Organosilicon used in Medical treatment
Man is not a stone, it is inevitable that occasionally get a small illness, when going to the hospital to see a doctor, we will use a lot of medical equipment, in these equipment, silicone also has a great skill! Silicone rubber material has good biocompatibility, including physiological inertia and non-toxic characteristics, and contact with human tissue is not easy to occur adverse reactions, therefore, organic 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 and so on.
The most representative are medical catheters, such as stomach tubes, decompression tubes, capillary drainage tubes, abdominal drainage tubes and catheters. Silicone rubber can also be used as oral soft lining, impression materials, 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 patients do gastroscopy, they will drink a liquid first, and that liquid contains silicone oil. Because the stomach cavity and intestines contain a large number of bubbles and mucous membranes, and silicone oil has a defoaming effect, can make the gastroscopy more accurate.
Now you know how broad the use of silicone is, and in addition to the application fields 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, silicone is known as "industrial MSG"!