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ISO: Vectran in Medical Devices

Thread starter MedDeviceEng
Start date Feb 3, 2010

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Feb 3, 2010

MedDeviceEng

Mechanical

Does anyone know of any implantable medical devices that use Vectran?

From wikipedia:
Vectran is a manufactured fibre, spun from a liquid crystal polymer created by Celanese Acetate LLC and now manufactured by Kuraray Co., Ltd. Chemically it is an aromatic polyester.