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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Orhun K. Muratoglu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ebru Oral, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 35/08 (2006.01); C08J 3/24 (2006.01); A61L 27/16 (2006.01); C08F 110/02 (2006.01); C08J 3/20 (2006.01); C08J 3/28 (2006.01); C08K 5/1545 (2006.01); C08L 23/06 (2006.01); B29C 71/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 3/24 (2013.01); A61L 27/16 (2013.01); C08F 110/02 (2013.01); C08J 3/20 (2013.01); C08J 3/28 (2013.01); C08K 5/1545 (2013.01); C08J 7/08 (2013.01); C08J 2323/06 (2013.01); C08J 2371/10 (2013.01); C08J 2377/00 (2013.01); C08L 23/06 (2013.01); C08L 2207/068 (2013.01); Y10T 428/31692 (2015.04);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for making highly crystalline polymeric material, for example, highly crystalline cross-linked and not cross-linked ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). The invention also provides methods of making additive-doped highly crystalline polymeric material using high pressure and high temperature crystallization processes, medical implants made thereof, and materials used therein.