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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 4.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Med Devices. 2020 Apr 30;17(6):477–481. doi: 10.1080/17434440.2020.1756771

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

The manufacturing process of antimicrobial critical medical devices using an antimicrobial polymer. The process starts with corn fermentation (corn to Lactic Acid), condensation (Lactide) and polymerization (Polylactic acid; PLA). The addition of copper nanocomposite additive to pellets at different concentrations allows the development of a multipurpose antimicrobial filament. The recyclable characteristics of this filament facilitate the production of new antimicrobial medical devices in austere environments.