MEDICAL AND NON-MEDICAL DEVICES MADE FROM HYDROPHILIC RUBBER MATERIALS

摘要

This invention relates to medical, health care and non-medical devices comprising a rubbery or elastomeric polymer material taking up more than 5% by weight of water and at most 500% by weight of water after immersion in demineralized water at room temperature for a sufficient time to reach saturation. The material may be in the form of a foam, or in the form of a coating adapted for adhesion to a substrate, or in the form of a sheet, or in the form of a fiber, and may comprise: - repeating units from one or more hydrophobic organic monomers, and - repeating units from one or more monomers (a) being modified with one or more hydrophilic side groups.