RESOMER® bioresorbable polymers for medical devices

RESOMER® - The world’s leading brand of bioresorbable polymers for implantable medical devices

RESOMER® is a comprehensive portfolio of standard, custom, and specialized bioresorbable polymers, engineered to match the mechanical and degradation properties your medical device application requires. Over more than 30 years of commercial use, RESOMER® has built a strong track record for safety, biocompatibility, and supply security.

Our innovation continues with recent additions including bioresorbable polymer powders for medical device applications, PLA-PEG copolymers that combine strength with rapid degradation, and osteoconductive composites for bone fixation devices. Evonik is also the world's only supplier offering a full portfolio of medical-grade powder, granule, and filament-based bioresorbable polymers for 3D printing.

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Standard and custom bioresorbable polymers

The RESOMER®portfolio of standard and custom bioresorbable polymers are based on

Lactide
Lactide-PEG
Caprolactone
Dioxanone
Glycolide
Composites

with degradation timeframes ranging from one month to more than four years. Each grade is engineered for precise, reproducible strength, elasticity, and other mechanical and chemical properties.

Available as both semi-crystalline and amorphous polymers, RESOMER® comes in a range of standard and customizable forms — supporting maximum versatility as you develop your next bioresorbable device.

Some of the many advantages of RESOMER® include:

robust quality and safety data
wide range of degradation profiles
tailorable mechanical properties
easy processing
stable after sterilization

Explore our portfolio of standard and custom polymers

Standard polymers
Custom polymers

A strong portfolio of standard polymers for high performance bioresorbable implant devices

Polymer name	Inherent viscosity (dl/g)	Composition	Degradation timeframe*	End group
RESOMER® C 202	0.20 - 0.26	Poly(caprolactone)	not measured	Ester
RESOMER® C 203	0.35 - 0.43	Poly(caprolactone)	not measured	Ester
RESOMER® C 209	0.8 - 1.0	Poly(caprolactone)	> 2 years	Ester
RESOMER® C 212	1.13 - 1.38	Poly(caprolactone)	> 2 years	Ester
RESOMER® C 217	1.53 - 1.87	Poly(caprolactone)	> 2 years	Ester
RESOMER® G 205 S	1.05 - 1.25	Poly(glycolide)	< 5 weeks	Ester
RESOMER® GC 753 S	1.15 – 1.55	Poly(glycolide-co-ε-caprolactone)	< 4 weeks	Ester
RESOMER® GL 903 S	1.05 - 1.25	Poly(glycolide-co-L-lactide)	< 5 weeks	Ester
RESOMER® GT 643 S	1.0 – 1.4	Poly(glycolide-co trimethylene carbonate)	< 8 weeks	Ester
RESOMER® L 206 S	0.8 - 1.2	Poly(L-lactide)	> 3 years	Ester
RESOMER® L 207 S	1.5 - 2.0	Poly(L-lactide)	> 3 years	Ester
RESOMER® L 209 S	2.6 - 3.2	Poly(L-lactide)	> 3 years	Ester
RESOMER® L 210 S	3.3 - 4.3	Poly(L-lactide)	> 3 years	Ester
RESOMER® Composite L 210 S HA	3.0 - 4.0	Poly(L-lactide) with 25 % Hydroxylapatite	< 3 years	Ester
RESOMER® LC 703 S	1.3 - 1.8	Poly(L-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone) 70:30	not measured	Ester
RESOMER® LT 706 S	1.2 - 1.6	Poly(L-lactide-co-trimethylene carbonate) 70:30	not measured	Ester
RESOMER® LG 824 S	1.7 - 2.6	Poly(L-lactide-co-glycolide) 82:18	1 - 2 years	Ester
RESOMER® LG 855 S	2.5 - 3.5	Poly(L-lactide-co-glycolide) 85:15	1 - 2 years	Ester
RESOMER® Composite LG 855 S β-TCP	2.0 – 3.5	Poly(L-lactide-co-glycolide) with 30% β-tricalcium phosphate	< 1.5 years	Ester
RESOMER® LG 857 S	5.0 - 7.0	Poly(L-lactide-co-glycolide) 85:15	1 - 2 years	Ester
RESOMER® LP t 16	3.8 - 4.8	Poly(L-lactide-co-PEG) triblock	< 12 months	Acid
RESOMER® LP t 46	1.8 - 2.6	Poly(L-lactide-co-PEG) triblock	< 7 months	Acid
RESOMER® LR 704 S	2.0 - 2.8	Poly(L-lactide-co-D,L-lactide) 70:30	2 - 3 years	Ester
RESOMER® LR 706 S	3.3 - 4.2	Poly(L-lactide-co-D,L-lactide) 70:30	2 - 3 years	Ester
RESOMER® Composite LR 706 S β-TCP	2.8 - 4.2	Poly(L-lactide-co-D,L-lactide) with 30% β-tricalcium phosphate	< 2 years	Ester
RESOMER® LR 708	5.7 - 6.5	Poly(L-lactide-co-D,L-lactide) 70:30	2 - 3 years	Acid
RESOMER® LRP t 7016	3.3 - 4.2	Poly(L-lactide-co-D,L-lactide-co-PEG) triblock	< 9 months	Acid
RESOMER® LRP t 7046	1.5 - 2.3	Poly(L-lactide-co-D,L-lactide-co-PEG) triblock	< 6 months	Acid
RESOMER® R 207 S	1.3 - 1.7	Poly(D,L-lactide)	1 - 2 years	Ester
RESOMER® X 206 S	1.8 - 2.2	Polydioxanone	< 6 months	Ester

Please note: Approximate degradation times are intended to guide polymer selection. Actual resorption times are dependent upon the process and application and must be empirically determined.

RESOMER® Select: Custom biodegradable polymers for medical devices

If adjustable customization is required for a target medical device application, our best-in-class RESOMER® Select portfolio of biodegradable polymers can be easily tailored at full potential to address your specific needs. All RESOMER® Select products can be made to order via tunable characteristics including

Monomers
Monomer ratios
Polymer architecture
End groups
Inherent viscosity

Additional customizations can also be made to provide our biodegradable polymers in forms such as filaments, powders, tubes or granules.

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Manufacturing and quality you can rely on

RESOMER® polymers are manufactured in Darmstadt, Germany, and Birmingham, Alabama (USA), under a quality system certified to ISO 13485 and operated under GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) conditions. This means every batch is produced, documented, and released under the same regulatory rigor your own quality system depends on — supporting your design history file, supplier qualification, and regulatory submissions from day one.

Development and application support are available through our global network of medical device application centers in Birmingham, Alabama (USA), Darmstadt, Germany, and Shanghai, China — giving you direct access to material and process expertise on three continents, regardless of where your development or manufacturing footprint is based.

Processing technologies and application services

Selecting the right polymer is only the first step. Leveraging an extensive industry network of partners and internal resources, Evonik supports you across the full range of processing technologies used in bioresorbable medical device manufacturing:

Custom filament, tubing, and film/sheet extrusion made to order, with post-processing available to enhance mechanical properties for your specific application.

Feasibility samples, prototypes, and process development support to bring molded bioresorbable components to production readiness.

Mono- and multifilament-based solutions for meshes, tapes, and other textile constructs, tailored to tensile strength, porosity, and degradation profile.

Feasibility samples of non-woven structures, with formulation and process development support for fiber-based scaffold applications.

Evonik has the capabilities to micronize the entire RESOMER® portfolio into powders and finished forms defined by customers for their application needs.

Evonik is the world's only supplier of powder-based, GMP-grade bioresorbable polymers for 3D printing, supporting SLS, FDM/FFF, and extrusion-based processes. Our RESOMER® PrintPowder platform is engineered for consistent particle size distribution and reliable flow behavior.

Across all these technologies, our application teams work directly with your development group — from early feasibility through scale-up, process optimization, and analytical testing.

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Our latest white paper explores a cutting-edge 3D printing application of Evonik’s RESOMER® biomaterials in the reconstruction of a critical-size large segmental bone defect of a Ukraine war victim. A patient-specific, 3D-printed, resorbable scaffold was meticulously designed by BellaSeno and successfully applied clinically, demonstrating the transformative potential of next-generation biomaterials in enhancing patient outcomes in complex reconstructive surgeries.

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