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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nelson Samuel Marans, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Alan Ricky Pollack, Bethesda, MD (US);
Assignee:
W. R. Grace & Co., New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
260 / ; 260 / ; 260 / ; 260 / ; 260 / ;
Abstract
The invention disclosed is directed to biodegradable hydrophilic polyurethane structures prepared by using an isocyanate capped hydroxyester polyol reactant with large amounts of aqueous reactant. The resultant foam has economy in handling, and upon contact with liquids or body fluids, the foam is highly absorptive while being readily biodegradable after use.