What are common industries that utilize hypodermic tubing?

Medical, Industrial, Oil & Gas, Chemical, & Aerospace

Hypodermic Stainless Steel Tubing & Needles

Hypodermic tubing is small diameter tubing that is welded and drawn over a floating plug to tight OD and ID tolerances. The gauge chart below provides a list of sizes offered for stainless steel hypotube. With a vast range of sizes and custom hypodermic tubing offerings, Vita Needle is here to help you find the hypodermic tubing you need for your application.

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Stainless Steel Hypodermic Tubing Materials Offered

Small diameter stainless steel hypodermic tubing is an ideal solution for applications that require corrosion resistance and strength. Vita Needle supplies hypodermic stainless steel tubing in both Type 304 stainless steel hypodermic needles and Type 316 Stainless Steel hypodermic needles. Our stocked 304 Stainless Steel Hypodermic Tubing is full hard temper and TIG welded & drawn. In addition, RW, TW, XT, XX, X & 1/2 gauges are also stocked in Type 316 Stainless Steel.

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HypoTube Gauge Chart

All dimensions are inches in the below chart (Average Wall is reference dimension)

gauge	OD	ID	wall	od tol	id tol	request quote
3XT	0.259	0.239	0.01	±.002	±.002	Request Quote
3TW	0.259	0.229	0.015	±.002	±.002	Request Quote
3RW	0.259	0.219	0.02	±.002	±.003	Request Quote
3 ½	0.249	0.219	0.015	±.001	±.003	Request Quote
4XT	0.238	0.218	0.01	±.002	±.002	Request Quote
4TW	0.238	0.208	0.015	±.002	±.002	Request Quote
4RW	0.238	0.198	0.02	±.002	±.003	Request Quote
4 ½	0.228	0.198	0.015	±.001	±.003	Request Quote
5XT	0.219	0.205	0.007	±.002	±.002	Request Quote
5TW	0.219	0.199	0.01	±.002	±.002	Request Quote
5RW	0.219	0.189	0.015	±.002	±.003	Request Quote
5 ½	0.211	0.189	0.011	±.001	±.003	Request Quote
6X	0.203	0.189	0.007	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
6TW	0.203	0.183	0.01	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
6RW	0.203	0.173	0.015	±.001	±.003	Request Quote
6 ½	0.188	0.168	0.01	±.001	±.003	Request Quote
7XX	0.18	0.173	0.004	±.001	±.001	Request Quote
7X	0.18	0.166	0.007	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
7TW	0.18	0.16	0.01	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
7RW	0.18	0.15	0.015	±.001	±.003	Request Quote
7HV	0.18	0.131	0.025	±.001	±.003	Request Quote
7 ½	0.172	0.15	0.011	±.001	±.003	Request Quote
8XXX	0.165	0.156	0.005	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
8XX	0.165	0.15	0.008	±.001	±.0025	Request Quote
8TW	0.165	0.145	0.01	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
8RW	0.165	0.135	0.015	±.001	±.003	Request Quote
8HV	0.165	0.117	0.024	±.001	±.003	Request Quote
8 ½	0.156	0.136	0.01	±.001	±.003	Request Quote
9XXX	0.148	0.137	0.006	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
9XX	0.148	0.135	0.007	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
9TW	0.148	0.128	0.01	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
9RW	0.148	0.118	0.015	±.001	±.003	Request Quote
9HV	0.148	0.098	0.025	±.001	±.003	Request Quote
9 ½	0.141	0.119	0.011	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
10UT	0.134	0.122	0.006	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
10XT	0.134	0.118	0.008	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
10TW	0.134	0.114	0.01	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
10RW	0.134	0.106	0.014	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
10HV	0.134	0.1	0.017	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
10 ½	0.126	0.106	0.01	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
11XX	0.12	0.112	0.004	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
11X	0.12	0.106	0.007	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
11TW	0.12	0.1	0.01	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
11RW	0.12	0.094	0.013	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
11HV	0.12	0.09	0.015	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
11 ½	0.115	0.095	0.01	±.001	±.0015	Request Quote
12XX	0.109	0.1	0.005	±.001	±.001	Request Quote
12XT	0.109	0.095	0.007	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
12TW	0.109	0.091	0.009	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
12RW	0.109	0.085	0.012	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
12H	0.109	0.077	0.016	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
12 ½	0.1	0.082	0.009	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
13XX	0.095	0.09	0.003	±.001	±.001	Request Quote
13X	0.095	0.085	0.005	±.001	±.001	Request Quote
13TW	0.095	0.077	0.009	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
13RW	0.095	0.071	0.012	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
13HV	0.095	0.064	0.016	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
13 ½	0.089	0.071	0.009	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
14XX	0.083	0.077	0.003	±.001	±.001	Request Quote
14UT	0.083	0.075	0.004	±.001	±.0015	Request Quote
14XT	0.083	0.072	0.006	±.001	±.001	Request Quote
14TW	0.083	0.067	0.008	±.001	+.0015/-.001	Request Quote
14RW	0.083	0.063	0.01	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
14H	0.083	0.049	0.017	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
14XH	0.083	0.039	0.022	±.001	±.002	Request Quote
14 ½	0.078	0.063	0.008	±.001	±.001	Request Quote
15XXX	0.072	0.07	0.001	±.0005	±.0005	Request Quote
15UT	0.072	0.065	0.004	±.0005	±.001	Request Quote
15XTS	0.072	0.063	0.005	±.0005	±.001	Request Quote
15TW	0.072	0.06	0.006	±.0005	+.0015/-.0005	Request Quote
15RW	0.072	0.054	0.009	±.0005	±.0015	Request Quote
15H	0.072	0.05	0.011	±.0005	±.002	Request Quote
15 ½	0.068	0.054	0.007	±.0005	±.0015	Request Quote
16XX	0.065	0.06	0.003	±.0005	+.001/-.0015	Request Quote
16UT	0.065	0.058	0.004	±.0005	±.001	Request Quote
16XT	0.065	0.055	0.005	±.0005	+.0015/-.0005	Request Quote
16TW	0.065	0.053	0.006	±.0005	+.0015/-.0005	Request Quote
16RW	0.065	0.047	0.009	±.0005	±.0015	Request Quote
16H	0.065	0.033	0.016	±.0005	±.002	Request Quote
16 ½	0.062	0.052	0.005	±.0005	±.0015	Request Quote
17XX	0.059	0.054	0.003	±.0005	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
17SP	0.059	0.041	0.009	±.0005	±.0015	Request Quote
17H	0.059	0.039	0.01	±.0005	±.002	Request Quote
17UTS	0.059	0.052	0.003	+.0005/-.001	±.001	Request Quote
17XT	0.058	0.05	0.004	±.0005	±.001	Request Quote
17TW	0.058	0.048	0.005	±.0005	+.0005/-.0015	Request Quote
17RW	0.058	0.042	0.008	±.0005	±.0015	Request Quote
17 ½	0.056	0.046	0.005	±.0005	±.0015	Request Quote
18XX	0.05	0.045	0.003	±.0005	±.001	Request Quote
18UTS	0.05	0.044	0.003	+.001/-.0005	+.0015/-.001	Request Quote
18XT	0.05	0.042	0.004	±.0005	±.001	Request Quote
18TW	0.05	0.038	0.006	±.0005	+.0015/-.0005	Request Quote
18RW	0.05	0.033	0.009	±.0005	±.0015	Request Quote
18H	0.05	0.03	0.01	±.0005	±.002	Request Quote
18 ½	0.046	0.034	0.006	±.0005	±.0015	Request Quote
19XX	0.043	0.038	0.003	±.0005	±.001	Request Quote
19H	0.043	0.023	0.01	±.0005	±.0015	Request Quote
19XT	0.042	0.035	0.004	±.0005	±.001	Request Quote
19TW	0.042	0.032	0.005	±.0005	+.0015/-.0005	Request Quote
19RW	0.042	0.027	0.008	±.0005	±.0015	Request Quote
19 ½	0.039	0.027	0.006	±.0005	±.0015	Request Quote
1.0 X 0.5 MM	0.039	0.019	0.01	±.0039	±.0039	Request Quote
20XX	0.036	0.031	0.003	+.0005/-0	±.001	Request Quote
20XT	0.036	0.028	0.004	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
20TW	0.036	0.026	0.005	+.0005/-0	+.0015/-0	Request Quote
20RW	0.036	0.024	0.006	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
20HV	0.036	0.02	0.008	+.0005/-0	±.0015	Request Quote
20 ½	0.034	0.027	0.004	+.0005/-0	±.001	Request Quote
21XX	0.032	0.029	0.002	+.0005/-0	+.0005/-.001	Request Quote
21XT	0.032	0.025	0.004	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
21TW	0.032	0.023	0.005	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
21RW	0.032	0.02	0.006	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
21H	0.032	0.017	0.008	+.0005/-0	±.0015	Request Quote
21 ½	0.03	0.024	0.003	+.0005/-0	+.0005/-.001	Request Quote
22S	0.029	0.006	0.011	±.0005	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
22XX	0.028	0.024	0.002	+.0005/-0	±.0005	Request Quote
22XTS	0.028	0.021	0.004	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
22TW	0.028	0.02	0.004	+.0005/-0	+.0005/-.001	Request Quote
22RW	0.028	0.016	0.006	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
22 ½	0.026	0.021	0.003	+.0005/-0	+.0005/-.001	Request Quote
23HV	0.026	0.005	0.01	±.0005	±.001	Request Quote
23XX	0.025	0.02	0.003	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
23TW	0.025	0.017	0.004	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
23RW	0.025	0.013	0.006	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
23 ½	0.023	0.018	0.003	+.0005/-0	+.0005/-.001	Request Quote
24HV	0.023	0.005	0.009	±.0005	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
24XX	0.022	0.016	0.003	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
24TW	0.022	0.014	0.004	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
24RW	0.022	0.012	0.005	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
24 ½	0.021	0.017	0.002	+.0005/-0	+.0005/-.001	Request Quote
25S	0.021	0.006	0.007	±.0005	±.001	Request Quote
25XX	0.02	0.016	0.002	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
25TW	0.02	0.012	0.004	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
25RW	0.02	0.01	0.005	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
25 ½	0.019	0.015	0.002	+.0005/-0	+.0005/-.001	Request Quote
26S	0.019	0.005	0.007	±.0005	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
26XV	0.018	0.014	0.002	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
26TW	0.018	0.012	0.003	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
26RW	0.018	0.01	0.004	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
27XV	0.016	0.012	0.002	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
27TW	0.016	0.01	0.003	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
27RW	0.016	0.008	0.004	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
28XV	0.014	0.011	0.002	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
28TW	0.014	0.009	0.003	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
28RW	0.014	0.007	0.004	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
29RW	0.013	0.007	0.003	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
30RW	0.012	0.006	0.003	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
31RW	0.01	0.005	0.003	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
32RW	0.009	0.004	0.003	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
33RW	0.008	0.004	0.002	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
34RW	0.007	0.003	0.002	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote
35RW	0.005	0.002	0.002	+.0005/-0	+.001/-.0005	Request Quote

Custom 304 & 316 Stainless Steel Hypodermic Tubing Capabilities

Besides making the tubing ourselves, Vita Needle also provides custom fabrication services. Cutting, bending, flaring, and pointing are just the beginning of common fabrication requests. If you need hypodermic tubing fabricated for a specific application, Vita Needle review all the requirements and determine the manufacturability within a day. Below is a core list of fabrication options. Other services can be reviewed by clicking here.

Bending
Beveling
Cut to Length
Flaring
Welding
A complete list of fabrication capabilities can be found here

Common Industries & Applications

Hypodermic tubing has thin walls and can perform well in industries that require high precision. Vita Needle provides hypodermic tubing to the following industries:

Quality Assurance

Vita Needle manufactures custom and stock hypodermic tubing, using 304 or 316 grade stainless steel, that can handle a broad range of application needs. The tolerances for hypodermic stainless steel tubing meets select ASTM standards or you can request certification to a specification of your choice. As a supplier of hypodermic tubing to a wide range of essential industries, Vita Needle’s Quality Management System is highly effective at ensuring production of quality hypodermic tubing. FDA charter registered and ISO 9001/13485 certified, Vita employs numerous controls and product inspections and maintains a commitment to continuous improvement to ensure hypodermic tubing is produced to the highest of quality standards.

Value-Added Services

Cut & Deburred

Vita Needle cuts and deburrs tubing to customer specified lengths and tolerances utilizing several methods.

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Cannula Point Styles

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Custom Tube Fabrication

Vita has the capabilities and services to fabricate parts to your specifications.

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