PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that many thermoplastic polymers have higher flexibility and elasticity than polyesters or polyamides but their melting points have been too low to be processable in melt blends with LCPs.;SOLUTION: A medical device, at least a portion of which is composed of a polymeric material in which the polymeric material is a melt blend product of at least two different thermoplastic polymers, one of the thermoplastic polymers being a thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer (LCP) having a melting point of less than 250°C. The portion of the device made from the melt blend may be a catheter body segment or a balloon for a catheter. The LCP blends suitably also include a non-LCP base polymer having a melting point in the range of about 140°C. to about 265°C.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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