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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2007
Rudolf Faust, Lexington, MA (US);
Tomoya Higashihara, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Rudolf Faust, Lexington, MA (US);
Tomoya Higashihara, Tewksbury, MA (US);
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides copolymers which include a plurality of constitutional units that correspond to at least one cationically polymerizable isomonoolefin species and a plurality of constitutional units that correspond to at least one anionically polymerizable monomer species selected from the group consisting of monomers of formula (I): wherein R, R, R, R, n, p, M, X, and L are defined herein. The present invention also provides methods for making and using (e.g., in articles of manufacture such as medical devices) the copolymers of the present invention.