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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1999
William L O'Brien, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Dean A Oester, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeffrey A Barnhorst, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Lidia Kupczyk-Subotkowska, West Chester, OH (US);
John P Fisher, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Henkel Corporation, Gulph Mills, PA (US);
Abstract
A polyester composition for use in facilitating separation of blood serum or plasma from a cellular portion of blood, the composition containing: (a) a multifunctional acid component comprising: (i) a benzene polycarboxylic acid, and derivatives thereof; and (ii) an aliphatic polycarboxylic acid having from about 16 to about 40 carbon atoms; and (b) a diol component, and wherein the multifunctional acid component and diol component are employed in an equivalent ratio ranging from about 0.8:1.1 to about 1.0:1.3.