Absorbable &egr;-Caprolactone polymers and medical devices
US6485749B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 16, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61L29/085
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Crystalline, low melting &egr;-Caprolactone polymers which undergo accelerated hydrolysis, and their use as lubricant coatings and/or as coatings containing bioactive agents, as carriers of viable cells, and as coatings for open-cell micoporous template or constucts for tissue regeneration; the polymers bearing basic functionalities can be linked ionically or covalently to the ester chain which induces autocatalyzed hydrolysis.
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