Radiation Sterilizable Bioabsorbable Monofilaments Based on Copolymers of Glycolide and 1, 5-Dioxepan-2-One
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers
- Vol. 2 (4) , 305-311
- https://doi.org/10.1177/088391158700200402
Abstract
Copolymers of glycolide (GLY) and 1,5-dioxepan-2-one (DXO) were prepared with small amounts of a partially aromatic polyester (PG-2) of 1,4-phenylene- bis-oxyacetic acid and ethylene glycol incorporated in the final copolymeric macromolecular chain. The copolymers were extruded, drawn, and annealed into monofilaments which exhibited good tensile properties. When the monofilaments were sterilized by gamma radiation at 2.5 Mrads, the resultant fibers retained higher tensile strengths as compared to the fully aliphatic con trol fibers.Keywords
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