Medical Polymers 2006

The use of polymers in medical technology continues to grow and provides high value business opportunities. Applications vary from high-tech miniature components to bone cement, degradable implants and bulk quantity items such as catheters and drip bags. The Western population is ageing and this is causing the expansion of many markets. Medical technology is advancing rapidly and materials need to be developed to meet the demands. This 5th international conference on medical polymers brought together speakers and delegates from the whole medical device supply chain to discuss the issues for the industry today. These proceedings will appeal to anyone associated with the medical device industry. It will be of particular value for businesses involved with design and manufacturing, raw material supply and compounding. Contents SESSION 1. DEVELOPMENTS IN MEDICAL THERMOPLASTICS

• Paper 1 - Advances in high performance plastics for medical devices
  Jean-Baptiste Bonnadier, Solvay Advanced Polymers, Belgium
• Paper 2 - The merits of semi-crystalline engineering polymers in healthcare applications
  Dipl.-Ing. Ernst A. Poppe, Du Pont de Nemours Intl. SA, Switzerland
• Paper 3 - Alcohol and lipid-resistant acrylic-based plastics for medical devices
  Peter Colburn, CYRO Industries, USA & Craig Schmidter, Degussa, Röhm GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
• Paper 4 - SEBS thermoplastic elastomers in the medical and pharmaceutical industries
  Bob Wells, Consolidated Polymer Technologies, Inc., USA
• Paper 5 - POSS-based polyurethanes: from degradable polymers to hydrogels
  Prof Patrick T Mather, Haihu Qin, Jian Wu & John Bobiak, Case Western Reserve University, USA
• Paper 6 - New co-polyesters for medical device and pharmaceutical packaging
  Thijs Jaarsma, Eastman Chemical BV, The Netherlands

SESSION 2. PVC IN HEALTHCARE

• Paper 7 - PVC in medical applications
  John Svalander, INSAM SA, Switzerland

SESSION 3. ANTI-BACTERIAL POLYMERS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES

• Paper 8 - Anti-microbial polymers using metallic silver technology for the medical device industry
  Dr Michael Wagener, Bio-Gate AG, Germany
• Paper 9 - New biomedical antifouling surfaces
  Dr. Ir. Ralf Heijkants & Dr Joost Maas & TNO Science and Industry & Marieka van der Lans, University of Technology Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• Paper 10 - Bacterial adhesion to plasma modified polyethylene terephthalate
  Prof Yannis F. Missirlis & Maria Katsikogianni, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics & Eleutherios Amanatides & Dimitrios Mataras, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece

SESSION 4. BONDING MEDICAL PLASTICS

• Paper 11 - Silicone adhesives and primers for healthcare bonding applications
  Marie Valencia & Kyle Rhodes, NuSil Technology Europe, France & Rob Thomaier, NuSil Technology, USA
• Paper 12 - Bonding medical plastics with cyanoacrylates and UV curing adhesives
  Bob Goss, Henkel Loctite Adhesives Ltd, UK

SESSION 5. TEXTILES IN MEDICAL DEVICES

• Paper 13 - Medical textiles for tissue engineering
  Dipl-Ing Marvi Sri Harwoko, Florent Budillon, Dr Dilibaier Aibibu & Prof. Dr. Thomas Gries, Institut für Textiltechnik, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
• Paper 14 - Medical applications of polymer textile fibres
  Robert Mather, Mather Technology Solutions & Heriot-Watt University, Scotland

SESSION 6. REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS IN THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY

• Paper 15 - Polymers and biological safety testing: general and specific risk assessment
  Dr Lesley Reeve, Covance Laboratories Ltd, UK

SESSION 7. POLYOLEFINS IN HEALTHCARE

• Paper 16 - Dedicated polyolefins for the healthcare industry
  Dirk Matthijs, Borealis Polymers NV, Belgium
• Paper 17 - Cyclic olefin copolymer (COC): An innovative, transparent plastic material for applications in medical and diagnostic
  Michael Grimm, Topas Advanced Polymers GmbH, Germany

SESSION 8. POLYMER PROCESSING FOR MEDICAL MANUFACTURING

• Paper 18 - Innovative polymer processing technologies for medical and drug delivery devices manufacturing
  Simone Maccagnan, Gimac Microextruders, Italy

SESSION 9. SILICONE POLYMERS FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS

• Paper 19 - Silicone biomaterials: History and chemistry and medical applications of silicones
  Dr André Colas & Jim Curtis, Dow Corning Corporation, Belgium
• Paper 20 - LSR topcoat for healthcare applications
  Egbert Klaassen, GE Bayer Silicones GmbH, Germany
• Paper 21 - Siox vacuum deposited film for medical and pharmaceutical packaging
  Jian Wu, Marubeni Europe plc, Germany

SESSION 10. POLYMERS IN DRUG DELIVERY

• Paper 22 - Synthesis of polymeric biocompatible materials for controlled drug delivery by means of supercritical technology
  Prof. Juan Francisco Rodríguez, Prof. Antonio de Lucas, Dr. Ignacio Gracia & Eng. Rosario Mazarro, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
• Paper 23 - Triggered release of therapeutics from medical polymers
  Dr Colin P McCoy, Louise Donnelly & Christopher R Edwards, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland

SESSION 11. MEDICAL DEVICE DESIGN

• Paper 24 - Sustainable design opportunities in healthcare
  Ryder Meggitt, ELEMENT 06 & Neil Tierney, Lightweight Medical Ltd, UK
• Paper 25 - Advances in product design for medical applications with the help of a novel fully customizable photopolymer material-class for 3-dimensional applications - materials, properties and examples
  Dr. Arthur T Bens, Dr Carsten Tille & Dr Hermann Seitz, 3mat @ Caesar, Center of Advanced European Studies and Research, Germany

The current price for this Rapra Technology Ltd. book may differ from the listed price. Please ask for an up-to-date non-binding offer under info@gupta-verlag.de Rapra Conference Proceedings, 2006 Cologne, Germany, 6-7 June 2006