Patent ID: 7622523

Claim:
A sterilized article comprising a plasticized polyolefin composition comprising one or more polyolefins and one of more non-functionalized plasticizers where the non-functionalized plasticizer comprises C 6 to C 1500 paraffins having a kinematic viscosity of 10 cSt or more at 100° C., a specific gravity of 0.700 to 0.860 and a viscosity index of 120 or more, wherein elastomers are substantially absent from the composition, and ethylene homopolymers and ethylene copolymers having a weight average molecular weight of from 500 to 10,000, are not added deliberately to the plasticized polyolefin composition and if said ethylene homopolymers and copolymers are present, said ethylene homopolymers and copolymers are present at less than 1 weight %, and wherein the article has been subjected to an amount of radiation sufficient to sterilize the article.