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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2024
Applicant:
Poly-med, Inc., Anderson, SC (US);
Inventor:
Michael Aaron Vaughn, Anderson, SC (US);
Assignee:
Poly-Med, Inc., Anderson, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/52 (2006.01); C08F 222/38 (2006.01); C08J 3/075 (2006.01); C08J 3/24 (2006.01); C08K 5/20 (2006.01); C08L 33/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/52 (2013.01); C08J 3/075 (2013.01); C08J 3/246 (2013.01); C08K 5/20 (2013.01); C08L 33/26 (2013.01); A61L 2430/06 (2013.01); C08F 222/385 (2013.01); C08J 2433/02 (2013.01); C08L 2203/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A double network hydrogel consists of a first network and a second network, where the first network is, or includes, a first polymer that is formed, at least in part, of —CH—CH(OH)— units, and the second network is, or includes, a second polymer that is formed, at least in part, of carboxyl (COOH)-containing units or salts thereof, sulfonyl (SOH)-containing units or salts thereof, and at least one of hydroxyl (OH)-containing units or amino (NH)-containing units, where the hydrogel may be used as a cartilage replacement.