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AorTech Issued Patent for Bio
AorTech Issued Patent for Bio.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 7703B Aortech International PLC 21 August 2008 \n\n\n\n\n\nFor Immediate Release\n\n\nAugust 21, 2008\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAorTech Issued Patent for Biostable Polyurethanes\n\nAorTech International plc (AIM: AOR) the biomaterials and medical device development company, today announces the issue of the Australian Patent for its biostable polyurethane Elast-Eon™ 5 (E5). The addition of this patent expands AorTech's biostable material portfolio to include softer ranges. This new material retains the superior biostability and mechanical properties for which Elast-Eon is known. \nThe patent is entering the national phase in other countries including the U.S and the European Union. A patent grant in these regions is expected in 2009. \nAccording to the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research article published in January 2008, silicone based Elast-Eons are significantly superior to all other medical polyurethanes with respect to long term biostability. \n'E5 is another step in the direction of expanding the range of Elast-Eon material properties by offering increased softness and flexibility. E5's softer properties and superior flexibility increases the market opportunities for Elast-Eon into medical device groups that have historically been manufactured from silicone materials,' said Ajay Padsalgikar, AorTech Chief Scientific Officer. 'Designers of these devices can now utilize a softer material with superior mechanical properties.'\nAorTech develops and manufactures biostable, implantable polymers, including Elast-Eon, the world's leading long-term implantable copolymer. With clinical experience in excess of two years and hundreds of thousands of successful long-term human implants, Elast-Eon is currently used in cardiology, orthopaedic, urological and gastroenterological applications, including pacing leads, cardiac cannulae and stents. Devices manufactured from Elast-Eon have multiple US FDA PMA approvals, CE Marks and Japanese Ministry of Health approval.\nElast-Eon's biostability is comparable to silicone while exhibiting exce...