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US 11,597,792 B2Granted
Radiopaque thermoplastic polymer
AssigneesThe Texas A&M University System, Shape Memory Medical, Inc.
InventorsGrace Fletcher, Landon D. Nash, Kendal Ezell, Duncan J. Maitland
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Abstract
An embodiment includes a polymer composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer that: (a) is bonded to iodine, (b) includes a vinyl group, and (c) includes urethane linkages. Other embodiments are described herein.
Claims16
A method comprising:
- providing a triiodobenzene monomer;
- providing an aliphatic monomer comprising at least one of (a)(i) multiple amine functional groups, (a)(ii) multiple alcohol functional groups, or (a)(iii) multiple carboxylic acid functional groups;
- providing a diisocyanate;
- mixing the triiodobenzene monomer, the aliphatic monomer, and the diisocyanate into a solution;
- forming a thermoplastic polymer from the solution.
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