公开(公告)号：US20170319753A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-09

申请号：US15610190

申请日：2017-05-31

Applicant: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.

Inventor： Claudia Maria VAZ ,  Leonardus Gerardus Bernardus BREMER ,  Joseph Arnold Paul Maria SIMMELINK ,  Marko DORSCHU ,  Jozef Maria Rudi Hendrik GOOSSENS ,  Harm van der WERFF

IPC: A61L31/04 ,  A61L27/16 ,  A61L29/04 ,  C08K3/22 ,  C08L23/06 ,  C08K3/08 ,  D06M11/83 ,  D01F11/12 ,  D06M11/47

Abstract: The invention concerns a high performance polyethylene (HPPE) member comprising at least 5 wt-% of a radiopaque component, the HPPE member is biocompatible and the radiopaque component is a particulate at least partially arranged inside a HPPE filament of the HPPE member. Furthermore, the radiopaque component has a particle size of at most 1 μm, preferably the radiopaque component has a particle size of at most 0.5 μm. The invention also concerns a method of making the HPPE member and various medical devices and repair products comprising the HPPE member.