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Custom Adhesives

Custom adhesive tape for skin and specialty services.

When you partner with DermaMed for customized or standard adhesive tape for skin, you gain access to a wide range of adhesive materials, coating capabilities, and raw material resources aligned with application-specific requirements.

A material partner

Skin-friendly adhesive materials, application by application.

Our custom adhesives support medical device manufacturers requiring skin-friendly adhesive materials for wearable devices, wound care, diagnostics, and other skin-contact medical applications.

Adhesive materials
Custom and standard
Coating capabilities
On-site
Laminating & converting
In-house
Raw material resources
Application-aligned
Design criteria

What constructions are designed against.

DermaMed assists clients with identifying adhesive constructions aligned with adhesion levels, wear time, flexibility, breathability, moisture management, and device compatibility.

  • Adhesion levels

    Bond strength to the substrates and tissue the construction will contact.

  • Wear time

    Duration the construction needs to stay on through realistic use conditions.

  • Flexibility

    Conformance to body contours and motion at the application site.

  • Breathability

    Moisture-vapor transmission appropriate to the wear duration.

  • Moisture management

    How perspiration and exudate move through — or are kept out of — the construction.

  • Device compatibility

    Compatibility with the device materials and processing the construction will encounter.

In-house testing

The performance suite, on-site.

Our on-site lab supports adhesive evaluation and testing processes aligned with application and performance requirements.

  • Adhesion to steel and HDPE

    Peel testing on standard substrates.

  • Release

    Force required to remove the liner.

  • Tack

    Quick-stick measurement.

  • Shear

    Resistance to in-plane force over time.

  • Loop

    Tack under low-pressure contact.

  • Polyken Probe

    Probe-tack measurement.

  • MVTR ASTM E-96

    Moisture vapor transmission rate, for breathability.

  • Accelerated aging

    Performance after time-temperature aging.

Tailored solutions

Tailored adhesive solutions for medical applications.

DermaMed supports custom adhesive tape for skin applications requiring reliable adhesive performance, flexibility, and skin compatibility. Constructions may target moisture resistance, breathability, flexibility, and extended wear durations depending on the intended medical application.

  • Wearable devices

    Skin-contact constructions for continuous-wear sensors and monitors.

  • Wound care products

    Adhesives that perform on compromised or sensitive tissue.

  • Surgical applications

    Constructions that hold through prep, draping, and procedure conditions.

  • Other skin-contact products

    Direct-to-skin medical products with application-specific performance needs.

Contact us

Supporting your adhesive product solution needs.

DermaMed is your partner in producing adhesive coatings for a range of healthcare applications. Tap into the expertise of our team, including a technical department of chemists and adhesive engineers. We're here to serve you.