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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:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2002
Chandrashekhar P. Pathak, Austin, TX (US);
Shikha P. Barman, Bedford, MA (US);
C. Michael Philbrook, Boston, MA (US);
Amarpreet S. Sawhney, Lexington, MA (US);
Arthur J. Coury, Boston, MA (US);
Luis Z. Avila, Arlington, MA (US);
Mark T. Kieras, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Focal, Inc., Lexington, MA (US);
Abstract
Gel-forming macromers including at least four polymeric blocks, at least two of which are hydrophobic and at least one of which is hydrophilic, and including a crosslinkable group are provided. The macromers can be covalently crosslinked to form a gel on a tissue surface in vivo. The gels formed from the macromers have a combination of properties including thermosensitivity and lipophilicity, and are useful in a variety of medical applications including drug delivery and tissue coating.
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