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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Samuel P. Baldwin, Newton, MA (US);
Robert P. Skribiski, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Samuel P. Baldwin, Newton, MA (US);
Robert P. Skribiski, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific SciMed Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 3/28 (2006.01); C08J 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Chemically cross-linked polymeric particles are formed using mechanical rather than chemical processes, facilitating production of small-diameter particles in a manner largely independent of the viscosity or density of the polymer. For example, an uncross-linked resin may be provided in particulate form, agglomerated, and compressed into a mass of a desired shape with a desired diameter, and subsequently cross-linked.