Hybrid polymer materials from reactive extrusion for medical devices
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsMichele L. Zoromski, Liliana L. Atanasoska, Robert W. Warner
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to hybrid polymers, methods of making such hybrid polymers, and medical devices that include the hybrid polymers. Such hybrid polymers are suitable for forming biomaterials in a predetermined shape for use in medical devices and medical device components. The hybrid polymers of the present disclosure are formed through a reactive extrusion process prior to being formed into the predetermined shape of the medical device or medical device component.
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A medical device component comprising a hybrid polymer in a predetermined shape, the hybrid polymer formed during a reactive extrusion of a cyclic anhydride grafted polymer and a sol-gel preparation.
A method of forming a medical device component, the method comprising:
- preparing a hybrid polymer in a reactive extrusion of a cyclic anhydride grafted polymer and a sol-gel preparation;
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- forming the hybrid polymer prepared from the extrusion into a predetermined shape of the medical device component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.