Medical

Methacrylate polymers are used extensively in medical applications where purity and stability are critical to performance including intravenous (i.v.) tubing connectors, medical pump and filter housings, and heart valves, hyperbaric chambers and baby incubators and even artificial eye balls, to name but a few. Methacrylate monomers are also used in the cements used during joint replacements (e.g., hip and knee). The world of methacrylates continues to expand in the medical field with drug releasing coatings growing in importance.