Applications

LiquiGlide® technology improves patient outcomes and experiences in medical devices, drug processing and delivery, and numerous other biomedical applications, while creating immense potential for waste reduction in consumer products.

Biomedical Applications

Medical Devices
Our friction-reducing, safe, and environmentally friendly technology can be used to enhance the performance of a wide range of medical products, including vascular access and implantable devices, surgical products, medical device instrumentation, processing, and biomedical packaging. Benefits of our technology include enhanced lubricity, ease of insertion, improved patency, thrombosis reduction, and reduced rate of biofilm buildup.

Drug Delivery, Containers, and Packaging
Many medicines are highly viscous, making it difficult to deliver the appropriate dosage of drugs – whether vaccines, biologics, or other costly pharmaceutical therapeutics. By reducing friction and adherence, LiquiGlide® technology can help make the administration of medicines more efficient and effective, leading to reduced product waste. Various delivery systems, including syringes, bottles, pouches, and other containers can benefit from our coating technology. In addition, our technology can enable unique packaging solutions.

Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing
The challenges of processing high-value pharmaceuticals, biologics, and vaccines can result in significant yield loss. In addition, the need for overfilling these products in delivery systems is high due to their high viscosity. LiquiGlide® technology can help substantially reduce yield loss and overfilling in manufacturing, processing, and filling, thus helping to make the supply chain significantly more efficient.

LiquiGlide Biomedical Device Master Filing

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a Device Master Filing (MAF3464) for the LiquiGlide® technology biomedical division. This registration provides an additional level of quality assurance and makes it easier for our partner companies to integrate our product into their workflows and obtain approval for new medical products that utilize our first of its kind patented technology.

Read more about our Device Master Filing here.

FAQ

How does LiquiGlide® technology work?

We design and develop safe, slippery coatings for each product category. These wet coatings prevent adhesion of product to the package wall, allowing easy and complete evacuation. The coating has no impact on product formula properties or quality.

Is the technology safe? What are the coatings made of?

The technology is designed to meet whatever safety and regulatory is appropriate for a product category. Coatings are comprised of ingredients that are already approved for use in food-safe and skincare products. In fact, we strive to use ingredients that are already a part of common products within a category. For example, the coating for toothpaste we designed and ultimately launched with Colgate’s Elixir toothpaste is made from a natural, plant-based liquid and common toothpaste ingredients. For skincare products like lotions and creams, we make coatings from common, dermatologically safe, skincare product ingredients. For food, we make coatings from FDA-approved food ingredients.

Is the technology universal? Are there ingredient incompatibilities?

Coatings are formulated specific to the product category. As of today, LiquiGlide® technology is compatible with thick, water-based products, such as lotions, creams, moisturizers, toothpaste, and certain food products. It is not applicable for certain types of formulations, especially those that contain solvents, high pigment, or surfactant loading. We are always working to expand our capabilities through ongoing R&D.

How does LiquiGlide® technology relate to sustainability? Is there an impact on recyclability?

It’s going to take many packaging solutions working together to address sustainability in consumer products. For our part of the puzzle, we design products to limit wasted formula and packaging material. Plus, our packages are completely recyclable with no need to rinse them when empty and no contamination to the recycle stream.

Designing for Sustainability

LiquiGlide® technology helps companies improve operational efficiency, reduce waste, shrink packaging, and decrease their carbon footprint.

Millions of tons of products are thrown out each year because of wasteful design and sticking inside of packaging. Designing on the LiquiGlide® technology platform means committing to reducing this product waste for your consumer and the world.

LiquiGlide® technology allows brands to innovate with product formulas. Products can be thicker or even concentrated, enabling use of smaller packaging without sacrificing value to the consumer. And smaller packaging means more product can fit into each shipment, resulting in lower transport cost and fuel emissions.

Premium packaging used to mean excess material and complex closures. Our platform enables the design of ownable product stories without resorting to excess packaging material. Not only that, but using recycle-ready materials means the empty packages are easily returned into the supply chain.

Applying LiquiGlide® technology to manufacturing tanks results in reduced waste, lower yield loss, and fewer cleaning cycles, which allows for increased production and reduced cost.