摘要 |
A method of functionalising a polymer to produce a bio-compatible polymeric material which includes bio-compatible moieties and is for use in medical applications comprises, in preferred embodiments, the treatment of a polyaryletherketone/sulphone polymer (e.g. polyetherketone or polyetheretherketone) to functionalise phenyl moieties thereof at or adjacent a surface of the polymer whilst not functionalising corresponding phenyl moieties in the bulk of said polymer and associating bio-compatible moieties with said functionalised phenyl moieties so that said bio-compatible moieties are at or adjacent the surface of the polymer. |