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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2019
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Amanda C. Engler, Woodbury, MN (US);
Kiu-Yuen Tse, Woodbury, MN (US);
Ramesh C. Kumar, Woodbury, MN (US);
Adam R. Wohl, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A method of making a silicone gel adhesive is described comprising providing an acrylic polymer, the acrylic polymer comprising at least 50 wt.-% of polymerized units of C1-C32 (meth)acrylate ester monomer; providing at least one non-functional polydiorganosiloxane, hydroxy-functional polydiorganosiloxane, or a mixture thereof; combining the acrylic polymer and polydiorganosiloxane into a mixture; coating the mixture onto a substrate, and subjecting the mixture to radiation thereby crosslinking the mixture. Also described is a silicone gel adhesive comprising a crosslinked material at least one non-functional polydiorganosiloxane, hydroxy-functional polydiorganosiloxane, or a mixture thereof; and an acrylic polymer comprising at least 50 wt.-% of polymerized units of alkyl (meth)acrylate monomers and a gel content of at least 20 wt.-%. Also described is a medical article or intermediate thereof, comprising a layer of the silicone gel adhesive described herein adhered to a substrate; and methods of adhering a medical article.