University of Münster

Medizinische Universitat Wien

Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft - Österreichische Vereinigung Zur Förderung Der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung

Helga Bergmeister

Robert Liska

Jürgen Stampfl

Heinrich Gruber

Franz Varga

Monika Schuster

Stefan Baudis

Christian Heller

Günter Weigel

Claudia Dworak

Heinrich Schima

Christian Grasl

Juergen Stampfl

Guenter Weigel

The present invention relates to a polymerization-curable composition for the preparation of biodegradable, biocompatible, cross-linked polymers on the basis of polyvinyl alcohol comprising: 5 to 100% by weight of (a) vinyl ester monomer(s) of one of the general formulas (I) to (III): wherein X is oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, or phosphorus; n is 1 to 1000, at least 20% of the n being &#x2267;2; the Rare selected from hydrogen; straight, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, n-valent hydrocarbon groups having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, which optionally have heteroatoms and are optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from &#x2014;OH, &#x2014;COON, &#x2014;CN, &#x2014;CHO, and &#x2550;O, and n-valent radicals of biodegradable, biocompatible oligomers and polymers; m is an integer from 1 to 5; the Rare selected from hydrogen, &#x2014;OH, &#x2550;O, and the options listed for R; and the Rare selected from hydrogen, &#x2014;OH, and the options listed for R; 0 to 50% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated co-monomers; 0 to 10% by weight of (a) polymerization initiator(s); and 0 to 95% by weight of solvent(s).

Composition that can be cured by polymerisation for the production of biodegradable, biocompatible, cross-linkable polymers on the basis of polyvinyl alcohol

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Helga Bergmeister