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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Solvay Advanced Polymers, L.l.c., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Mohammad Jamal El-Hibri, Atlanta, GA (US);
Brian Baleno, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Nikica Maljkovic, New Orleans, LA (US);
Bianca Sadicoff Shemper, Hattiesburg, MS (US);
Jean-Baptiste Bonnadier, Atlanta, GA (US);
Daniel J. Ireland, Kernersville, NC (US);
Henri N. J. Massilon, Waremme, BE;
Assignee:
SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLC, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 61/10 (2006.01); C08G 16/00 (2006.01); C08G 16/06 (2006.01); A61L 31/04 (2006.01); A61L 29/06 (2006.01); A61L 31/06 (2006.01); C08F 283/08 (2006.01); C08F 283/00 (2006.01); C08L 65/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/048 (2013.01); A61L 29/06 (2013.01); A61L 31/06 (2013.01); C08G 61/10 (2013.01); A61L 2300/80 (2013.01); C08G 2261/314 (2013.01); C08L 65/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Medical tubing (T), such as a guidewire, a stent, a catheter or a hollow needle, made of a kinked rigid-rod polyarylene exhibiting a outstanding characteristics including high torqueability, high pushability and high flexibility and which can be easily thin-wall extruded under especially harsh conditions.