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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2008
Timothy Graeme Moore, Braybrook, AU;
Pathiraja Arachchillage Gunatillake, Mulgrave, AU;
Raju Adhikari, Wheelers Hill, AU;
Shadi Houshyar, Doncaster East, AU;
Timothy Graeme Moore, Braybrook, AU;
Pathiraja Arachchillage Gunatillake, Mulgrave, AU;
Raju Adhikari, Wheelers Hill, AU;
Shadi Houshyar, Doncaster East, AU;
Polynovo Biomaterials Limited, Clayton, AU;
Abstract
The present invention provides a polyurethane or polyurethane/urea composition which has a tensile strength greater than 10 MPa, a modulus of elasticity greater than 400 MPa and an elongation at break greater than 30% at a temperature of between 0° C. and 60° C. and at a relative humidity of between 0% and 100%. The invention further provides uses of the compositions of the invention in biomedical vascular stents, an orthopedic implant, a drug delivery coating or in tissue engineering.