The importance of considering user needs when choosing a pressure-sensitive adhesive
The choice of a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) can have a lasting effect on a wearable device’s overall effectiveness, as well as on provider and patient satisfaction. In this informative presentation, adhesive experts from the Avery Dennison Medical team will guide viewers through the “lifetime” of multiple medical devices, imagining what happens to these devices during their journey on the patient’s body: from adhesion to removal.
Through examples, Avery Dennison Medical Marketing Manager Miguel Solivan and Senior Technical Engineer Chuck Stephens, will explore the variables that determine whether a PSA can help a device meet manufacturer, provider, and patient expectations related to wear time and function. They will present how factors such as the patient’s age, condition of skin, body placement and environmental factors like patient activity level must be accounted for when choosing a PSA. Attendees will come away with a better sense of what they need to consider when choosing a PSA and learn about resources they can use to help them make that choice.