LACTEL Absorbable Polymers.
Provided here are a variety of data describing characteristics of lactide, glycolide and ε-caprolactone polymers to assist you in selecting the optimal polymer for your program. For further assistance, please contact LACTEL Technical Support.
Chemical & Physical Properties
Charts of the chemical and physical properties for some of our most used polymers.
Inherent Viscosity vs. Molecular Weight
Comparison of methods for obtaining IV and MW data, along with correlations between them for various polymer compositions.
Biodegradation
Technical information and charts illustrating the degradation process.
Reference Publications
Technical references.
The following Material Safety Data Sheets are saved in a format that can be viewed and printed from Acrobat Reader.