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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2019
Clemson University Research Foundation, Clemson, SC (US);
Andrew G. Tennyson, Clemson, SC (US);
Rhett C. Smith, Clemson, SC (US);
Clemson University Research Foundation, Clemson, SC (US);
Abstract
An improved material, preferably a biomaterial, is provided which is the reaction product of Sand a free fatty acid or free fatty acid-containing material, preferably in the presence of metal. The improved material can be made by a method comprising reacting Swith a free fatty acid to obtain a FFA/Scomposite and shaping the FFA/Scomposite into a solid form. The solid form of said FFA/Sis melted to form melted FFA/Sand the melted FFA/Sis optionally applied as a coating on a surface, used as an adjacent material to a surface or the FFA/Scomposite itself is shaped thereby forming a device and preferably a medical device.