Kazan National Research Technological University,

Russia www.knrtu.ru

KNRTU Research in Polymers

for Medicine

Alexandr M. Kochnev Artem N. Bezrukov

TOP RUSSIAN ACADEMIC CENTER

IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

• Over 26,000 students

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1890

INTEGRATED COLLEGE

OF ENGINEERING AND

CHEMICAL SCIENCES

1935

KAZAN STATE CHEMICAL

TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE

1992 KAZAN STATE

TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

2010

KAZAN NATIONAL RESEARCH

TECHNOLOGICAL

UNIVERSITY

AREAS OF RESEARCH AND R&D

Development of production technology for next-generation polymer

composites intended for multiple use medical instruments

R&D activities in non-absordable suture threads for surgery

Materials:

• Polyamide

• Polysulfone

• Protective polymers films

on hard alloys

POLYMER MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS AND

THREADS FOR SURGERY

PILOT PRODUCTION LINES

POLYMER SUTURE THREADS

PLASMA TREATMENT OF POLYMERS FOR MEDICINE Breakage of unmodified

and modified threads

– untreated thread – modified by argon/propane plasma – modified by argon/acetylene plasma

TECHNICAL REGULATIONS, CERTIFICATES AND

FINAL PRODUCTS

Nonwoven disposable medical materials

resistant to ionizing radiation

Disposable Polymer Materials for

Clinical Diagnostics

Polymers resistant to ionizing radiation

for disposable sterile medical products

Suture threads for surgery

THANK YOU FOR YOUR

ATTENTION!