Back to results
US 7,718,193 B2Granted
Temperature- and pH-responsive polymer compositions
AssigneeUniversity of Washington
InventorsPatrick S. Stayton, Allan S. Hoffman, Xiangchun Yin, Lakeshia J. Taite, Jessica Garbern
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Temperature- and pH-responsive copolymer compositions, and drug delivery devices, conjugates, nanoparticles, and micelles that include the compositions.
Claims18
A block copolymer, comprising:
- (a) a first block comprising a random copolymer comprising:
- (i) temperature-responsive repeating units, wherein the repeating unit is an N-alkylacrylamide repeating unit;
- and
- (ii) pH-responsive repeating units, wherein the repeating unit is a C2-C8 alkylacrylic acid repeating unit;
- and
- (b) a second hydrophobic block.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.