Meller Medical Sapphire Optics Are Durable and Impervious to Chemicals

PROVIDENCE, RI--(Marketwired - Jun 17, 2014) - Meller Optics, Inc. has introduced custom sapphire optics for integration into medical instruments that come in frequent contact with the skin, blood, medications, cleaners, and other harsh chemicals.

Meller Sapphire Medical Optics are ideally suited for use in high-value medical and laboratory instruments because of the inherent durability of sapphire, which features Moh 9 hardness; second only to diamond. Impervious to harsh chemicals, chlorine and fluorine gas, and blood, these clear and durable sapphire optics transmit from the UV to 4.7 microns.

Manufactured in 1/4" to 10" dia. sizes; round or square, concave or convex, and flat or stepped, to precise OEM specifications, Meller Sapphire Medical Optics can be finished with holes, edge treatments, and coatings to enhance transmission to > 99%, depending upon thickness. Flatness can be held to 1/10^th wave, parallelism to 2 arc-sec., and surface finishes to < 0.5 mm.

Meller Sapphire Medical Optics are priced according to size, configuration, and quantity. Quotations are available upon request.

About Meller Optics, Inc.

Founded in 1921, Meller Optics has been providing high quality optics to defense, medical, laser, and industrial markets for 90 years now. Specializing in the grinding and polishing of hard, durable materials such as sapphire and ruby, the company has also developed high-speed, low-cost finishing processes for a variety of laser glasses, fused silica, zinc selenide, germanium, silicon, fluorides, and ceramic materials. Configurations include windows, substrates, lenses, domes, and prisms. Meller Optics is ISO 9001:2008 certified and in addition to providing standard, off-the-shelf products, they custom fabricate components that meet exacting specifications from delicate, difficult to work with optical materials. They also supply quality Microlux Alumina polishing abrasives and Gugolz optical polishing pitch.