Self-Sealing Porous Plastic - Fact or Fiction?

Have you heard the term “self-sealing” porous plastic used as a design option for a venting of filtering application? The material is used in a variety of applications from pipette tip filters, to catheter vents, to hospital suction canister valves. Yet, in all of these applications – the pores that are located in the porous plastic that never actually seal. So why are these parts referenced with the name “self-sealing” porous plastic? Well, we’ll answer this question and more in this five minutes segment.

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