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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:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Forskarpatent I SYD AB, Lund, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ;
Abstract
A physically cross-linked copolymer comprising hydrophobic monomers, hydrogen bonding monomers, and thermosensitive monomers, said thermosensitive monomers having a distinct phase change at its lower critical solution temperature (LCST) when existing as a homopolymer. The physically cross-linked copolymer is used for drug delivery system or for enzyme delivery system. The physically cross-linked copolymer is also used for casting shapes of cavities, for production of miniaturized, detailed micro-parts or micro-machine parts, or for production of thermal switches.