Amorphous polymeric polyaxial initiators and compliant crystalline copolymers therefrom
US7070858B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 30, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 7, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31786
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An absorbable crystalline, monocentric polyaxial copolymer comprising a central carbon or nitrogen atom and at least three axes, each of which includes an amorphous flexible component adjacent and originating from the central atom and a rigid, crystallizable component extending outwardly from the amorphous, flexible component is disclosed along with the use of such copolymer in medical devices which may contain a bioactive agent. The present invention also relates to a suture, stents, stent mantles and sealing devices made from the polyaxial copolymer.
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