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* A plastic material developed by researchers at Duke University in Durham has qualified for an evaluation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a biocompatible material. Duramer, the name given to the material developed by Stephen Kovacs and his associates in Duke's thoracic surgery research laboratory, passed 18 levels of biocompatible testing by an independent firm that performs rigorous, pre-FDA testing.

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Kovacs' material is being used to improve prosthetic devices and to develop a heart-massage device that could keep some types of heart patients alive while they wait for a transplant. The material also has the potential to be used for medical tubing and wound coverage.

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