Plastic is fantastic, as we like to say around here, and that has been especially true in the medical realm in 2015. From research establishments around the world to materials suppliers and medical device OEMs, advances and even breakthroughs have been plentiful.
In 2015, FDA approved the first bioabsorbable polymer stent (after it was brought to market in the European Union and countries that recognize the CE mark, to be sure) and the first patient in the country received a plastic meniscus implant in a clinical trial. Meanwhile, materials scientists and researchers have laid the groundwork for tomorrow’s medical miracles, from an injectable plastic that would almost immediately staunch bleeding from a wound to shape-memory polymers that could treat conditions associated with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
