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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2022
Applicant:
Gelsight, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Inventor:
F. Richard Cottrell, Westport, MA (US);
Assignee:
GelSight, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 35/08 (2006.01); B29C 71/02 (2006.01); C08J 3/075 (2006.01); C08J 3/20 (2006.01); C08J 3/24 (2006.01); C08J 7/04 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 3/075 (2013.01); C08J 3/203 (2013.01); C08J 3/24 (2013.01); C08J 7/04 (2013.01); C08J 7/08 (2013.01); C08J 2300/14 (2013.01); C08J 2375/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Gel compositions have a tunable hardness controlled by exposure to an external stimulus. Further disclosed herein are methods for making such gel compositions and devices that use such gel compositions. In one aspect, the gel compositions can be used to prepare physical 3-D replicas of the topography of a target surface.