Capro platform

The Capro platform represents all copolymers of lactide (in the L, D or DL form) and/or glycolide with ε-caprolactone. An increasing amount of commercial products is developed based on this technology platform, mainly for medical devices.

L-lactide, D-lactide and glycolide based polymers are semi-crystalline polymers with high mechanical strength and stiffness. Introducing ε-caprolactone in these polymer compositions results in polymers that combine a desired mechanical and degradation behavior with improved flexibility of the polymer. This leads to an increased freedom in the design of resorbable products and their property profiles.

Varying the ration of these monomers, using different end group chemistries and polymerization conditions can result in a broad spectrum of properties. Let PURAC biomaterials leverage their expertise in polymer composition design to meet your specific requirements.

Please refer to our product line for current products based on this platform or contact us for custom synthesis requests and technical support.