Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology

Macromed Incorporated

You Han Bae

Seong Il Kang

Younsik Cha

Moon H Han

Young Kweon Choi

Kun Na

Sang Yeob Park

Jin Woo Yi

Disclosed are liquefied embolic materials capable of sol-gel phase transition in response to in vivo conditions, including temperature, ionic strength, and pH, and their uses. The liquefied embolic materials are made of copolymers based on temperature-sensitive isopropylacrylamide and ionic strength- and/or pH-sensitive monomers. In addition to finding excellent applications in the embolotherapy, the embolic materials can be used as extracellular matrixes for cell culture and for drug-delivery systems for cancer therapy.

Liquefied embolic materials capable of sol-gel phase transition and their use

There are disclosed pH-sensitive polymers containing sulfonamide groups, which can be changed in physical properties, such as swellability and solubility, depending on pH and which can be applied for a drug-delivery system, bio-material, sensor, etc, and a preparation method therefor. The pH-sensitive polymers are prepared by introduction of sulfonamide groups, various in pKa, to hydrophilic groups of polymers either through coupling to the hydrophilic groups, such as acrylamide, N,N-dimethylacrylamide, acrylic acid, N-isopropylacrylamide, etc, of polymers or copolymerization with other polymerizable monomers. These pH-sensitive polymers may have a structure of linear polymer, grafted copolymer, hydrogel or interpenetrating network polymer.

PH-sensitive polymer containing sulfonamide and its synthesis method

A system and method for the parenteral delivery of a drug in a biodegradable polymeric matrix to a warm blooded animal as a liquid with the resultant formation of a gel depot for the controlled release of the drug. The system comprises an injectable biodegradable block copolymeric drug delivery liquid having reverse thermal gelation properties. The delivery liquid is an aqueous solution having dissolved or dispersed therein an effective amount of a drug intimately contained in a biodegradable block copolymer matrix. The copolymer has a reverse gelation temperature below the body temperature of the animal to which it is administered and is made up of (i) a hydrophobic A polymer block comprising a member selected from the group consisting of poly(.alpha.-hydroxy acids) and poly(ethylene carbonates) and (ii) a hydrophilic B polymer block comprising a polyethylene glycol. Prior to use the liquid is maintained at a temperature below the reverse gelation temperature of the block copolymer. The liquid is parenterally administered into the animal by intramuscular, intraperitoneal, subcutaneous or similar injection with the liquid forming a gel depot of the drug and biodegradable block polymer as the temperature of the liquid is raised by the body temperature of the animal the reverse gelation temperature of the block copolymer. The drug is released at a controlled rate from the copolymer which biodegrades into non-toxic products. The degradation rate can be adjusted by proper selection of the poly(.alpha.-hydroxy acid) utilized in forming the biodegradable hydrophilic A block.

Thermosensitive biodegradable polymers based on poly(ether-ester)block

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