Dip-molded medical devices from cis-1,4-polyisoprene

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Medical devices of synthetic rubber are prepared from cis-1,4-polyisoprene by dip molding without the use of sulfur-containing components. The devices have surprinsingly favorable tensile characteristics despite what is known in regard to synthetic cis-1,4-polyisoprene. In addition the absence of both the , proteins present in natural rubber and the sulfur components that are typically used in vulcanization of both natural rubber and cis-1,4polyisoprene of the prior art renders the devices freely usable without causing the user to suffer Type I or Type IV allergic reactions that typically arise from contact with natural rubber.