University of Massachusetts

Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.

Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Corporation

Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc.

Saint-gobain Abrasifs

Shaw Ling Hsu

Ni Ding

Lothar W Kleiner

Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy

Yiwen Tang

Fuh-Wei Tang

Jigneshkumar P Patel

Michael John Tzivanis

Edward Bryan Coughlin

Charles S Golub

Sahas Rathi

Subrajeet Deshmukh

Caixia Zhao

Michael A Zimmerman

Thomas J McCarthy

Dean S Matsumoto

Andrew B Schoch

Nicholas David Orf

Gerald H Ling

Anne M Bonner

Alexander Nashed

Choung Lai

Sena Ada Carleen

Xiaolang Chen

An abrasive article may include an organic bond material, abrasive particles contained within the organic bond material and a plasticizer contained within the organic bond material. The plasticizer may include at least one of an aromatic phenyl group, a heteroaromatic furyl group, or a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon. The plasticizer may further include a polar group.

Abrasive articles and methods of forming the same

A curable composition includes a hydrogen-bonded prepolymer, a plasticizer, and, optionally, a crosslinking agent. The plasticizer includes a reactive plasticizer having structure (I), (II), or (III), wherein X is &#x2014;OR, &#x2014;N(R), &#x2014;R&#x2014;OR, or &#x2014;R&#x2014;N(R), wherein Ris independently at each occurrence hydrogen or Calkyl, and Ris Calkylene; y is zero or 1; z is zero or 1; Ris Calkyl; and Ris Calkyl when z is 1, or Ris Calkyl or H when z is zero. 

Plasticized thermoset resin, and associated cured resin, method of curing, and article comprising cured resin

A curable composition includes a hydrogen-bonded prepolymer, a plasticizer that includes an alkyl benzoate or an alkyl phenyl ketone, and, optionally, a crosslinking agent. The plasticizer promotes a high extent of crosslinking and provides a more positive health and safety profile than the incumbent plasticizer, furfural. A cured resin and a method of forming it are described.

A polyester or polyester copolymer based composition, such as a polylactic acid based composition, is provided herein. The polyester or polyester copolymer based composition may include a plasticizer, such as an ether based, an ester based, and/or an ether-ester based plasticizer.

Stabilized polyester based compositions

A composition includes a blend of (a) a multi-block copolymer including at least one block of an elastomeric polymer and at least one block of a first polymer including a chiral polymer having a stereo isomeric configuration; and (b) a second polymer including an anti-chiral polymer corresponding to the chiral polymer in (a), wherein the second polymer includes an opposite handed stereo isomeric configuration to the chiral polymer in (a); wherein the blend of the chiral polymer and the anti-chiral polymer form stereo complex sites. A flexible tubing material further includes the blend. In an embodiment, a method of making the blend material is also provided.

Blend composition, flexible tubing material and method of making the blend

Methods for modulating the release rate of a drug coated stent are disclosed.

Methods for modulating the release rate of a drug-coated stent

The present invention provides an implantable medical device coating that has improved stability, a medical device coated with such coating, and a method of increasing the stability of an implantable medical device coating, wherein the coating comprises a stereocomplex f poly(D-lactic acid) and poly(L-lactice acid).

Implantable medical device coatings with improved mechanical stability

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Shaw Ling Hsu