Kuraray Co., Ltd.

Kawasumi Laboratories. Inc.

Toshiyuki Zento

Motohiro Fukuda

Hiromichi Nakata

Naoto Fukuhara

Yukihiro Fujieda

Eiji Nakamura

Masayasu Ogushi

Haruhisa Masuda

Shinya Oshita

Kyoichiro Shibatani

Toshihide Nakashima

Shimon Kanai

Hiroshi Oshima

Koichi Wada

Yasuzo Kirita

Michiyuki Nanba

Isamu Okamoto

Toshiji Ichikawa

Akira Ishida

Kohta Tomiyama

Chuck Bates

A method of manufacturing a biaxially stretched film according by: (I) preheating a thermoplastic resin film to a temperature in a rubbery plateau region in a storage elastic modulus curve; (II) biaxially stretching the thermoplastic resin film under a condition that a stretching speed is 500%/min or higher while heating the thermoplastic resin film to the temperature in the rubbery plateau region; (III) cooling the thermoplastic resin film after the biaxially stretching (II) to a temperature in a glass-to-rubber transition region or a glass region in the storage elastic modulus curve; and (IV) relaxing the thermoplastic resin film after the cooling (III) at a temperature in the glass-to-rubber transition region.

Biaxially stretched film and method of manufacturing the same, polarizer protective film, decorative film, and layered film

Provided is a thermoplastic polymer composition containing an aromatic vinyl-based block copolymer (a-1) having a number average molecular weight of 30,000 to 200,000, the aromatic vinyl-based block copolymer containing a polymer block F containing a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer as a main component and a hydrogenated or non-hydrogenated polymer block G containing a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene monomer or an isobutylene monomer as a main component; an acrylic polymer (a-2); an olefin-based polymer containing polar groups (a-3); and a softening agent (a-4), at the proportions that satisfy the following Expressions (1) to (3):0.05&#x2264;&#x2264;9&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)0.1&#x3c;/()&#x2264;0.9&#x2003;&#x2003;(2), and0&#x2264;/()&#x2264;0.5&#x2003;&#x2003;(3)wherein W, W, Wand Wrepresent the contents (on a mass basis) of the aromatic vinyl-based block copolymer (a-1), acrylic polymer (a-2), olefin-based polymer containing polar groups (a-3) and softening agent (a-4), respectively, in the thermoplastic polymer composition.

Thermoplastic polymer composition, layered body, and protective film

A manufacturing method of a multi-laminated body according to the present invention includes a step 1 (L-flow path) for vertically dividing a laminated flow obtained by arranging at least two molten resins adjacent to each other in a lengthwise direction into two sections, guiding the divided laminated flows to opposite directions relative to the flow direction, and then guiding both laminated flows toward the center of the flow direction, and rearranging the laminated flows adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction and thereby joining the laminated flows together, and a step 2 (R-flow path) for vertically dividing a laminated flow obtained by arranging at least two molten resins adjacent to each other in a lengthwise direction into two sections, guiding the divided laminated flows to directions opposite to the above-mentioned directions relative to the flow direction, and then guiding both laminated flows toward the center of the flow direction, and rearranging the laminated flows adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction and thereby joining the laminated flows together, in which the step 1 (L-flow path) and the step 1 (R-flow path) are alternately repeated in this listed order, and a number of the steps to be performed is at least three. According to this method, it is possible to prevent the layer disappearance at both ends, prevent the layer thickness variations or the disruption in the lengthwise arrangement, and thereby manufacture a multi-laminated body having a more excellent uniformity.

Multi-laminated body manufacturing method and its manufacturing apparatus, and multi-laminated body

A thermoplastic polymer composition having good flexibility and excellent barrier properties with respect to gases and organic liquids, which can be adhesively bonded to a polyolefin resin, this composition comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A), a polymer mixture (B) composed of a block copolymer (I) mainly comprising a vinyl aromatic polymer block and a conjugated diene polymer block which may be hydrogenated, and a rubber softener (II), and a polyolefin resin (C), wherein at least part of the block copolymer (I) is modified at a modification ratio of 0.05 wt. % or higher so as to have a functional group capable of reacting with the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A), wherein the ISO type A hardness of the thermoplastic polymer composition is not less than 30 and not higher than 90, and the oxygen permeation coefficient is 20,000 mL&#xb7;20 &#x3bc;m/m&#xb7;day&#xb7;atm or less.

Thermoplastic polymer composition, molded product, and multilayer structure

A multi-layered tube composed of at least two layers, each formed from a different resin, e.g. resin (I) or resin (II). Resin (I) contains 5 to 40 mass % of a polypropylene resin and 95 to 60 mass % of at least one hydrogenated copolymer. Resin (II) contains 45 to 100 mass % of a polypropylene resin and 55 to 0 mass % of a hydrogenated copolymer. The multi-layered tubes may be used in the field of medicine and provide tubing which is excellent in transparency, flexibility and anti-kinking properties, and which is durable during sterilization procedures with high-pressure steam. The multilayer tubing may also be safely disposed of as it generates no toxic gases, such as dioxin, when incinerated. The multilayered tubing has excellent connectability and may be bonded to other tubing using hot solvent bonding or solvent adhesion. The multilayered tubing which is free from generation of any toxic gas when incinerated, and which is excellent in hot solvent bonding or solvent adhesion to other tube.

Multilayered tube and medical supply comprising multilayered tube

A balloon catheter and its pilot balloon system visually indicate the state of the inflation of a balloon placed in a human body. The small pilot balloon is conveniently manufactured by blow molding utilizing substantially the same material and has substantially the same structure as the main balloon. The pilot balloon is useful for a catheter with balloon or a tube with cuff where the balloon or the cuff is made of a very resilient material. The preferred material is a blend of composition having certain properties comprising styrenic thermoplastic elastomer and polyolefin.

Pilot balloon for balloon catheters

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Tsukuba, Japan

Toshiyuki Zento