BIO-COMPATIBLE POLYMERIC MATERIALS

摘要

A bio-compatible polymeric material for use in medical applications, for example in an orthopaedic implant, comprises a copolymer having a unit A in combination with a unit B and/or a unit C, wherein bio-compatible moieties are associated with said copolymer and A represents a semi-crystalline polyaryletherketone moiety (especially polyetheretherketone), B represents a unit which is incompatible with unit A (e.g. polydimethylsiloxane) and C represents an amorphous polyaryletherketone or polyarylethersulphone unit. Methods for preparing, methods of using and devices incorporating the polymeric material are also described.