Blend of thermoplastic polymers with block radial butadiene-styrene polymers
AssigneeAbbott Laboratories
InventorsEdward Lawrence Hillier, Glen Henry Graham, Warren Evan Eichelberger
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AssigneeAbbott Laboratories
InventorsEdward Lawrence Hillier, Glen Henry Graham, Warren Evan Eichelberger
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Radial block copolymers are mechanically combined with additional polymeric materials to form plastic compositions having a high degree of clarity so that they can be substituted for polyvinylchloride plastic compositions in the fabrication of such devices as intravenous and blood tubing, containers for intravenous solutions and blood fractions, functional parts of intravenous administration equipment such as sight and drip chambers, needle adapters and miscellaneous assemblies for contact with intravenous fluids. The compounds of this invention can also be utilized for catherization, bodily drainage systems, and as pharmaceutical closures, resealable injection sites and syringe plunger tips.
An unvulcanized radial block copolymer mixture having a high degree of clarity and resealability consisting essentially of (a) from about 10 - 90% by weight of a butadiene-styrene radial block copolymer having a butadiene content in the range of about 85 - 60% by weight and a styrene content in the range of about 5 - 40% by weight, (b) from about 90 - 10% by weight of a butadiene-styrene radial block copolymer having a different butadiene-styrene content in the range of about 85 - 60% by weight and a styrene content in the range of about 15 - 40% by weight and (c) about 5 - 75% by weight of said radial block copolymer mixture of a clear polymeric material selected from the group consisting of polyether and polyester urethane polymers and mixtures of said clear polymeric material, both said radial block copolymers having an average molecular weight of at least 150,000 as measured by inherent viscosity in toluene, wherein said polyether urethane polymers are the reaction products of polyether glycols and aromatic diisocyanates and said polyester urethanes are the reaction products of linear hydroxyl terminated aliphatic polyesters, an aromatic diisocyanate and an aliphatic diol.
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