Compounds containing silicon-containing groups, medical devices, and methods

US7365134B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael Eric Benz · Ramsey, US
• Christopher M. Hobot · Brooklyn Park, US
• David L. Miller · Circle Pines, US
• David A. Pearson · Sunnyvale, US
• Mark A. Tapsak · Sauk Centre, US
• Edward DiDomenico · Anoka, US
• Randall V. Sparer · Andover, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 20, 2005
• Grant date: Apr 29, 2008
• Expiry date: Nov 4, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08G18/61
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Compounds that include silicon-containing groups, and optionally urethane groups, urea groups, or combinations thereof (i.e., polyurethanes, polyureas, or polyurethane-ureas), as well as materials and methods for making such compounds.