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Medical Plastics

BCC Research
June 1, 2010
279 Pages - SKU: WA2718710

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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION: STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES; REASONS FOR DOING STUDY; SCOPE OF REPORT; METHODOLOGY; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; RELATED BCC REPORTS; BCC ONLINE SERVICES; DISCLAIMER
CHAPTER TWO: SUMMARY: SUMMARY TABLE U.S. MEDICAL PLASTICS MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); SUMMARY FIGURE U.S. MEDICAL PLASTICS MARKET BY RESIN, 2009-2015 (MILLION POUNDS); SUMMARY (CONTINUED)
CHAPTER THREE: HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY: BACKGROUND; CONSUMER CHARACTERISTICS AND FACTORS AFFECTING DEMAND
CHAPTER FOUR: MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRY: TABLE 1 U.S MEDICAL INDUSTRY: PRINCIPAL MATERIALS, PRODUCER TYPES, MAJOR PRODUCTS AND PRINCIPAL CONSUMERS; VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF MEDICAL DEVICES; TABLE 2 VALUE OF SHIPMENTS OF MEDICAL DEVICES, 1980-2010 ($ BILLIONS); MAJOR MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANIES; TABLE 3 TOP MAJOR MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANIES, 2008 ($ BILLIONS); KEY MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANY MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; TABLE 4 KEY SELECTED MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANY MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS ($ MILLIONS)
CHAPTER FIVE: MARKETING ASPECTS OF THE HEALTHCARE: INDUSTRY; OVERVIEW; LARGE PURCHASING/MARKETING GROUPS CHANGING THE FACE OF MEDICAL DEVICE MARKETING; OFFSHORE COMPETITION; CONTRACT MANUFACTURING; BACKGROUND; THE DECISION VARIABLES FOR CONTRACT MANUFACTURING; CHOOSING A CONTRACT MANUFACTURER; OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING; CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS AND LIFESTYLES; HEALTHCARE COST CONTAINMENT; OVERVIEW; MANAGED CARE; HOME HEALTHCARE; SHIFTS IN PLASTIC USAGE
CHAPTER SIX: LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ISSUES: OVERVIEW; BACKGROUND; PLASTICS TESTING PROCEDURES; BIOCOMPATIBILITY ISSUES; RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
CHAPTER SEVEN: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: BACKGROUND; SPECTER OF MEDICAL WASTE; SOURCE REDUCTION; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL; CHAPTER EIGHT: PATENTS; OVERVIEW; RECENT SELECTED MEDICAL DEVICE-RELATED PATENTS
CHAPTER NINE: MEDICAL DEVICE PLASTIC PROCESSES: INJECTION MOLDING; EXTRUSION; EXTRUSION AND MELT FILM FABRICATION; BLOWN FILMS; FILM CASTING; SOLVENT CASTING; BLOW MOLDING; THERMOFORMING
CHAPTER TEN: STERILIZATION TECHNIQUES: OVERVIEW OF METHODS; ETO GAS STERILIZATION; RADIATION STERILIZATION; GAMMA RADIATION; E-BEAM RADIATION; VAPORIZED HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; DRY-HEAT STERILIZATION; GAMMA RADIATION VS ETO; THE MOVE TO GLOBAL STERILIZATION STANDARDS; POLYMER REACTIONS TO STERILIZATION METHODS; TABLE 5 RADIATION RESISTANCE OF KEY MEDICAL PLASTICS
CHAPTER ELEVEN: VALIDATION TESTS FOR MEDICAL THERMOPLASTICS: TABLE 6 SELECTED TESTS FOR PLASTICS USED IN MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; TABLE 7 SELECTED/RANDOM EXAMPLES OF STERILIZATION STANDARDS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES
CHAPTER TWELVE: APPLICATIONS: TABLE 8 U.S. MEDICAL PLASTICS MARKET BY OVERALL APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS) NONDISPOSABLES; TABLE 9 U.S. NONDISPOSABLE MEDICAL PLASTIC MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 10 SELECTED KEY MANUFACTURERS OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TABLE 10 (CONTINUED); TABLE 11 U.S. SURGICAL INSTRUMENT/RELATED EQUIPMENT MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 12 U.S. COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS/RELATED EQUIPMENT MARKET, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 13 U.S. STYRENIC RESIN SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS/RELATED EQUIPMENT MARKET, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 14 U.S. MARKET IN OTHER RESINS IN SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS/RELATED EQUIPMENT, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 15 KEY SELECTED MEDICAL TESTING AND DIAGNOSTIC COMPANIES; TABLE 16 U.S. TESTING/DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 17 U.S. COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC TESTING/DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT MARKET, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 18 U.S. STYRENIC RESIN TESTING/DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT MARKET, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 19 U.S. MARKET IN OTHER RESINS IN TESTING/DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 20 U.S. PROSTHESES/IMPLANTS MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 21 U.S. COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC PROSTHESES/IMPLANTS MARKET, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 22 U.S. MARKET IN OTHER RESINS USED IN PROSTHESES/IMPLANTS, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); DENTAL AND OPHTHALMIC PRODUCTS; TABLE 23 U.S. DENTAL/OPHTHALMIC MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 24 SPECIFIC RESIN USAGE IN U.S. DENTAL/OPHTHALMIC MARKET, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); DISPOSABLE MEDICAL DEVICES; TABLE 25 U.S. DISPOSABLE MEDICAL PLASTIC MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 26 SELECTED KEY MEDICAL BAG MANUFACTURERS; Market Estimates and Forecasts; TABLE 27 U.S. MEDICAL BAG MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 28 U.S. BLOOD BAG MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 29 U.S. MARKET IN OTHER FLUID ADMINISTRATION BAGS BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 30 U.S. IV BAG MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 31 OTHER SELECTED SYRINGE MANUFACTURERS; Market Estimates and Forecasts; TABLE 32 U.S. MEDICAL DEVICE MARKET BY RESIN: SYRINGES, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 33 EXAMPLES OF DISPOSABLE MEDICAL PLASTIC LABWARE; TABLE 34 SELECTED PLASTIC MEDICAL LABWARE SUPPLIERS; TABLE 35 U.S. MEDICAL LABWARE MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 36 RESIN PROPERTY CRITERIA CATHETERS; TABLE 37 SELECTED KEY CATHETER MANUFACTURERS; TABLE 38 U.S. CATHETER/IV UNIT MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 39 MATERIAL PROPERTY CRITERIA KITS; TABLE 40 U.S. MEDICAL MARKET BY RESIN: KITS, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 41 COMMON FEATURES OF AND SELECTED APPLICATIONS FOR PRIMARY RESINS USED IN MEDICAL TUBING; TABLE 42 SAMPLE APPLICATIONS FOR FLEXIBLE MEDICAL TUBING BY MAJOR CATEGORY; TABLE 43 SELECTED PLASTIC MEDICAL TUBING EXTRUDERS; TABLE 44 U.S. MEDICAL PACKAGING MARKET BY RESIN: TUBING, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 45 SELECTED KEY MEDICAL GLOVE MANUFACTURERS AND MAJOR PRODUCTS; TABLE 46 U.S. MEDICAL GLOVE MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 47 U.S. MEDICAL UTENSIL MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 48 RESIN PROPERTY CRITERIA TRAYS; TABLE 49 SELECTED PLASTIC MEDICAL TRAY MANUFACTURERS; TABLE 50 U.S. MEDICAL DEVICE MARKET BY RESIN: TRAYS,THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: RESINS USED IN MEDICAL DEVICES: BACKGROUND; MATERIAL SELECTION; TARGETED AREAS FOR MEDICAL PLASTICS; RESIN OVERVIEW; PROPERTY REQUIREMENTS; OTHER DEVELOPMENTS; FAILURE OF PLASTIC MEDICAL DEVICES; PHYSICAL PROPERTY EFFECTS ON RESIN MATERIALS; TABLE 51 PHYSICAL PROPERTY ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MEDICAL PLASTICS; USE OF PLASTICS IN MEDICAL DEVICES; TABLE 52 SELECTED RESIN USAGE BY TYPE OF MEDICAL DEVICE; TABLE 52 (CONTINUED); TABLE 53 U.S. MEDICAL PLASTICS MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 54 U.S. DISPOSABLE MEDICAL MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 55 U.S. NONDISPOSABLE MEDICAL MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 56 U.S. MARKET SHARES OF LEADING POLYPROPYLENE PRODUCERS (%); POLYETHYLENES; TABLE 57 SELECTED MAJOR HDPE PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES; TABLE 58 U.S. COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC MEDICAL MARKET, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 59 U.S. COMMODITY THERMOPLASTICS BY DISPOSABLE MEDICAL APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 60 U.S. DISPOSABLE COMMODITY THERMOPLASTICMEDICAL MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 61 U.S. DISPOSABLE PVC MEDICAL MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 62 U.S. DISPOSABLE POLYPROPYLENE MEDICAL MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 63 U.S. DISPOSABLE HDPE MEDICAL MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 64 U.S. DISPOSABLE LDPE/LLDPE MEDICAL MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 65 U.S. COMMODITY THERMOPLASTICS BY NONDISPOSABLE MEDICAL APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 66 U.S. NONDISPOSABLE COMMODITY THERMOPLASTIC MEDICAL MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 67 U.S. NONDISPOSABLE PVC MEDICAL MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 68 U.S. NONDISPOSABLE POLYPROPYLENE MEDICAL MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 69 U.S. NONDISPOSABLE HDPE MEDICAL MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 70 FABRICATION METHODS AND USES FOR POLYSTYRENE; PRODUCERS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF POLYSTYRENE AND HIPS; THERMOPLASTIC STYRENE BLOCK COPOLYMERS; TABLE 71 SBC MAJOR PRODUCTS SEGMENTED BY POLYMER PROCESS; ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE (ABS); TABLE 72 ESTIMATES OF NORTH AMERICAN ABS CAPACITIES; STYRENE-ACRYLONITRILE COPOLYMERS (SAN); TABLE 73 U.S. STYRENIC RESIN MEDICAL MARKET BY TYPE OF RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 74 U.S. DISPOSABLE STYRENIC RESIN MEDICAL MARKET BY TYPE OF RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 75 U.S. STYRENIC RESINS MARKET BY DISPOSABLE MEDICAL APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 76 U.S. DISPOSABLE POLYSTYRENE/HIPS MEDICAL MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 77 U.S. NONDISPOSABLE STYRENIC RESIN MEDICAL MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 78 U.S. STYRENIC RESINS MARKET BY NONDISPOSABLE MEDICAL APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 79 U.S. NONDISPOSABLE POLYSTYRENE/HIPS MEDICAL MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 80 U.S. NONDISPOSABLE ABS MEDICAL MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 81 NORTH AMERICAN POLYCARBONATE PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES (MILLION POUNDS/YEAR); TABLE 82 NYLON PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES (MILLION POUNDS PER YEAR); TABLE 83 KEY NORTH AMERICAN PET PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES (MILLION POUNDS/YEAR); TABLE 84 GLOBAL PBT PRODUCERS AND CAPACITIES (MILLION POUNDS); POLYACETALS; TABLE 85 U.S. ENGINEERING RESIN MEDICAL MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 86 U.S. DISPOSABLE ENGINEERING RESIN MEDICAL MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 87 U.S. ENGINEERING RESINS BY DISPOSABLE MEDICAL APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 88 U.S. DISPOSABLE POLYCARBONATE MEDICAL MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 89 U.S. DISPOSABLE POLYESTER MEDICAL MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 90 U.S. NONDISPOSABLE ENGINEERING RESIN MEDICAL MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 91 U.S. NONDISPOSABLE POLYCARBONATE MEDICAL MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); THERMOSETS; TABLE 92 SELECTED KEY SILICONE MEDICAL DEVICE PRODUCERS; TABLE 93 U.S. THERMOSET RESIN MEDICAL MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 94 U.S. DISPOSABLE THERMOSET RESIN MEDICAL MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 95 U.S. THERMOSET RESINS BY DISPOSABLE MEDICAL APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 96 U.S. DISPOSABLE ACRYLIC MEDICAL MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 97 U.S. DISPOSABLE SILICONE MEDICAL MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 98 U.S. THERMOSET RESINS BY NONDISPOSABLE MEDICAL APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 99 U.S. NONDISPOSABLE THERMOSET RESIN MEDICAL MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 100 U.S. NONDISPOSABLE ACRYLIC MEDICAL MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS (TPEs); TABLE 101 SELECTED MEDICAL SILICONE-POLYURETHANE COPOLYMER PRODUCTS; TABLE 102 U.S. TPE MEDICAL MARKET BY TYPE, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 103 U.S. DISPOSABLE TPE MEDICAL MARKET BY TYPE, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 104 U.S. TPE MARKET BY DISPOSABLE MEDICAL APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 105 U.S. DISPOSABLE TPU MEDICAL MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); MISCELLANEOUS RESINS; TABLE 106 SELECTED FLUOROPOLYMER MEDICAL DEVICE SUPPLIERS; POLYMER ALLOYS/BLENDS; TABLE 107 U.S. MISCELLANEOUS RESINS MARKET BY MEDICAL APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 108 U.S. MISCELLANEOUS RESINS MARKET BY NONDISPOSABLE MEDICAL APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS); TABLE 109 U.S. MISCELLANEOUS RESINS MARKET BY DISPOSABLE MEDICAL APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION POUNDS)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: PLASTIC MEDICAL DEVICE MOLDERS: TABLE 110 LEADING U.S. MEDICAL INJECTION MOLDERS ($ MILLIONS); LEADING MEDICAL FILM AND SHEET MANUFACTURERS; TABLE 111 LEADING U.S. MEDICAL FILM AND SHEET MANUFACTURERS ($ MILLIONS); LEADING MEDICAL BLOWMOLDERS; TABLE 112 LEADING U.S. MEDICAL BLOWMOLDERS ($ MILLIONS); TABLE 112 (CONTINUED); LEADING U.S. MEDICAL THERMOFORMERS; TABLE 113 LEADING U.S. MEDICAL THERMOFORMERS ($ MILLIONS)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: MEDICAL RESIN PRODUCERS: TABLE 114 SELECTED RESIN PRODUCERS AND THEIR TRADE NAMED PRODUCTS USED IN MEDICAL DEVICES; TABLE 114 (CONTINUED)
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: SUMMARY OF CURRENT ISSUES IMPACTING THE MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRY: GETTING A PLASTIC MEDICAL DEVICE TO MARKET IS STILL COSTLY AND TIME CONSUMING; SMALLER AND MORE COMPACT PLASTIC MEDICAL DEVICES ON THE RISE
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: COMPANY PROFILES OF KEY SUPPLIERS, PROCESSORS AND COMPOUNDERS OF PLASTICS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES: ADVANCED POLYMERS; ALLERGAN; ALPHAGARY CORPORATION; APEX MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES; AVAIL MEDICAL PRODUCTS; AVERY DENNISON MEDICAL; BARD MEDICAL DIVISION (C.R. BARD, INC.); BD MEDICAL-PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEMS; BOEDEKER PLASTICS, INC.; B.BRAUN MEDICAL, INC; COORS TEK, INC.; COVIDIEN; DA/PRO RUBBER; DUNN INDUSTRIES, INC.; ETHOX INTERNATIONAL, INC.; FILTERTEK, INC.; FLUORTEK, INC.; GW PLASTICS; GLS THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS; W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES; HARMAC MEDICAL PRODUCTS; HELIX MEDICAL, INC.; INTERNATIONAL POLYMER ENGINEERING; MANAN MEDICAL PRODUCTS; MEDEGEN, INC.; MEDICAL PLASTIC DEVICES, INC.; MEDICAL POLYMERS, INC.; MEDPLAST, INC.; THE MED-TECH GROUP; MICROLUMEN, INC.; NDH MEDICAL, INC.; NEW ENGLAND URETHANE, INC.; PRECISION EXTRUSION, INC.; PROFESSIONAL PLASTICS; PUTNAM PLASTICS COMPANY LLC; SAINT GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS; SPIRE BIOMEDICAL, INC.; TELEFLEX MEDICAL
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: SELECTED KEY ACRONYMS: SELECTED KEY ACRONYMS (CONTINUED); SELECTED KEY ACRONYMS (CONTINUED)

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