- 专利标题: Biocompatible Self-Lubricating Polymer Compositions and Their Use in Medical and Surgical Devices
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申请号: US15594165申请日: 2017-05-12
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公开(公告)号: US20170312396A1公开(公告)日: 2017-11-02
- 发明人: Xiaoping Guo , Richard E. Stehr
- 申请人: St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.
- 主分类号: A61L29/04
- IPC分类号: A61L29/04
摘要:
The invention comprises self-lubricating polymer compositions that are especially useful in medical devices and valves and gaskets of medical devices. In a preferred embodiment, the polymer compositions comprise a thermosetting or thermoplastic silicone elastomer in combination with a lubricity enhancing polyfluoropolyether fluid or hydrocarbon-based synthetic oil. In other preferred embodiments, the polymer compositions contain only biocompatible components. The improved anti-friction properties of the self-lubricating polymers can be demonstrated over a course of insertion and withdrawal cycles, where conventional polymers have changing and mostly increasing force required for each insertion and withdrawal, while the polymer compositions of the invention remain stable.