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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1998
Lecon Woo, Libertyville, IL (US);
Michael T. K. Ling, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Patrick Balteau, Bothey, BE;
Ying-Cheng Lo, Green Oaks, IL (US);
Ketan Shah, Gurnee, IL (US);
Hénaut J. Eric, Arquennes, BE;
Yuan-pang Samuel Ding, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Stanley Westphal, Zion, IL (US);
Robert Wojnarowski, Zion, IL (US);
Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A steam sterilizable monolayer medical tubing comprising a blend of a melt strength enhancing agent of a homopolymer or copolymer of polypropylene having free-end long chain branches of propylene units, a melt flow index of greater than 10 and in an amount of 1-10% by weight and a second component selected from the group of (i) a selectively hydrogenated block copolymer of a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon and a conjugated diene and (ii) a selectively hydrogenated block copolymer of a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon and a conjugated diene to which has been grafted, an alpha, beta-olenfically unsaturated monocarboxylic or dicarboxylic acid reagent.