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US 8,137,603 B2Granted
Bioabsorbable polymeric composition for a medical device
OwnerG. Lawrence Thatcher, Robert J. Cottoneinventors
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Abstract
A biodegradable and biocompatible nontoxic polymeric composition is provided which includes a base material such as a crystallizable polymer, copolymer, or terpolymer, and a copolymer or terpolymer additive. Medical devices manufactured from the composition are also provided.
Claims7
A method for making a bioabsorbable polymeric implant comprising the steps of:
- blending a polymer composition comprising a crystallizable bioabsorbable polymer composition, wherein the crystallizable bioabsorbable polymer composition comprises at least about 70% (w/w) of a base polymer comprising a poly (L-lactide) moiety and/or poly (D-lactide) moiety, and/or poly L-lactide-co-PEG moiety, and/or poly D-lactide-co-PEG moiety, linked with a modifying copolymer thereof comprising poly (L-lactide-co-Tri-methylenecarbonate) and/or poly (D-lactide-co-Tri-methylene-carbonate) and/or poly (L-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone) and/or poly (D-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone) in the form of block copolymers or as blocky random copolymers;
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- molding or extruding said polymer composition to produce a structurally tube configured implant wherein said polymer composition is crystallized.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.