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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2004
Applicant:
Aruna Nathan, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Aruna Nathan, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 63/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to synthetic, biodegradable, biocompatible polymers that are the reaction product of an α,β-unsaturated polybasic acid or derivative thereof and a monoglyceride, and which further contain pended thereto a functional agent, and to medical devices and compositions containing such polymers.