Modern Plastics Announces New Medical Grade UHMW-PE

Modern Plastics Adds Lennite® UHMW-PE to Medical Grade Plastics Inventory.

Bridgeport, CT (PRWEB) June 7, 2009 -- Modern Plastics has added permanent implantable medical grade UHMW-PE, biocompatible molded sheets that are formed under heat and pressure, slowly cooled to produce a dimensionally stable and virtually stress-free sheet ideal for machining and fabrication..

Intended applications include articular surfaces for all total joint replacement prostheses (hip, knee, shoulder, ankle, wrist, spinal disc, and elbow). All studies were performed under clean room conditions in accordance with FDA mandated GMPS.

Modern Plastics is a distributor for Westlake Plastics Company, which manufactures medical grade Lennite ® UHMW-PE products for the medical device community using FDA mandated GMPS.

"Modern Plastics distributes cutting-edge Medical Plastics, which makes NEW medical grade Lennite® UHMW-PE a perfect fit into our wide range of high-quality materials," said Bing J Carbone, President at Modern Plastics.

Founded in 1945, Modern Plastics is a premier distributor of Medical Grade Plastic and High-Performance Engineering grade plastic stock shapes. All plastics products are bar-coded and shipped with complete certifications and traceability information.

To learn more, visit the Modern Plastics website at http://www.modernplastics.com or contact Vince Griffin, Medical Plastics Manager at 800.243.9696, Extension 205, email: vgriffin(at)modernplastics.com.

Modern Plastics

678 Howard Avenue

Bridgeport, Connecticut 06605-0574

Toll free: 800.243.9696

Fax: 203.333.4625

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