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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2011
Applicants:

Hak-joon Sung, Nashville, TN (US);

Lucas L. Hofmeister, Nashville, TN (US);

Mukesh Kumer Gupta, Nashville, TN (US);

Spencer W. Crowder, Nashville, TN (US);

Shann S. Yu, Plano, TX (US);

Angela L. Zachman, Lilburn, GA (US);

Dae Kwang Jung, Nashville, TN (US);

Inventors:

Hak-Joon Sung, Nashville, TN (US);

Lucas L. Hofmeister, Nashville, TN (US);

Mukesh Kumer Gupta, Nashville, TN (US);

Spencer W. Crowder, Nashville, TN (US);

Shann S. Yu, Plano, TX (US);

Angela L. Zachman, Lilburn, GA (US);

Dae Kwang Jung, Nashville, TN (US);

Assignee:

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 63/08 (2006.01); A61L 27/22 (2006.01); C08G 63/664 (2006.01); A61L 27/18 (2006.01); C08L 71/02 (2006.01); C08G 63/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/22 (2013.01); C08G 63/08 (2013.01); C08G 63/664 (2013.01); A61L 27/18 (2013.01); C08L 71/02 (2013.01); C08G 2261/126 (2013.01);
Abstract

Copolymers, such as block copolymers, having at least one block that is a random copolymer of ε-caprolactone and α-carboxy-ε-caprolactone are described. Also described are methods of using such copolymers, such as, for example, in medical devices.


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