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Selecting medical grade polymers and testing for achieving antibacterial devices tubular prosthetic

E. GROSU1,* , A. FICAI2, M. RAPA1, G. VLAD1, L. JECU3

Affiliation

  1. S.C. ICPE BISTRITA S.A., Parcului Street, no. 7, Bistrita, jud. Bistrita-Nasaud, Romania
  2. University “POLITEHNICA’’ of Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei, no. 313, sector 6, Bucharest, Romania
  3. National Research and Development Institute for Chemistry and Petrochemistry – ICECHIM, Spl. Independentei 202, 006021 Bucharest, Romania

Abstract

A range of polymers are used for the construction of catheters, including silicone rubber, latex, and thermoplastic elastomers. Polyvinyl chloride is one of the most common choices because it is a material which can assure biocompatibility and mechanical properties necessary for use in medical devices. The device industry has been challenged to produce polymeric biomaterials with built in antimicrobial surface properties that are easily processing and have long term efficacy without leachable. It is intended to obtain plasticized PVC tubing with antimicrobial properties, by a durable, non-leachable antimicrobial treatment that helps inhibit the growth of bacteria to help prolong product life. This paper presents the criteria for selecting of biocompatible materials and some mechanical properties of plastic materials used in the manufacture of medical devices..

Keywords

Medical grade PVC, Catheters, Antimicrobial PVC, Medical devices.

Submitted at: March 25, 2013
Accepted at: July 11, 2013

Citation

E. GROSU, A. FICAI, M. RAPA, G. VLAD, L. JECU, Selecting medical grade polymers and testing for achieving antibacterial devices tubular prosthetic, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 15, Iss. 7-8, pp. 905-910 (2013)