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Eastman Highlights Accelerated Aging of Copolyesters in Medical Packaging

Jun 7 2006

Accelerated aging testing of plastics used in medical packaging applications is a process that must be exact and accurate. Eastman Chemical Company has developed a technical tip that is now available on the company's Web site that provides guidelines for the proper aging of its Eastar copolyester 6763 used in medical packaging.

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Package material aging information is needed to insure package integrity, satisfy current FDA validation requirements, and provide evidence of sterility and fitness-for-use over a product's life cycle. To decrease the time required for testing prior to device commercialization, manufacturers perform accelerated aging studies on the product/package combination. An important aspect of the aging of plastics is physical aging. The physical properties of plastics can improve or deteriorate over time as a plastic is held below its glass transition temperature.

The new technical tip, titled Accelerated Aging of Eastar Copolyester 6763 in Medical Packaging – US (TT-71), is available on Eastman's Web site.

http://www.eastman.com

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