Application of Polymer

Now a day’s Application of polymers in medical science is very common. Polymers are used for multiple medical applications. A wide range of different polymers is available which have different use as a medical device.

-Polymers used in implantation devices and therapeutic devices:

-Nowadays polymers used in Artificial joints, metallic femoral head. In stents and catheters tissue transplantation,  tissue replacement.

 -Bioabsorbable polymers for surgical applications as a suture. 

Bioabsorbable sutures are used in the fixation of bones fractures, closure of soft tissue and wound etc.

- Polymers for coating pharmaceutical dosage forms:

-In the pharmaceutical industry, drugs are coated to control the release of the drug

- Polymer for enteric coating example ethyl cellulose, cellulose are the example of the polymer which used  in enteric coated dosage forms.

- Polymer used as pharmaceutical excipient:

-Polymer are used as a binder, diluents, disintegrates .acacia gelatine, starch are the example of the binder. Gelatine is an example of the polymers which used in the manufacturing of the capsules.

- Polymer themselves as a drug:

Insulin heparin and protamine are the polymer which act as a drug and it has an active impact on the body.

-Polymers used in NDDS

-Bio adhesive polymers used in muco adhesive preparation, polymers also used in the preparation of transdermal patches, for the delivery of the genes in gene therapy.

-Polymer used in elastomers, plastic, films and fibres.

-Polymers are also used as emulsifier, suspending agent

-Polyaminoamide is employed for synthesis of dendrime and they can be exploited for transfection of cells. 

Properties of Polymer 

Method of studying Polymer Degradation
Characteristic of bioadhesive Polymer 
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Biodegradable Polymer
Biodegradation of Polymer