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Germany specialty chemical maker Evonik Industries, on August 19, 2015, opened its first application technology laboratory for medical devices in Shanghai, China, for providing support to device manufacturers, who use Evonik polymers in their projects.
Evonik’s Resomer and Resomer Select brands offer a range of biodegradable polymers that are widely used in a variety of medical devices such as orthopaedic screws, plates, etc. Implanted devices designed with Resomer resorb without a trace in the body over six months to two years, eliminating the need for secondary surgery to remove the devices.
"The market for medical devices is becoming increasingly important to our health care business, in particular in China, where we expect strong growth over the coming years. Players in this high growth market are looking for partners who can help them not only with reliable supply of materials but also with support on how to best use these materials for their specific design and production needs. With this new laboratory, we are now in a position to provide this support timely and locally," commented Dr Jean-Luc Herbeaux, head of the health care business line in the nutrition & care segment, Evonik.
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Main activities are expected to include selection of the most suitable Resomer product for the application, characterisation of production process conditions (injection moulding and extrusion) for successful design and scale-up, and finally manufacturing of technical samples for feasibility studies. “Our goal is to help our customers design and scale up medical devices faster,” explained Dr Herbeaux.
Evonik Industries, which is planning to launch applied technology laboratories for medical devices in other regions, will open its next lab in Darmstadt (Germany) to serve the European market.
