Implantable electrode comprising a conductive polymeric coating
AssigneeBiotectix, LLC
InventorsSarah Richardson-Burns, Jeffrey Hendricks
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to coated electrodes comprising an electrically conductive substrate and a polymeric coating, and to methods for the preparation of the same.
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A coated electrode comprising an electrically conductive substrate and a polymeric coating, wherein the polymeric coating comprises a reaction product of a polymerization mixture comprising:
- a conductive monomer or a conductive polymer;
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- a polyanionic counterion component comprising a block copolymer having the structure of formula (1), (2), (3), or (4):
- wherein
- R1, R3, and R5 independently comprise a high glass transition temperature (high Tg) polymer having a Tg greater than 50° C. and less than the melting temperature (Tm) of the polymer, and having an average number of repeat units of from about 15 to about 300;
- R2, R4, and R6 independently comprise a low glass transition temperature (low Tg) polymer having a Tg less than 30° C., and having an average number of repeat units of from about 200 to about 5000;
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- from about 10 to about 100 mol % of repeat units of the high Tg polymer in R1, R3 and R5 are functionalized with a negatively charged functional group, and/or from about 10 to 100 mol % of repeat units of the low Tg polymer R2, R4, and R6 are functionalized with a negatively charged functional group.
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A coated electrode comprising an electrically conductive substrate and a polymeric coating, wherein the polymeric coating comprises a reaction product of a polymerization mixture comprising:
- a conductive monomer or a conductive polymer;
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- a polyanionic counterion component comprising a block copolymer, wherein the block copolymer comprises:
- (a) two or more styrenic blocks independently comprise polystyrene, poly(t-butyl styrene), polymethyl styrene, poly amino styrene, poly carboxylic acid styrene, or a mixture or copolymer thereof;
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- (b) one or more elastomeric blocks independently comprise polyethylene, polybutylene, polybutadiene, polyisopropene, polyisobutylene, or a mixture or copolymer thereof;
- wherein from about 10 to 100 mol % of the repeat units of the two or more styrenic blocks are functionalized with a negatively charged functional group.
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A coated electrode comprising an electrically conductive substrate and a polymeric coating, wherein the polymeric coating comprises a reaction product of a polymerization mixture comprising:
- a conductive monomer or a conductive polymer;
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- a polyanionic counterion component comprising a random copolymer, wherein the random copolymer comprises:
- (a) styrenic repeat units comprising styrene, t-butyl styrene, methyl styrene, a carboxylic acid-functionalized styrene, an amine-functionalized styrene, or a mixture thereof;
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- (b) elastomeric repeat units comprising polyethylene, polybutylene, polybutadiene, polyisopropene, polyisobutylene, or a mixture thereof;
- wherein from about 10 to 100 mol % of the repeat units are functionalized with a negatively charged functional group.
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