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News Release from: Smithers Rapra
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Conference to focus on medical polymers
The Fifth International Conference on Medical Polymers will be held in Cologne, Germany, on 6th and 7th June 2006.
Medical device manufacturing is a high value marketplace, but one where mistakes can be very expensive Materials are highly regulated and medical grades are subject to extensive quality controls and specified for particular applications
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 4 Aug 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Polymers are being used in a broad range of items from bulk blood and drug infusion bags, tubing and catheters, to joint replacements, implants, cardiac stents and other intravascular devices, needle guards, tissue scaffolding, suture materials and wound adhesives The Fifth International Conference on Medical Polymers will be held in Cologne, Germany, on 6th and 7th June 2006.
This event will bring together world experts in plastics and rubber to talk about the latest materials and tackling the issues affecting medical device manufacturers.
There are papers on the latest medical thermoplastics (Solvay Advanced Polymers, Du Pont de Nemours, Cyro Industries, Degussa and Eastman Chemical), including polyurethanes (Prof Mather) and thermoplastic elastomers (Consolidated Polymer Technologies).
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The ECVM will be discussing the role of PVC in healthcare.
Borealis are giving a paper on polyolefins in healthcare and Topas Advanced Polymers are covering cyclo-olefin copolymers.
There is also a session on silicone polymers.
Covance are discussing the regulations governing materials including testing and risk assessment.
Gimac Microextruders will talk about the issues for medical processors.
NuSil and Henkel Loctite are covering adhesives for medical devices.
Infection is a big issue for healthcare and it is common for biofilms to form on medical devices.
Bio-Gate Bioinnovative Materials, TNO and Prof Missirlis are all presenting work on antimicrobial treatments for polymers.
Polymer textiles are playing an increasing role in medical devices, an area that will be discussed by RWTH Aachen and Heriot-Watt University.
Two aspects of medical device design will be covered - the environmental side and a new polymeric material for prototypes.
Drug delivery polymers will be covered by the Universities of Castilla-La Mancha and Queen's Belfast.
The use of polymers in medical technology continues to grow and provides high value business opportunities.
Medical Polymers 2006 will appeal to anyone associated with the medical device industry.
It will be of particular value for companies involved with design and manufacturing, raw material supply and compounding.
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