RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR MEDICAL IMPLEMENT, AND ITS CROSSLINKED PRODUCT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rubber composition or its crosslinked product which excels in transparency and is used in medical implements or rubber stops or rubber pistons for medicines suited in radiation treatment for sterilization. SOLUTION: The rubber composition or its crosslinked product which is used in medical implements or rubber stops or rubber pistons for medicines comprises a thermoplastic elastomer as the major component and has a transmission of visible rays of >=5%. If necessary, its density is rendered <=0.95.