Use of glycidyl phosphonates as crosslinkers in the preparation of hydrogels

US5274048A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Cassella Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Fritz Engelhardt · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Ulrich Riegel · Landstuhl, DE
• Hanss-Jerg Kleiner · Kronberg, DE
• Wolf-Dieter Muller

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 8, 1991
• Grant date: Dec 28, 1993
• Expiry date: Oct 8, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08K5/5373
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to the use of compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## in which R denotes alkyl, alkenyl or aryl, which can be optionally substituted, as crosslinkers in the preparation of hydrogels, and to the hydrogels thus prepared and their use.