Interpenetrating networks

US7037984B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MNEMOSCIENCE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Lendlein · Berlin, DE
• Annette Schmidt · Neuss, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 17, 2003
• Grant date: May 2, 2006
• Expiry date: Oct 7, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08L75/06
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the penetrating networks comprising a covalently crosslinked polymer component and a polyester urethane component. The materials in accordance with the present invention are suitable in particular as materials for medicinal purposes, as implants, for target controlled stimuli-sensitive drug release, as ligament augmentation and as replacement material for inter-vertebrae disks.