Medical Polymeric
Materials and Components:
“Innovations & Developments”
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Shri
Kishore Khanna
Managing Director, Romsons Group of Companies, Agra
and
Joint Coordinator, Association of Indian Medical
Device Industry (AiMed) |
Some Of
The Recent
Medical Devices,
Made By
Different Polymeric
Materials
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Plastic
Heart : A total artificial heart made by High
performance (HPP) polymer which can extend the lives
of heart failure patients while they’re waiting for
transplant. The plastic heart replaces the original
heart (replaces both Ventricles and the four heart
valves ) adding years to the lives of loved ones. |
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Plastic
Foam: It is a polyurethane plastic which is used to
stabilize trauma patients with serious injuries. The
foam expands inside the body cavity, applying pressure
to the wound and confirming around the injured tissue,
greatly slowing blood loss to improve the chances of
survival. |
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Painless
Plastic Injections: Needle injections can be painful,
but easier ways to deliver medications are underway.
One currently under development is a tiny patch made
of many plastics “microneedles” that dissolve once
inserted into the skin, releasing the drug at the same
time. Made by cellulose bio polymer. |
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Bacteria
Resistant Catheters : Urinary Catheters are used in
almost 15–25% of hospitalized patients and those
patients often contact Urinary tract infections after
the catheters have been inside the body for more than
2~3 days. In order to prevent UTIs antimicrobial
coating (non stick polymer coating is done to prevent
the bacterial growth. |
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Liquid
Bandages : These are made of various starch and
protein bio plastics and solvent such as water or
alcohol. When applied to the wound, the solvent
evaporates, leaving a thin plastic barrier designed to
keep out the dirt and debris and to reduce pain by
covering nerve endings. As the wound heals, the
plastic of liquid bandage sloughs off with the old
skin cells. |
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Central
Venous Catheter (CVC): A great innovation of medical
science, soft tube put in a vein that leads to your
heart. CVC may be placed for urgent hemodialysis and
also used for dialysis, an arteriovenous (AV) fistula.
Made by HPP Plastic (high performance plastics). |
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Epidural
Catheter : The catheter allows access to the epidural
space to inject medication such as local anesthetics
for relief of pain. Temporary epidural catheters are
used for temporary treatment of painful conditions
that require pain control made by high performance
synthetic polymer. |
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3D Printing
Use For Artificial Plastic Organ : We can 3D print
toys, tools, cars, and more. While 3D printed human
body parts aren’t quite here yet, they’re closer than
you may think. Researchers are working on printing
various body parts such as kidneys, skin, bones,
cartilage, tissues, blood vessels, and more made from
diverse cell types while using plastics to help keep
the part’s structure in shape. And today, 3D printed
plastic body parts models are used as research and
practice for complex, tough surgeries. |
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Plastic
Heart Stent : Open the heart blockage and dispenses
the medication and then dissolves in body, made by
poly glycerol bio polymer. |
Inflatable Implant – Heart surgeons often face a
frustrating problem. Sometimes the sickest patients who
need surgery have been so weakened by their conditions
that surgery becomes too risky, but a new inflatable
device made of poly ether urea urethanes elastomer helps
in improving the odds. After the device is implanted
doctors can inflate or deflate at as needed to control
excess blood flow and relieve pressure on the heart. This
technique can give a heart the chance to recover enough to
withstand surgery.
Conclusion:
In the end I would like to conclude by saying that Post
Covid 19 life is expected to change significantly and
polymers are going to be the key in revolutionizing the
changes to daily life. The personal protection gears are
in high demand for healthcare workers, 3-layer mask and
N95 mask are also in huge demand in today’s scenario for
general public’s personal protection. We also find Face
Shield & Protective Goggles for use in hospitals and
industries. All this is going to become a part of our day
to day life.
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