Syed Ali Ashter

Applications of Polymers and Plastics in Medical Devices (eBook, ePUB)

Design, Manufacture, and Performance

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Applications of Polymers and Plastics in Medical Devices: Design, Manufacture, and Performance is a comprehensive guide to plastic materials for medical devices, covering fundamentals, materials, applications and regulatory requirements. Sections cover the role of plastics in medical devices, socioeconomic factors, the classification of medical devices. The performance of, medical grades and suppliers of polymer materials, which are categorized by performance level are also explored, along with manufacturing processes for device components, including extrusion, casting, injection molding and assembly processes. The book then covers applications in detail, examining each device and the role that polymers and plastics play in its construction and function.

This is an essential resource for engineers, R&D, and other professionals working on plastics for medical devices and those in the plastics industry, medical device manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, packaging and biotechnology. In an academic setting, this book is of interest to researchers and advanced students in medical plastics, plastics engineering, polymer science, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, biomedical engineering and materials science.

• Offers systematic coverage of the major classes of polymers used in medical devices, including properties, characteristics, performance, medical grades and suppliers
• Reviews regulatory requirements of the FDA and other global agencies, as well as considering quality control and socioeconomic factors
• Includes the latest advances in plastics for medical devices, such as novel applications, use of bio-based polymers, and processing of reusable medical devices

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780128217382
• Artikelnr.: 63575092

Autorenporträt

Dr. Syed Ali Ashter is the Founder of Ashter Enterprise, LLC, a material evaluation, product development and quality compliance consulting company, which he founded in 2020. He also works as a Senior Engineering Specialist at B. Braun Medical Inc. in Irvine California. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Society of Plastics Engineer's Medical Plastics Division (MPD) since 2012. Recently, he has completed 2-year term as the chair of the Medical Plastics Division. He has authored four Plastics Engineering books in the Plastics Design Library Handbook Series.