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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2012
Scott Michael Davis, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Robert R. Gallucci, Mt. Vernon, IN (US);
Shawn Lee, Dalton, MA (US);
Mark A. Sanner, Evansville, IN (US);
Scott Michael Davis, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Robert R. Gallucci, Mt. Vernon, IN (US);
Shawn Lee, Dalton, MA (US);
Mark A. Sanner, Evansville, IN (US);
Abstract
A sterilized article comprising a sterilized or hydrogen peroxide vapor-sterilized polymer composition, the polymer composition comprising a polyetherimide, wherein after exposure to 100 cycles of the hydrogen peroxide plasma sterilization using a mixture of hydrogen peroxide vapor and hydrogen peroxide plasma for 30 minutes at 20 to 55° C., the color of the polymer composition of the article exhibits a color shift of delta E of 10 units or less relative to the color of the polymer composition color before the first hydrogen peroxide plasma sterilization cycle, wherein delta E is measured in accordance with ASTM D2244.