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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 1994
Filed:
May. 14, 1992
Lecon Woo, Libertyville, IL (US);
Y Wilson Cheung, Belchertown, MA (US);
Jerry D Bartos, Murietta, CA (US);
Michael T Ling, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Indrajit T Patel, Algonquin, IL (US);
Ying-Cheng Lo, Green Oaks, IL (US);
Baxter International, Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an improved coextruded medical grade port tubing. The medical grade port tubing provides characteristics that are desirable in the medical industry and therefore can be used as a medical port tubing in, for example, renal therapy or blood donor tubes. To this end, the present invention provides a non-PVC coextruded medical grade port tubing including: an outer layer comprising a blend of polypropylene copolymer and styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene copolymer; a tie layer; and a core layer including a blend of polyamide and ethylene vinyl acetate.