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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:
Aug. 28, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J Gorka, Leominster, MA (US);
Ervin R Dan, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Polysar Financial Services S.A., Fribourg, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 90 ; 128 821 ; 128 / ;
Abstract
Orthopaedic structures, and processes for making the same, are provided in which the orthopaedic structure comprises a polymeric material which contains a block copolymer having grafted to it styrene, an alkyl acrylate and optionally methyl methacrylate. The orthopaedic structures are substantially transparent, formable and reformable at temperatures of about 45.degree. to about 65.degree. C. and are essentially rigid at ambient temperatures.