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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 31, 2017
Dsm Ip Assets B.v., Heerlen, NL;
Claudia Maria Vaz, Echt, NL;
Leonardus Gerardus Bernardus Bremer, Echt, NL;
Joseph Arnold Paul Maria Simmelink, Echt, NL;
Marko Dorschu, Echt, NL;
Jozef Maria Rudi Hendrik Goossens, Echt, NL;
Harm van der Werff, Echt, NL;
DSM IP ASSETS B.V., Heerlen, NL;
Abstract
High performance polyethylene (HPPE) members include at least 5 wt-% of a radiopaque component. The HPPE members are biocompatible and the radiopaque component is a particulate at least partially arranged inside a HPPE filament of the HPPE members. The radiopaque component may have a particle size of at most 1 μm, preferably at most 0.5 μm. Methods of making the HPPE members and various medical devices and repair products which include the HPPE members are also provided.