Seminar Report
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Medical Plastics :
Materials, Applications And Processing
For Medical Devices And
Pharmaceuticals Industries
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Plastics/Polymers used in
Medical Applications |
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High
Density Polyethylene (HDPE),
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Ultra
high Molecular Weight Polyehylene (UHMWPE),
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Polypropylene
(PP),
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Polyvinyl
chloride (PVC),
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Polystyrene
(PS)
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Polymethylmethacrylate
(PMMA),
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Silcone
rubbers,
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Polyethyleneterephthalate
(PET),
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Polytetrafluoroethylene
(PTFE),
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Polycarobnate
(PC),
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Styrene -
Butadine - Styrene copolymer (SBS),
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Elastomeric
polyurethanes,
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Polyacrlonitrile,
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Polyacetals,
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Polyamide,
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Polylactide
polyactal and
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Polyglycolate
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PVC,
PP and PS account for about 75 to 80% of total polymer
consumption in medical and
health care applications
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Blood bags,
Blood tubing,
Surgical gloves,
Suction pipe,
Infusion drip chamber,
blister packaging etc. |
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Membrane support suture,
Packaging foils,
Syringes |
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Blood filters,
Reconstructions of joints syringes,
Splints,
Bone fracture treatment
IV fluid bottles, etc. |
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Joint replacement prosthesis |
Plastics
and their Medical Applications
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Packaging films,
Wound covering films,
Urine bags,
Examination gloves
Catheter tracheal prostheses |
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Catheters &
drainage tubes,
coating for suture
membrane for artificial lungs,
cannulae,
artificial bone/joints |
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Surgical instruments,
Suture material,
Artificial skin Splints etc. |
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