TissueDB/Materials/Stratasys Tango

▼This page is a material entry for the SELF Tissue Database.It documents the tissue applications, practical guidance, and related simulators for this material to support low-cost, reproducible surgical simulator development.

Stratasys Tango is a family of flexible (rubber-like) photopolymers in the Stratasys PolyJet material range, supplied in multiple shore-hardness grades for multi-material 3D printing on Stratasys PolyJet printers such as the J750.^[1] Tango photopolymers are described by Stratasys as offering flexible, elastomeric properties suitable for prototypes that need to bend, compress, or simulate soft-tissue compliance.^[1] On TissueDB, Tango appears in the prototype phase of Carter et al. 2020's paediatric trachea project (Anaesthesia and Intensive Care), where the authors experimented with varying shore hardnesses using "Vero" and "Tango" photopolymers before selecting the Agilus30 photopolymer for the final-production print.^[2] Tango is therefore documented here as a research-mentioned material, not as a current production material on any TissueDB simulator. Quantitative shore-hardness, durometer, or elasticity values for the Tango family are set by Stratasys and are not published as public list values, and Carter 2020 does not state specific Tango variant numbers.