or hemocytometer is one of the machines used inside a clinical laboratory. It rapidly analyzes whole blood specimens for the complete blood counts and differential blood counts. Red blood cells, white blood cells, hemoglobin, and platelet counts are also directly measured.
A h...
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Additive Manufacturing in Implantology: A General Workflow
In this article, we explore a basic workflow process of additively manufactured implants. By no means is this text an ultimate guideline of the exact process, as different parts and assemblies require different procedures and equipment. With this said, the main objective is to offer a general overvi...
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Guide to the Care & Maintenance of Medical Infusion Pumps
Pumps are devices that deliver or transfer fluids or gases in the process of suction or pressure. Examples in the medical field are infusion pumps, syringe pumps, and feeding pumps. These devices use the concept of pressure to automatically deliver medications, fluids, and processed food.
Infusion...
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Maintenance and Hygiene for Medical Robotics
Our robot overlords are not arriving soon - irrespective of how much Hollywood profits by suggesting they are. Nor are autonomous nanomachines a thing. Yet.
However, robotics - by which we really mean AI-driven, semi-autonomous machines rather than general capability android servitors - are here an...
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Novec and Vertrel Solvent Replacement Cleaning Options for Medical Instrument and Implantable Devices
Supply chain shortages resulting from the reopening of businesses and lifting of COVID-19, among a myriad of other factors, have impacted the manufacture of medical implantable devices and surgical instrumentation. 3M Novec and Chemours Vertrel-based solvents, which are commonly used in the vapor de...
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Endoscope Maintenance Guide
The analysis and proper diagnosis of human internal organ conditions are critical to ensure optimal health. Among the equipment used in such procedures, two examples which perform internal diagnostic services are the Laparoscopy and Endoscopy devices. Although both of these have elements inser...
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Chemical Analyzer Maintenance Guide
There is various equipment inside a medical laboratory. One common piece of equipment is the Chemistry Analyzer. A Chemistry Analyzer is a medical laboratory device used to measure the different parameters of a human body. Human serum or urine is mixed with the reagent to calculate the clinical valu...
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Maintenance Best Practices for MRI Equipment
When it comes to scanning and diagnosis in medicine, few types of equipment can match the effectiveness of the MRI scanner. An MRI scanner is a medical imaging device capable of detecting anomalies and defects in the body and joints and can evaluate infertility in women. It uses a combination of mag...
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Essential Guide to Medical Electronic Device Design
The medical electronic device industry grew significantly over the last few decades following the exponential advancements in electronics, computation, and life sciences. Also, the rise of personal and mobile healthcare increased the demand for small, wearable, and low-power technologies, adding hea...
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Case Study: Particle Detection Challenges in Pharmaceutical Cleanroom
Spurious particles can cause serious problems in the pharmaceutical industry, especially in a cleanroom environment. In fact, particles cause more delays in production output compared to machine-related problems. They contaminate the product, potentially resulting in a recall if it is no...
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Video Demo: Coventry Medical Flexible Tubing Swelling Agents
Hi I’m Mark Quigley, Life Sciences Market Manager for Coventry. Coventry is a brand of Chemtronics, with clean room precision solvents, wipes, and swabs for both sterile and non-sterile applications.
Coventry products are commonly used for biotech...
Medical applications…
Lab tes...
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Alcohol Wipes for Both Everyday Cleaning and Critical Applications
For many organizations, presaturated wipes are the ideal mix of form and function. Isopropyl alcohol (IPA) wipes are commonly used for degreasing, cleaning off fingerprints, removing flux residues, and even disinfecting hard surfaces.
Alcohol wipes generally come packaged in pop-up tubs where the w...
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Webinar: Experts' Guide to Vapor Degreasing
Speakers:
Pierce Pillon – Senior Field Engineer, ITW Contamination Control Electronics
Kevin Pawlowski – Application Specialist, ITW Contamination Control Electronics
Patrick Oliver – Sales Manager, Baron Blakeslee
Table of Contents (click to view subject)
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Essential Guide to Sterile Sampling Swabs
Note: This paper is intended as an overview on the topic of sampling swabs and not as an authoritative how-to guide. Consult CDC and other similar sources for specific guidelines. Per CDC guidelines, “All testing for SARS-CoV-2 should be conducted in consultation with a healthcare provider."
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Case Study: Electro-Wash CZ Recovers Expensive Medical Equipment
We received a call from a very satisfied customer who had used Electro-Wash CZ High Precision Cleaner (part #ES7100) to perform a quick repair of medical equipment. This repair resulted in a cost savings of more than $6000 over buying new replacement equipment.
Bill is the Clinical Engi...
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Ultimate Guide to Diagnostic Freeze Spray
Diagnosing and repairing electronics can be painstaking and sometimes frustrating work. Problems can be intermittent, and the faulty area difficult to locate on the PCB. Freeze spray is an essential tool, because it helps identify faulty components, solder joints, and other problems that can lead to...
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ESD Safe Swabs Prevent Shocking PCB Failures
Swabs are useful precision tools for technicians and operators to perform delicate and meticulous tasks like precision cleaning, repair, and assembly. The types of swabs can range from low-cost cotton buds on a wooden stick to highly engineered cleanroom woven materials with a specialized head shape...
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Choosing the Best Swab for Aggressive Solvents
In precision cleaning applications, swabs can be used on their own to remove contamination. MHowever, more often though swabs are used together with a solvent to remove contamination. The success of the cleaning effort depends in part on the compatibility between the swab and the cleaning solvent.&n...
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